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captain_dp) wrote2018-04-10 11:30 am
captain_dp) wrote2018-04-10 11:30 am
Additional personality info for Empatheias
Deadpool’s personality is a complicated subject. At first glance he seems like an incredibly crazy and complicated person. In many ways that’s true. However, at his core, Deadpool has very few driving forces. Most of what he does through the film can be boiled down to two things: Love and Vengeance.
His love for Vanessa and desire to get her back overwhelms almost everything else. He joined the program in the hopes that he’d be cured – not for himself, but so he could “do right by” her. An incredibly self-serving individual, he puts all of that aside for the woman he loves. When it all goes to hell and he’s hideously disfigured, he begins his quest to get his good looks back. However, every time he talks about it it’s in the context of fixing his looks so he can get his girl back. He’s afraid she won’t love him if she saw his haunting visage. So he keeps his distance. Even while she thought he was dead and had moved on with her life, he stalked her, keeping a close eye on her. Partly for selfish reasons, but also to make sure that she was safe. The moment he discovered she might be in danger, he swallowed his pride and tried to rush to face her.
There’s more to love than romantic love. He has a strange sort of love for his friends. Even Weasel, who bet on him to die. Wade doesn’t hold that against him, though. While he has no problem talking to himself (or the 4th wall) he does like company more than solitude. Aside from his regular time spent at the bar, this is showcased by the fact that he puts out a craigslist ad for a roommate instead of just living alone. He may tease Blind Al mercilessly (as he does everyone) but it’s apparent that he cares for her. When sulking on the couch he leans against her, easily venting his problems with the salty old woman. He was a little high on painkillers at the time, but it was still a tender moment. Another example of this is the first scene – he literally crawls through the divider in the cab to hang out with the driver instead of chilling by himself in the back seat. Even ugly people get lonely.
The last type of love he showcases is love for himself. He is a narcissistic egomaniac. While he does have some altruistic moments (refusing to take the teenager’s money for the job), by and large he does everything with the mentality of “what’s in it for me.” He also doesn’t really pay attention to little details like collateral damage. He caused a massive pileup on the freeway and innocent people might have died, but all he could think about was his mission. This also bleeds into vengeance, but it also goes to show how little he actually thinks about anyone else unless he has to. He also has no issue with putting other people in harm’s way. He went to the X-Mansion to collect Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead so they could help him save Vanessa and take down Francis. This on its own isn’t surprising since they were the reason Francis got away. However, at that point Wade didn’t even know what Negasonic Teenage Warhead could do, other than have a super cool name and make mean comments (followed by long sullen silences). He doesn’t think twice about the fact that he’s putting her life at risk. Of course, he could be counting on Colossus to step in if she shouldn’t go, but it’s more likely that he just didn’t think about that.
Deadpool and the X-Men have a very… difficult… relationship. It’s a little presumptuous to assume that that relationship extends to all X-Men, since he only interacts with 2 of them in this film, but it’s still a safe bet. This is one way that the movie diverges from the comics. In the comics, Deadpool is desperate to join a team. He tries many times to join the X-Men and the Avengers and they are the ones pushing him away. In the film, it’s the opposite. Colossus tries to collect him to bring him to Professor X, tries to get Deadpool to use his powers for good, and waxes poetic about the “4 or 5 moments” that determine if someone is a hero. Deadpool wants nothing to do with them. He believes they’re useful (otherwise he wouldn’t have called upon Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead for help) but his methods don’t jive well with theirs. They’re more likely to stop his quest for vengeance than help him on it. In fact, when Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead inadvertently distract him enough for Francis to get away, he tries to kick Colossus’ ass… and ends up breaking both hands and one of his legs in the process. He also has some rather creative nicknames for Colossus, the X-Mansion and Professor X, too. Beyond that, he’s been a mercenary for a very long time, and that doesn’t generally fit with the X-Men vibe. He works very well with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead when they team up, but he doesn’t seem interested in joining the “super-secret boyband” permanently. He made a promise to think about joining, but that definitely doesn’t mean he’s actually going to do it. That won’t stop him from being jealous of Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s name, though.
Lastly, vengeance. Vengeance is a tricky thing. It’s all encompassing, and can easily destroy a person. He’s been working on his vengeance for “one year, three weeks, six days and… fourteen minutes” as of the start of the film. Through that time he’s ripped his way through the ranks of Francis’ crew. Per his own count, he’s killed 49 people by the time he gets to the showdown at the beginning of the movie. That’s a lot of bloodshed, more than doubling the number of confirmed kills quoted to him by the recruiter he called “Agent Smith.” Francis is Deadpool’s six fingered man and, like Inigo Montoya, he’s going to have to figure out what to do with his life once he’s had his revenge. His plan right now is:
1. Find/take down Francis
2. Get him to fix his face
3. ????
