Perhaps He's Not Following His Own Advice

So Cyclops isn't keen on letting Deadpool join the X-Men. Whether this has to do with Deadpool being crazy, or a killer-for-hire, because Cyke hates his voice, because he thinks having Deadpool around is not going to help the X-Men's image, or something else entirely, I don't know. At least he's reconsidered, so perhaps I won't compile that list of all the other questionable people the X-Men have welcomed, some of whom worked out quite well for them (and some of whom did not). That's not where I'm going today, though.

What I'm thinking about is how Deadpool tried to convince Cyclops to let him join. Not his current plan, "Operation: Moves", which will surely not end in disaster for everyone. I mean whatever he said when he rowed out to the island the X-Men are based on now*, that ended with 'Soo. . . whatta ya say?'

In the previous issue, Deadpool was arguing with himself about the merits of trying to strike up friendships with the costumed do-gooder sect again, one side claiming that didn't work well last time, the other side countering with the suggestion that Deadpool didn't let those folks see the real him. The pro "make friends" part of his mind argued that Deadpool held back out of fear of rejection, and that if he really wanted to belong, he was going to have to invest himself in the attempt. I'm wondering if he actually tried that in his initial pitch. Or did he make some ridiculous spiel about mutant solidarity and how great he looks in clothes with a big "X" on them. Because the latter is more typical of Deadpool, and I can't see Cyclops being moved by that line of reasoning.

Of course, I'm not sure that Scott would have said "Yes" even if Deadpool had really opened up, said he feels his life is directionless, and the only time he feels good is when he helps people, so he's hoping that the X-Men, no strangers to being ostracized for being different, but still dedicated to helping others, would let him join up. And Cyclops could have a point, loathe though I am to admit that. After all, Deadpool is nuts, he does have poor impulse control, and he does tend to solve problems by killing people. While the latter might make him qualified for a spot on the Stabbity Kill Team, I think Deadpool's looking for more than just being considered an exterminator. Not that he won't kill for the X-Men; he's already demonstrating he'll do that, even when they don't ask him to. But even though Wolverine kills people, he's not thought of solely in those terms by his fellow X-Folks, and I imagine Deadpool would want the same consideration.

Still, that approach would at least be Deadpool really giving it a shot at putting himself into the potential friendship completely. Maybe I should say, that would be really putting oneself into it in the normal world, which is not a realm Deadpool spends much time in. His plan to assassinate this absentee parent giving the X-Men grief really may be Deadpool's idea of showing the X-Men his true self. It's something that has to be considered, as much as I'd like to think there is a decent person in Deadpool. His decency might simply be too twisted for him to work with the X-Men. At least some of the Stabbity Kill Team have been uncertain about what they do from time to time**, but Deadpool rarely shows doubt once it comes time to kill. Heck, he was going to gleefully carve up Bullseye with a chainsaw. Sure, that's Bullseye, and he's a scum-sucking, crazy-ass murderer, but still, Deadpool was laughing maniacally as he moved in, which is never a good sign.

* And that island is some old chunk of Asteroid M, is that right?

** Well, Wolverine was concerned about dragging others besides himself into it, at least.