X-Men/Ho Yay: Difference between revisions

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* In [[The Seventies]] and [[The Eighties]], ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'''s Mystique and her "friend" Destiny fell into this trope - with comics now subject to fewer restrictions, however, current references to Destiny ([[Death Is Cheap|still posthumous after twenty years!]]) make no attempt to hide that she and Mystique were lovers. Late in [[Chris Claremont]]'s first run on the series, he has the Shadow King refer to Destiny as Mystique's "leman," an archaic term for lover, paramour, or spouse. (Thank you, gayleague.org )

** It was actually Claremont's plan at one point to reveal that Mystique was not Nightcrawler's mother, but ''his father'', having impregnated Destiny while in the form of a man. The editors nixed this idea. But considering the enraged reaction of the fans to the revelation of Kurt's real father, it has been suggested that it be retconned to the truth.

* In various incarnations of the X-Men, there is definite... ''[[Why Don't You Marry It|chemistry]]'' between Professor X and Magneto, even to the point of them cracking open a bottle of red wine and discussing philosophy on their(!) balcony in ''Excalibur'', series 2 issue 2. Charles has agreed to help Erik rebuild Genosha, so the two find it beneficial to SHARE A HOUSE! We get many scenes of domestic bliss with the two, such as Erik cooking breakfast for both of them.

* In various incarnations of the X-Men, there is definite... ''[[Why Don't You Marry It?|chemistry]]'' between Professor X and Magneto, even to the point of them cracking open a bottle of red wine and discussing philosophy on their(!) balcony in ''Excalibur'', series 2 issue 2. Charles has agreed to help Erik rebuild Genosha, so the two find it beneficial to SHARE A HOUSE! We get many scenes of domestic bliss with the two, such as Erik cooking breakfast for both of them.

** In fact, in the final episode of the [[X-Men (~~Animation~~)|X-Men animated series]], Jean asks "Did you love Charles Xavier?"; Erik's response is to be outraged that she could ''doubt'' it.

** In fact, in the final episode of the [[X-Men (animation)|X-Men animated series]], Jean asks "Did you love Charles Xavier?"; Erik's response is to be outraged that she could ''doubt'' it.

** In the [[Ultimate X Men|Ultimate universe]], Professor Xavier says outright that he ''left his wife and family'' to be with Erik. Plus, caption box dialogue saying they were closer than brothers because of their uber-powers.

** In the [[Ultimate X-Men|Ultimate universe]], Professor Xavier says outright that he ''left his wife and family'' to be with Erik. Plus, caption box dialogue saying they were closer than brothers because of their uber-powers.

** Their flashback with kid-Jean in the third movie is pretty close to a couple considering adopting a child. Sir Ian McKellen and James McAvoy both ship it. The latter referred to ''First Class'' as a love story and...well, just check out that quote at the top.

*** And the part in First Class where Erik is practically cuddling him. Okay, it loses something because Charles has just {{spoiler|gotten the injury that will put him in a wheelchair forever, and it was Erik's (accidental) fault}}, but it still has the highest "are you ''sure'' he's not the love interest?" quotient in the movieverse.

** Though the druggie psycho Magneto of the "Planet X" arc was retconned into being an impostor in an [[Author's Saving Throw]], he ''was'' intended to be the real Magneto when it was written... so you gotta wonder why Mags, while in full-on baby-eating [[Complete Monster]] mode, saw fit to not ''kill'' Xavier, but instead... keep him unconscious and ''naked'' in a tank of something-or-other. (It's totally transparent, too. Magneto has an unobstructed view of Charles' ass.) He planned to release him once all humans are wiped out, and was looking forward to Charles someday looking over the new world and agreeing with him. At his most whacked-out, Mags still wanted to live happily ever after with Charles. Post-retcon, we can say the impostor got at least ''one'' thing right.

* The Claremont-written novelization of the third X-Men movie had Iceman giving Angel his codename because of his unnatural beauty, which he goes on about in narration for some time. Of course, canonically, Angel ''is'' [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|just that angelic-looking]] (even if not every comic artist manages to pull it off.)

** [[Chris Claremont]] was frankly somewhat notorious for [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|slipping this in]] where he got a chance (and we love him for it. [[Awesome (~~Comic~~ ~~Books~~)|Among other things.]]) One [[Epileptic Trees|theory among old-timers]] about the whole Storm/Forge thing was that [[Executive Meddling|the editors]] freaked over the level of [[Les Yay]] in Ororo's night on the town with Yukio (not to mention the former's makeover) and told the man to write in a ''male'' love interest ASAP.

** [[Chris Claremont]] was frankly somewhat notorious for [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|slipping this in]] where he got a chance (and we love him for it. [[Awesome (comic book)|Among other things.]]) One [[Epileptic Trees|theory among old-timers]] about the whole Storm/Forge thing was that [[Executive Meddling|the editors]] freaked over the level of [[Les Yay]] in Ororo's night on the town with Yukio (not to mention the former's makeover) and told the man to write in a ''male'' love interest ASAP.