4. Profit! (live happily ever after with Vanessa)
Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that Francis can’t actually fix his face. However, even without regaining his former hotness, he’d still be satisfied knowing that Francis couldn’t do to anyone else what he did to him.
His love for Vanessa and desire to get her back overwhelms almost everything else. He joined the program in the hopes that he’d be cured – not for himself, but so he could “do right by” her. An incredibly self-serving individual, he puts all of that aside for the woman he loves. When it all goes to hell and he’s hideously disfigured, he begins his quest to get his good looks back. However, every time he talks about it it’s in the context of fixing his looks so he can get his girl back. He’s afraid she won’t love him if she saw his haunting visage. So he keeps his distance. Even while she thought he was dead and had moved on with her life, he stalked her, keeping a close eye on her. Partly for selfish reasons, but also to make sure that she was safe. The moment he discovered she might be in danger, he swallowed his pride and tried to rush to face her.
There’s more to love than romantic love. He has a strange sort of love for his friends. Even Weasel, who bet on him to die. Wade doesn’t hold that against him, though. While he has no problem talking to himself (or the 4th wall) he does like company more than solitude. Aside from his regular time spent at the bar, this is showcased by the fact that he puts out a craigslist ad for a roommate instead of just living alone. He may tease Blind Al mercilessly (as he does everyone) but it’s apparent that he cares for her. When sulking on the couch he leans against her, easily venting his problems with the salty old woman. He was a little high on painkillers at the time, but it was still a tender moment. Another example of this is the first scene – he literally crawls through the divider in the cab to hang out with the driver instead of chilling by himself in the back seat. Even ugly people get lonely.
The last type of love he showcases is love for himself. He is a narcissistic egomaniac. While he does have some altruistic moments (refusing to take the teenager’s money for the job), by and large he does everything with the mentality of “what’s in it for me.” He also doesn’t really pay attention to little details like collateral damage. He caused a massive pileup on the freeway and innocent people might have died, but all he could think about was his mission. This also bleeds into vengeance, but it also goes to show how little he actually thinks about anyone else unless he has to. He also has no issue with putting other people in harm’s way. He went to the X-Mansion to collect Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead so they could help him save Vanessa and take down Francis. This on its own isn’t surprising since they were the reason Francis got away. However, at that point Wade didn’t even know what Negasonic Teenage Warhead could do, other than have a super cool name and make mean comments (followed by long sullen silences). He doesn’t think twice about the fact that he’s putting her life at risk. Of course, he could be counting on Colossus to step in if she shouldn’t go, but it’s more likely that he just didn’t think about that.
Deadpool and the X-Men have a very… difficult… relationship. It’s a little presumptuous to assume that that relationship extends to all X-Men, since he only interacts with 2 of them in this film, but it’s still a safe bet. This is one way that the movie diverges from the comics. In the comics, Deadpool is desperate to join a team. He tries many times to join the X-Men and the Avengers and they are the ones pushing him away. In the film, it’s the opposite. Colossus tries to collect him to bring him to Professor X, tries to get Deadpool to use his powers for good, and waxes poetic about the “4 or 5 moments” that determine if someone is a hero. Deadpool wants nothing to do with them. He believes they’re useful (otherwise he wouldn’t have called upon Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead for help) but his methods don’t jive well with theirs. They’re more likely to stop his quest for vengeance than help him on it. In fact, when Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead inadvertently distract him enough for Francis to get away, he tries to kick Colossus’ ass… and ends up breaking both hands and one of his legs in the process. He also has some rather creative nicknames for Colossus, the X-Mansion and Professor X, too. Beyond that, he’s been a mercenary for a very long time, and that doesn’t generally fit with the X-Men vibe. He works very well with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead when they team up, but he doesn’t seem interested in joining the “super-secret boyband” permanently. He made a promise to think about joining, but that definitely doesn’t mean he’s actually going to do it. That won’t stop him from being jealous of Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s name, though.
Lastly, vengeance. Vengeance is a tricky thing. It’s all encompassing, and can easily destroy a person. He’s been working on his vengeance for “one year, three weeks, six days and… fourteen minutes” as of the start of the film. Through that time he’s ripped his way through the ranks of Francis’ crew. Per his own count, he’s killed 49 people by the time he gets to the showdown at the beginning of the movie. That’s a lot of bloodshed, more than doubling the number of confirmed kills quoted to him by the recruiter he called “Agent Smith.” Francis is Deadpool’s six fingered man and, like Inigo Montoya, he’s going to have to figure out what to do with his life once he’s had his revenge. His plan right now is:
1. Find/take down Francis
2. Get him to fix his face
3. ????
4. Profit! (live happily ever after with Vanessa)
Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that Francis can’t actually fix his face. However, even without regaining his former hotness, he’d still be satisfied knowing that Francis couldn’t do to anyone else what he did to him.