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** In typical Mark Millar fashion, ''[[Ultimate X Men|Ultimate X-Men]]'' had the "cool guy" Wolverine not only take Jean Grey's virginity, but also [[Murder the Hypotenuse|STAB the nerdy, put-upon "loser" Ultimate Cyclops and leave him to die]] to ensure that Jean would be his and his alone. And the [[Fan Dumb]] ''rejoiced''!
*** Their rejoicing was hilariously cut short when Cyclops turned out to be [[Not Quite Dead]], staged a return, and angrily optic-blasted Wolverine off the team. And when Jean found out about Wolverine's [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] plan, she threatened Wolverine with all sorts of [[Mind Rape]] if she ever caught him having even ''one'' romantic or sexual thought towards her.
** Then there were the Pete vs. Piotr [[Flame War|Flame Wars]]. When [[Warren Ellis]] first hooked up Pete Wisdom and Kitty Pryde in ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'', Colossus' initial reaction was to beat the dogsnot out of Wisdom. This, even though in his most recent previous appearance Colossus had come across as level-headed and wasn't even thinking of Kitty. [[Word of God|Ellis]] himself admitted later that he wrote Colossus [[Out of Character]]. Alas, the damage was done; Colossus is still reviled by a vocal sub-group of X-fans for one [[Out
*** On the opposing side, there's [[Joss Whedon]], who retconned Kitty back into a virgin just so Piotr could be the one to take it from her. Thanks to this, the Piotr/Kitty shippers who even acknowledge that Pete Wisdom exists at all ''love'' pointing out that "he didn't count".
** And that's not even counting all the ''canon'' [[Die for Our Ship]] examples for ''X-Men'' (and ''many'' other comic book series too) coming from those [[Running the Asylum]]. Just go to [[Derailing Love Interests]] to read them in all their tawdry glory.
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** But the Beast Boy/Raven fans are not entirely innocent. Some of them have bashed and wished death on any other female that other fans dare suggest get paired with him, like the later two Terras or [[Plucky Girl|Flamebird]]. They got one wish when Terra II was killed off; the jury's still out on if Terra III or Flamebird will stick around.
** Also applying to this series: Nightwing/Starfire is often bashed by fans who pair him with Oracle and who feel that a Batman character does not belong with an alien or anything more supernatural than what is normally seen in Gotham. Devin Grayson was notably opposed to the pairing and did what she could to [[Ship Sinking|discourage and sink it in her Titans run]], going as far as to [[Derailing Love Interests|portray Starfire as a shrill, embittered harpy who would fling starbolts at Nightwing if he (easily) offended her]]. Let's just say that, if you value your sanity, do NOT instigate a [[Internet Backdraft|discussion of if Oracle or Starfire would be the better girlfriend for him.]]
* [[Derailing Love Interests|This is actually]] ''[[Derailing Love Interests|canon]]'' for Lois Lane in many Elseworlds, where the writers are constantly offing her so that Supes can hook up with [[Wonder Woman]]. This has been so jaw-droppingly overused and cliche, and the Supes/Wondy romances have traditionally been so appallingly badly developed ([[
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