Do you have a favorite superhero? I do. Mine is the feral, cigar chomping beer drinking Wolverine. Now let me be specific on which version of Wolverine i like ( ok, my geek side is showing). I loved the version where he healed from serious injuries but he is still mortal; not the Nitro ( please read Marvel's Civil War storyline) where Wolverine can be blown up to leave only his skeletons and he can still regenerate.
Now why do i like that version? Simple, if a superhero cannot die, all he needs to do is jump into every fight with gutso and slice and dice until he wins no? No heart, no element of injury nor death to suspense us.
For those who do not know who the Wolverine is here is a link to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics)
and i hope your nose bleeds for not knowing this icon.
I have always wanted his super powers, adamantium claws and super fast healing factors and his amazing one liners. I have spent years trying to gain his super powers but alas only perfected my one liners ( read: being an a$$hole)
But, deep down i believe all of us have the same powers that make Wolverine so great.
Do you know which story that touched me best? There are actually two.
First story is called Wolverine: Origins where we traced who Wolverine was and his childhood. It was a tragic story ending with him killing his first love called Rose accidentally. He was so traumatized by the event that his mind was totally damaged and his healing factor kicked in to heal it; causing him to lose the memory.
The second story was when he met his other love Mariko. Mariko was poisoned with tetrodotoxin from a blowfish by an assassin named Reiko, in the hire of her rival Matsu'o Tsurayaba. She asked Wolverine to kill her to avoid a painful death and preserve her honor.
He did.
Imagine this: both women that you love were killed by your own claws. How would you feel losing the one person that understands you, that accepts you for who you are and you are at your heavenly blissful state with her; and yet you are the one responsible for their death?
I would be devastated. I would have lost the will to go on. I would have stumbled around, not knowing right from wrong and finally give up.
But he did not. He preserved. Sure he grieved, spent some time in the wilderness and in Mariko's case, cut off a part of Matsu'o's body on the anniversary of her death. But he never freaking gave up. Nor did he lose his moral compass.
That is the super power that you and I have that we share with Wolverine.
To not give up. No matter how bleak it is, never ever give up.
To not lose our moral compass. To always know what is right and what is wrong even in the toughest of environments. To stand tall when everyone else starts to lose their footing and fall.
To stare defeat in the eyes when he tells you in his icy cold voice that he will tear you down; in good ol-fashioned Wolverine style say "Let 'er rip!"
Now why do i like that version? Simple, if a superhero cannot die, all he needs to do is jump into every fight with gutso and slice and dice until he wins no? No heart, no element of injury nor death to suspense us.
For those who do not know who the Wolverine is here is a link to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics)
and i hope your nose bleeds for not knowing this icon.
I have always wanted his super powers, adamantium claws and super fast healing factors and his amazing one liners. I have spent years trying to gain his super powers but alas only perfected my one liners ( read: being an a$$hole)
But, deep down i believe all of us have the same powers that make Wolverine so great.
Do you know which story that touched me best? There are actually two.
First story is called Wolverine: Origins where we traced who Wolverine was and his childhood. It was a tragic story ending with him killing his first love called Rose accidentally. He was so traumatized by the event that his mind was totally damaged and his healing factor kicked in to heal it; causing him to lose the memory.
The second story was when he met his other love Mariko. Mariko was poisoned with tetrodotoxin from a blowfish by an assassin named Reiko, in the hire of her rival Matsu'o Tsurayaba. She asked Wolverine to kill her to avoid a painful death and preserve her honor.
He did.
Imagine this: both women that you love were killed by your own claws. How would you feel losing the one person that understands you, that accepts you for who you are and you are at your heavenly blissful state with her; and yet you are the one responsible for their death?
I would be devastated. I would have lost the will to go on. I would have stumbled around, not knowing right from wrong and finally give up.
But he did not. He preserved. Sure he grieved, spent some time in the wilderness and in Mariko's case, cut off a part of Matsu'o's body on the anniversary of her death. But he never freaking gave up. Nor did he lose his moral compass.
That is the super power that you and I have that we share with Wolverine.
To not give up. No matter how bleak it is, never ever give up.
To not lose our moral compass. To always know what is right and what is wrong even in the toughest of environments. To stand tall when everyone else starts to lose their footing and fall.
To stare defeat in the eyes when he tells you in his icy cold voice that he will tear you down; in good ol-fashioned Wolverine style say "Let 'er rip!"
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