r/X23

Since Secret Wars will be the last time we see the legend himself, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and they're possibly/most likely bringing Deadpool into the world to interact with everyone else, why not bring X23 with him and make her the MCU Wolverine?

Thoughts? Should Hugh pass the torch of the Wolverine mantle to Dafne Keen, or should a new actor to play Logan?

Quicksilver meets X-23! ⚡

One of my favorite moments from Fan Expo Boston — meeting Dafne Keen!

I brought along the actual Shopkins sunglasses I won back in 2017, the same glasses Laura wears in Logan, and got to let Dafne hold them. Her reuniting with the pair after almost a decade since Logan. 😎

The coolest part came during my signing: Dafne took a photo of the glasses herself and actually texted it to Hugh Jackman! 🤯 Definitely did not expect Wolverine to become part of the story.

Such an awesome full-circle Logan moment.

Colors by Cédric Humbert | @diabolumberto on Instagram

Y’all know how this goes what are your hottest takes for x-23.

She's literally feral and uses them to eat, probably will turn Gabby into a feral animal as well😭what pain

Hey y’all, let me know what you think? This is oil paints on watercolor paper. Obviously inspired by a panel from X-Men by Pepe Larraz. I’m always curious about what to do with fan art once it’s done. Can I sell prints or just the original? The only thing that keeps me from doing more work like this is having four kids and a wife to feed and not knowing how to/if I even can monetize it somehow.

Say what you will about the writing in Laura Kinney Wolverine, but the art was on point!

When she’s being written very differently than a concurrent run at the time (All-New Wolverine), how does one tally this. Like which is canon, because these Laura’s are different people (imo). Same thing that I THINK is Laura’s LKW and The New Avengers where they are different people, which is canon and how do you kind of go about this?

We lost another book but we still have the good stuff. Really F'ing sad but good.

I've been re-reading Tom Taylor's All New Wolverine again, and I forgot how awesome this moment was from Enemy Of The State!!!

Laura knows The Facility is after her again, and she's trying to be a Good Samaritan and help the authorities. She's trying to work with SHIELD, but Nick Fury isn't listening.

A shield agent punches Laura, and she responds with a *LOOK*. Then she finally shows the reader a bit of what she can *actually* do.

I bet it reads so differently for a new reader who doesn't know Laura Kinney. The comic had been pretty tame up until that point. Rescuing squirrels and fighting a giant gozilla monster and stuff, but Laura had barely fought people or let loose X-23 style before this moment.

The average reader might be forgiven for reading the scene and feeling like Laura's lost control of the situation. But those of us who know her history know that she was in complete control the whole time, and that *look* is just the moment she ran out of patience with SHIELD's bullshit.

Moonstone is kinda my go-to because i fell in love in Thunderbolts, she's just twisted and evil af Emma Frost and severely underused. Probably a better foil/villain for Emma, but i feel Laura could get pretty tested by her as well

Art is Leonard Kirk for Laura, and i think Artgerm for Moonstone. Issue is Thunderbolts #110

(Art by Nakashima8Kazuma)

After Laura was hinted at in the most recent season, I'm curious what everyone's theories are on her being worked in. Given the pace and focus of the show, how would it realistically happen?

Like... it would be in the single Wolverine (Logan) episode per season, because of course. And a lot of other things would change and condense too:

- You'd have to use mostly characters which are already there,

- and she'd have very limited cameos across the rest of the season (mostly in fight scenes).

- obviously Laura is not the focus of the series. She'd be a cameos and a side-note at best in '97 :(

So how would it work?

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I'd put her in near the start of the Decimation season S3/S4 (because the Decimation/Messiah/Utopia era needs a full season).

SEASON 3 - in episode 3 or 4 - The Decimation has already occured. Logan, Morph, Angel, Psylocke and Cable (maybe Bishop) are a proto Kyle/Yost X-Force hunting Purifiers. Their methods are brutal and Morph hates it. The team finds Laura captured and being tortured by Purifiers. They free Laura. We get a few flashbacks to her origin, including Sarah naming her. Laura joins X-Force and spends the season at Logan's side, fighting the Purifiers and other enemies while Xavier and the OG team grapples with Mutantkind's new position in the world, and the politics of Survival versus Heroism. They also catch wind of a black ops team within their own ranks which is killing humans to defend mutantkind. At the end of the season it is revealed that !!!SHOCKER!!! Scott formed X-Force out of necessity and it causes a huge rift between him and Jean.

Given that Weapon X, Lies and Videotape ended with Logan and morph lamenting the lack of his humanity, as the season progresses, Logan, with assistance from Morph, takes on a fatherly role for Laura and grows to love her. The season ends with him sacrificing himself to save her (Death of Wolverine) and the team. Laura leaves the X-Men behind as part of the season finale's final closing montage.

SEASON 4 - In this season, the X-Men would be split into 2 groups: Cyclops's extremist team, and Jean's school-based team. Beast is going nuts trying to solve the Decimation, but the situation has stabilized for mutants. Xavier is missing, and over the course of the season it is revealed that he's building Krakoa. The season ends with Krakoa's creation as the teams reunite to fight the Big Bad.

In episode 3 or 4, Laura would have one episode, or maybe a half-episode for herself. She is wandering (Liu's X-23), lost after Logan's death. She meets up with Morph, who takes on Gambit's role. Laura already has blue and yellow highlights in her hair. They fight one or two of Logan's old enemies - definitely Sabertooth. Maybe Deathstrike? They save innocent people from Logan's villains and Laura gets to show off her skills as she peices herself back together and discovers her moral compass with Morph's help. At the end of the episode, she puts on the All New Wolverine suit and joins Jean's Academy.

Season 5 - Krakoa. All mutantkind united, but Beast Breaks Bad and the season finale is Krakoa crumbling under the dual threats of Beast, and outside pressure from humanity.

Logan gets resurrected. In a 1/2 episode story, Laura finds out she has a clone sister named Gabby. The two of them get cameos while Logan (sigh) takes on the Wolverine role again. Except for the Sabertooth War episode, which would be the "Wolverine" episode of the season. Sabertooth clones himself and his clone army attacks Logan and Laura. They have to fight their way out and finally kill Sabertooth.

That's what I'd do to realistically fit her in. How would you do it?