There’s that old cliché that heroes
aren’t born, they’re made. Now, on the metaphysical level, that is very true. You
can be born with unique skills, talents, or abilities, but it’s only through experience
that once learns to use those skills for the betterment of others. But, I
wonder how that cliché fits in with a character that was literally made for a “heroic”
purpose. Well, semi-heroic. Mr. Sinister was involved, that decreases overall heroism
by a good percentage. Let’s get to it.
Wait wait
wait wait wait.
What is it Deadpool?
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| Cable is going to mess some people up. |
Nothing,
just want to get comfortable. Popcorn, check. Comfy chair, check. Bertha the
Shotgun, check.
Why do you need a shotgun?
Because I
expect to enjoy myself. But if not, I wish to quickly show you my displeasure.
Nobody misrepresents my bestie.
You refer to Cable as your bestie?
I refer to
him by all sorts of names that he hates. It’s a hobby.
Okay… Well, let’s get to it.
As stated above, Cable’s origins
can be traced back to Mr. Sinister. The centuries old geneticist was obsessed
with creating the perfect mutant, one that could even challenge his master
Apocalypse. And, he believed that said super-mutant would be the offspring of
Scott Summers and Jean Grey. The problem? Jean had recently died, do that
fiasco with the Phoenix. Not one to be deterred, Sinister found an alternative
solution. Using genetic samples that he’d acquired from Jean some time ago,
Sinister created a clone of Jean. He named her Madelyn Pryor, gave her a
backstory and set up her meeting with Scott. The two hit it off, quickly marry,
and have a son. They name him Nathan Christopher Charles Summers.
Things were complicated by the
return of the actual Jean Grey, and Madelyn being corrupted by demonic forces.
It’s a comic, these sort of things tend to happen. Her masters forced her tried
to try and sacrifice Nathan to open a portal into his dimension of Limbo.
Cyclops, his new team X-Factor, and his old team the X-Men, stopped it. After
that, it looked like Sinister’s plans were back on track.
And then Apocalypse found out about
Nathan. Believe it or not, but immensely powerful, despotic immortal Mutants
don’t take kindly to minions plotting their downfall. He kidnapped the infant,
and infected him with a techno-organic virus. Said virus would spread
throughout Nathan’s body, transforming his cells into a bizarre living machinery,
and would quickly kill him. X-Factor saved Nathan, but there wasn’t much they
could do to help Nathan. Now.
Thankfully, hope came in the form
of a time traveling sisterhood called the Clan Askani. They’d been fighting Apocalypse
in an alternate timeline, and believed that the son of Scott and Jean would be
key in defeating their version of Apocalypse. As much as it broke Scott and
Jean’s hearts, they handed their son over to the head of the Clan, Mother Askani,
and she transported him to her timeline. Now, while they had methods to slow
the virus, there wasn’t a guaranteed cure in their future. Mother Askani just
said that to get her hands on the baby. She cloned Nathan from his uninfected
cells, making a perfect Nathan clone free of infection. But then Apocalypse
attacked, stole the clone, and planned to raise Nathan 2.0 as his minion. Named
him Stryfe. How subtle.
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| My best friend, my best friend My. Best. Friend. And me! |
Being somewhat stuck with infected
Nathan, they had to make the best of it. In order to help with Nathan’s
development, she nabbed the psyches of Scott and Jean, jammed them in two
people of her era, so they could raise their son. Unusual, but hey, it works.
They were able to teach Nathan how to use his powers to fight the virus back, which
limited his immense power, but did keep him alive. As a teenager, Nathan had
his superpowered smack down with Apocalypse, and came out the victor. There was
much rejoicing. Unfortunately, Stryfe survived and did his best to assume his
surrogate father’s place as the supreme Mutant. Nathan and Stryfe battled many
times, which ultimately claimed the lives of many of Nathan’s Askani’s clansmen
and his son Tyler. Realizing that Nathan was out for blood, Stryfe attempted to
feel to the past. Nathan followed. He met Moira MacTaggert, who taught him
English and some modern era customs. He also met Charles Xavier, who helped him
adapt further to 20th century Earth. Nathan took up the codename
Cable, a metaphor about how he was the link between past and future. Nintendo
might have grounds to sue.