*** If so, it didn't stop the subtext; in a later annual Storm's heart's desire is to run away with Yukio.

*** This became canon in an issue of Black Panther. A scene depicted all of Storm's major romantic and sexual partners. Guess who was among them.

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** Maybe even now. Matt Fraction made them live near San Francisco...

** The X-Men made San Francisco a temporary base in the early days when they couldn't go back to Xavier's mansion for a while. And this back in the 80s.

** "You didn't ask so I didn't tell," anyone? (''[[X Men First Class ~~(Film)~~|X Men First Class]]'')

** "You didn't ask so I didn't tell," anyone? (''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]'')

* Young girl mutant Bling, looking back on almost being devoured alive by the vampiric mutant Emplate in ''X-Men Legacy'' #230:

{{quote| '''Bling: '''Well, you know, it had its upside. [...] Having ''Rogue'' come riding to the rescue, and sweep me up in her womanly arms? Kind of ''hot''.}}

** Considering that Bling! ([[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"|the exclamation point is required]]!) is openly gay, this isn't suprising to hear from her.

** Considering that Bling! ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|the exclamation point is required]]!) is openly gay, this isn't suprising to hear from her.

* In the recent X-23 comics, fandom went crazy over this little scene between Jubilee,who happens to be a vampire (better than it sounds) and X-23. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPwbFMnresE/TdRrAsC50OI/AAAAAAAACy0/RyKhChM5JS0/s1600/X-23_10_Legion_CPS_032.jpg X-23 and Jubilee]. [http://i.imgur.com/cppcV.jpg And this]. Nicknamed appropriately, the "vampire Lesbian scene". Although the writers seem to be genre savvy, since they have Jubilee claim she was merely acting under the influence of her vampire instincts...sure.

** ''Truly'' genre savvy writers would have known that excuse would convince no-one.

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Not protect Wolverine is not an option !

=== [[X Men (~~Animation~~)|Cartoons]] ===

=== [[X-Men (animation)|Cartoons]] ===

* Because of lines like this, people seem to see Boom Boom and Magma's relationship in ''[[X Men Evolution]]'' as pretty much [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]:

* Because of lines like this, people seem to see Boom Boom and Magma's relationship in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' as pretty much [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]:

** The Brotherhood itself was one big [[Ho Yay]] orgy with four boys living in a house together with only one girl. Of particular note was Lance and Pietro.

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** "Dark Horizon" had Magneto carrying Xavier around and looking really worried about him. Xavier does not object.

** Also in "Dark Horizon", Wolverine and Sabertooth tend to act like a couple who went through a ''really'' bad break-up.

* Take one good look at the average episode of [[X-Men (~~Animation~~)|the '90s cartoon]] and it's possible to interpret [[Wolverine]] as flirting with ''every male character present'', provided you squint a bit in the case of Professor X. And it would be remiss to not mention just how near-canon Rogue/Storm is. Heck, the first time we ever see Rogue's '[[Tsundere|dere]]' side is when she's worrying that Storm's been crushed by debris. We don't see her express that amount of emotional attachment to her canonical love interest Gambit until nearly six episodes later.

* Take one good look at the average episode of [[X-Men (animation)|the '90s cartoon]] and it's possible to interpret [[Wolverine]] as flirting with ''every male character present'', provided you squint a bit in the case of Professor X. And it would be remiss to not mention just how near-canon Rogue/Storm is. Heck, the first time we ever see Rogue's '[[Tsundere|dere]]' side is when she's worrying that Storm's been crushed by debris. We don't see her express that amount of emotional attachment to her canonical love interest Gambit until nearly six episodes later.

** Not to mention [[Magneto]]. He had a fair number of [[Foe Yay]] occasionally bordering on regular [[Ho Yay]] moments with Xavier, while his near-infinite patience with Magneto's villainy and the respect the two men hold for one another can't help but remind viewers of [[Dating Catwoman|similar relationships]]. Somewhat [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] seeing as as several years on, openly gay actor [[Ian McKellen]] was cast as Magneto in the live-action films.

{{quote| '''Jean''': (to Magneto) How much do you love Charles Xavier?}}

* In ''[[Wolverine and ~~The~~ X-Men]]'' we have scenes of Rogue and Domino hand holding, looking into each other's eyes, and when Rogue goes to rejoin the X-Men... Domino looks like she was about to convince Rogue to stay with the Brotherhood with a kiss...

* In ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' we have scenes of Rogue and Domino hand holding, looking into each other's eyes, and when Rogue goes to rejoin the X-Men... Domino looks like she was about to convince Rogue to stay with the Brotherhood with a kiss...

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