Who is Storm's one true love?

**Juggernaut Punch** · 01-24-2013, 12:08 PM

1. Namor
2. Thor
3. Forge
4. Wolverine (back when he didn't make you sick with disappointment)
5. Dracula
6. Loki
7. T'Challa
8. Emma Frost
9. Apocalypse
10. Toad
11. Wolverine (the shadow of the man)

**Filthy Mutie** · 01-24-2013, 12:11 PM

Where's Cable?

**MartinRedmond** · 01-24-2013, 12:43 PM

POWER
Control

**sweetdumbass** · 01-24-2013, 12:46 PM

Cable is the only serious answer.

**The Black Guardian** · 01-24-2013, 01:19 PM

Storm will continue to wallow until she accepts Yukio!

**Mutant God** · 01-24-2013, 01:23 PM

I say T'Challa

**jabu46** · 01-24-2013, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Ingonyama

Copying from the other:

This year marks my 20th anniversary of being an X-Men fan.

It should be known I am a heavy detractor of the marriage, and a 20-years-long supporter of Stormverine.

At first given Logan's behavior in the last 10+ years, and their conversation at the end of Second Coming, I'd been soured on the idea of them getting together. But now that Storm is calling the shots and post-AvX Logan is trying a more consistently non-lethal path, I can get behind it.

In the Claremont days, and under most post-Claremont writers, I always saw Logan and Ororo as intended for each other. His wilder, more earthy nature complemented her constant need for self-control, and her love for all life balanced out the killing impulses he held in check. When she went Mohawk, they became an even better match, both fierce and passionate in their own rights, even as she remained dignified and he stayed earthy. He brought her out of the clouds, and she lifted him up from the gutter.

Also, being polyamorous myself, I don't see them as restrictive or exclusive. Storm, should she wish, could have embraced sexual freedom with Wolverine, since he wouldn't try to hold her down. Rose, Mariko, Jean, Melita, Yukio, and Daken's mother were all touted as great loves of his life, whom he cared about intensely, in his own way. I see no reason not to allow Ororo the same freedom to find love with other men while still feeling what she feels with Logan.

Does this make her a slut? No, not in my eyes. A slut is someone who seeks physical gratification with no emotional connection. Storm feels very deeply for the men she has loved in the past, as evidenced by her trying to stay in touch with T'Challa despite his douchiness, and being willing to reach out to Forge when he was at his lowest following her marriage to BP. And it's not like she's loved many people anyway. I can only think of three, besides Logan himself, whom she has a serious connection with (Forge, T'Challa, Yukio).

It's just that with Logan, the way I see them, if she does find someone else he'll only hold it against them if they mistreat her. And even then, his faith in her ability to take care of herself will supercede any alpha-male instincts he might otherwise give in to.

Of course, the way I see them isn't necessarily the way Marvel does, and I'm fine with that.

Interesting take...I guess as a an Xman fan going back 30 years now I never saw some of things mentioned here that way.

For me, I guess it should be known I didnt mind the marriage, but dont think it was handled well by the man who instigated it, and during my years reading the Xmen, never saw any connection outside of close friends between Logan and Storm.

For instance, I never saw Storm, even in and especially during the Claremont days, as having a need for self-control. She was usually just always in control, did what she wanted, and quite comfortable with herself and who she was. It wasnt until her encounter with the Brood and Acanti in space, followed by the Morlocks, that she felt the need to gain some other type of expression and became fiercer, which was fine, but Wolverine had nothing to do with it. This instance made her more of a warrior than before, but that began to be tempered mostly by her relationship with Forge at the time, who in many ways at first brought her some peace.

Logan himself wrestled very much with his wilder and killing nature, but often sought calmness and control through Japanese culture and his love at the time, Mariko Yashida, not Storm. Everyone knew Logan's great loves at the time was either Jean Grey (whom he couldnt have) and Mariko Yashida. And a fling with Yukio and others, so personally, him and Ororo never entered my mind. Storm had just as close relationships with Jean, Kurt, and later Gambit... but I never saw them as trying to seriously get together either, especially since with Logan, they came off as family to me, though MOST of the Xmen were usually very comfortable with flirting with each other.

Which the problem with all the subtext lies. ALL of the Xmen, except maybe Cyclops, were flirting with each other in one way or another...but actual relationships were never stated. I remember Angel kissing Jean on the mouth IN FRONT of Cyclops, Wolverine kissing Rogue and Psylocke, Betsy psi-flirting with Scott, Nightcrawler flirting with Storm as well as Logan and Gambit, and Gambit flirting with everybody and even kissing some others...so with all of this going on, its arguable that one could say the Logan and Storm had this incredible romance for each other when so many Xmen were always flirting with each other, while at the same time being there for each other.

However, the only actual stated relationship she had was with Forge, from what I remember, and despite how it ended, that was a good match. Dude was as spiritual and attuned to nature and magic in a peaceful way as she was, and had a maturity that seemed to match hers, where Logan, whom was intelligent, always came off as too much of a "bad boy" and too temperamental for her.

I dont, and would never condone, calling her a slut, and have argued against some who have on here and other boards, but having a 30 year knowledge of the character, I never saw her as the person who would get down in the danger room with Logan like that, even back then. She always seemed too...regal to me for that. That's what Ive meant before when Ive said it reduces her to me. Shes still a great character, but not the regal goddess she came off to me as. Even in her wilder mohawk days, thats still how I saw her. Emma yes, Betsy yes, but not Storm. Not even Jean, really.

Truth is, if this was always intended to be, why not have really done it and established it back then?

In any case, as a one true love, Forge so far still fits that bill. Her and Logan have always had a great friendship, but no lesser or greater than their friendships with the other Xmen...even with this last development it still comes off as "friends with benefits", where Forge and her had an actual relationship.

**jabu46** · 01-24-2013, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by MartinRedmond

POWER
Control

I remember this scene and Malice, one of the best with her...love the next page where she tears the choker off. Iconic.

**DevilishRogue** · 01-24-2013, 02:32 PM

Where is Forge?

I'll go with Yukio as a close second.

**LoganAlpha30x33** · 01-24-2013, 03:14 PM

Forge is magically back from the dead and a current member of Cable's X-Force team...and a side note on him, remember back when Jamie Madrox supposedly died in X-factor Storm and Xavier went to visit the team and give their support...Forge gave Storm Africa where even the water was wet with his virutal reality training room...in response she gave Forge a big kiss that lasted several panels before it faded to black with them still kissing...there will always be something between Forge and Storm, yeah he is magical he's a shaman last time I checked...and he's supposed to do big things in the future, becoming "The Maker"...