Over the years he’s lead a number
of different X-Men style teams, like Six Pack, and a new incarnation of
X-Factor. He also formed the most unlikely of friendships with…
ME! Yeah,
me and ol’ Cable are two peas in a pod. We get along like Peas and Carrots. We’ve
traveled across eras, fighting the good fight, and protect Mutants across time
and space. He’s the joke, I’m the punchline. We’re like Abbott and Costello,
David Spade and Chris Farley, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
He barely tolerates you, doesn’t
he?
60% of the
time. 40% of the time, we’re besties.
More recently, he helped raise the
new Mutant Messiah, the first Mutant baby born after Scarlet Witch depowered
90% of Mutants on earth. He raised the baby, Hope, in the far future. All the
while evading another time traveling Mutant, and former friend of his, Bishop.
They had an Iron-Man/Captain America style falling out over the whole “should
the Mutant race be saved?” question. Life is sure complicated for a guy who
uses time travel regularly.
Cable is one of the most powerful
Mutants ever born. He has telekinetic and telepathic powers that surpass even
his mother, Jean Grey. These immense powers are somewhat limited as he has to
focus a good percentage of his mental focus to keep the techno-organic virus
from consuming his body. Despite limits being placed on his power, he’s been
shown to be strong enough to lift an entire city with telekinesis while
battling the Silver Surfer. Neither task alone is easy by any stretch of the imagination. He’s an expert hand to hand fighter. To put it into
perspective, he’s fought Captain America hand to hand, and won. That’s really
hard to do. There are also a few benefits
to his infection. The techo-organic virus gives him the ability to interface
with machines, his infected arm has superstrength, and his infect left eye can
see into the infrared spectrum and see great distances. He’s also a master of
firearms, specifically the advanced blasters of his era. He shoots with extreme
prejudice.
Cable has had limited appearances
outside the comics. It’s hard to get to him with all the other X-Men stuff to
go through.
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| Pretty messed up when your worst enemy is pretty much yourself. |
In the post credit’s scene of
Deadpool. Deadpool flat out states that Cable will be in his sequel.
Together at
last!
Indeed. Personally, I hope they
push it back a year or two.
BLASPHEMY!
Hear me out. While it hasn’t been
confirmed by any legit sources, one of the biggest rumors going around is that
Fox is considering a deal with
Marvel, much like Marvel’s deal with Sony. Again, this hasn’t been confirmed,
and odds are we won’t hear yay or nay about this until after Spider-Man: Homecoming has aired. If
that is the case, can you think of a better time traveling duo to smoosh these
two timelines together?
Oh, I get
it. Yeah, that would be pretty awesome. Me and Cable could be on like a time
travel adventure, go back in time to like the prehistoric era, and I can hit it
off with a fine cavewoman and through that make Mutants a thing in the main
Marvel universe.
Won’t Vanessa be upset with that?
What about
Vanessa? I’m like James Bond. She might be the love of my life in one movie,
but in the next I’ll never mention her again.
That’s coldblooded Wade.
Yeah, that’s
how I roll.
Anyway, I love Cable. He’s an immensely
powerful character, gruff but likeable. He’s one of the most powerful Marvel
characters, has all the hallmarks of a “Christ Figure” character but never
comes off as Superman level “holier than thou.” Heck, in one story he willingly
goes through a lobotomy to protect the world from his immense psychic power. It’s
sort of like he died for our sins, isn’t it? It is also kind of cool that,
while the techo-organic virus infecting his arm can be, well, awful, it is at
times his strongest weapon. One trick I’ve seen is that, when the virus rages
out of control, it transforms his arm into a giant mass of robotic tentacles that
he can use to pierce through anything. And, considering the era he’s in, being
able to interface with machines is a very very handy ability. He’s the
time-traveling super mutant, link between the present and future, the immensely
powerful Cable. Next time… still deciding. Have a good one.
http://marvel.com/universe3zx/index.php?title=File:Cable_head.jpg&filetimestamp=20070808160618
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_%26_Deadpool#/media/File:CABLEDP005l.jpg
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