#rusty collins

[heartlyheavytohold]

Some headcanons for Russel and the peanutbub + Cable (I haven't forgotten about him either) family :} cause I'm feeling familial and somewhat wholesome

Someone please write a fic about them

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Logan, Wade, and Cable share custody of Russel. If that child can get attached to Juggernaut, he can certainly bond with Logan and Cable. Cable after some explaining and (a lot of) therapy.

Russel is the s'more master

Given his propensity to burn things, especially after nightmares, the adults elected Russel stay at the X-mansion. Cable still has to deal with his trauma while Logan and Wade want him to bond with Laura. And also don't want to risk Al's life.

Russel starts off sort of scared of the X-mansion, thinking it'll turn out like the orphanage, but eventually loves it.

The kids at the mansion help him embrace his power, making him the s'more master he was born to be. He also helps with the grill. He loves it cause it makes him realize his power doesn't have to be dangerous.

Russel is like a weighted heat blanket. Only his closest friends get the privilege.

Russel is apprehensive about sparring, so Laura volunteers. It does take a while, but much like Logan with Wade, he gets used to someone being able to take what he gives.

[ohsnapitzmarvel]

So no cable, russell, or domino?????

[kermit-coded]

okay so i know rusty is on krakoa because he got resurrected last year but as far as i know he hasn't interacted with tabby or ric, which is a shame for a lot of reasons but mostly because i think it would be really funny to contrast how he remembers them with how they are now.

[s0larts]

Bc I watched Deadpool 2 again

[yallemagne]

I have one thing lingering in my mind after Deadpool and Wolverine, and that's a lie I have many things lingering in my mind, but one thing that really has nothing to do with the film itself is: where's my boy Russell? Where's my angry son? Where's my troubled prince?

Now, I'm not saying like "why isn't he in the film?" I get that if he showed up it would have been a very small cameo at best. But like what's he doing? Where's he at? Is he in a good place? Is he thriving? Is he winning? Is he hydrated? Is he well-rested? Is he in therapy? How is he? I'm not getting any impressions from fanfiction.

Now, truth be told, I have been sticking to the Poolverine tag so I have no expectation for any fics there to focus heavily on Russell. Like I haven't even filtered in his tag yet.

...okay I just filtered in his character tag and there are ZERO FICS?? I'm still in the Poolverine tag okay but STILL. Logan gets to be a fucking girldad in a good portion of these fics and you're telling me Wade can't be a boydad??? You're telling me in Deadpool 2 Wade and Vanessa were planning on starting a family together before tragedy struck and then Wade gave up on life but then found this troubled boy lashing out due to the same trauma Wade suffered as a child, stoking a fire under Wade and causing him to fight tooth and nail for his future and sacrifice his life for him??? AND NO ONE ELSE IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS??

Okay, I'm being a little hyperbolic. There are 75 fics in the Deadpool movieverse that have Rusty Collins tagged. Most of those, I assume he hardly shows up. Goddammit. You're telling me I gotta do it? Myself? Gahh I can't write rahh. I'm illiterate.

I seriously was like 'I must just be missing something' but seriously, no fics really linger much on what happened in the previous movies, and that's a shame. Like out of every fic I have read thus far only one mentioned Wade saving Russell's life and I'm like... you could totally tie that into the themes of Deadpool and Wolverine with Wade feeling like he doesn't matter but he DOES just look at this boy he saved. Maybe Wade finds purpose in advocating for troubled young mutants/mutates that get tossed aside by even the X-Men. Like hell the parallels you could draw between Russell and Logan: given up on by society for their violence in the face of tragedy, written off by everyone but Wade. FUCK. Why do I gotta write it?

[wwprice1]

Holy crap! Rusty Collins in the house. Preview art from the new X-Factor series!

[asadfangirlbitxh]

I missed Rusty, Cable and Domino :(

[heckcareoxytwit]

The new current X-Factor is the unlucky superhero team like the redshirt X-Statix. Warren Worthington's new team of X-Factor (consisting of Warren Worthington III, Feral, Rusty Collins, and the two newer mutants, Xyber and Cameo) are the mutant celebrities when they go out on their dangerous mission to stop the Russian Mutant Mercenaries in the mutant arms race. The X-Factor have a disaster at both the Red Carpet and at their first mission. On the meeting at the Red Carpet, the new X-Factor are met with jeers and pelted rotten eggs from both humans and mutants. On their first mission, they go to Kunashir Island at Russia where they fight Darkstar and the mercenary mutants. The first mission ended with a disaster when Cameo and Darkstar's mercenaries accidentally blew up the power plant, causing the deaths and injuries of many mutants. Rusty, Feral and Cameo are killed while Warren was badly injured.

Later on, the newer X-Factor team are on the Red Carpet again with its new members consisting of Havok, Frenzy, Pyro, Cecilia Reyes and Granny Smite the oldest new mutant. Poor Xyber the newest and youngest mutant survivor is traumatized from the first mission yet he's forced to go on another potential dangerous mission with the rest of his substitute team.

X-Factor v5 #1, 2024

[comicwaren]

From X-Factor Vol. 5 #001, “Red Carpet”

Art by Bob Quinn and Jesus Aburtov

Written by Mark Russell

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[purrrrplecats]

Just watched deadpool 2 ummmm RICKY BAKER WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE!?!?!?!?!?! Also hawkeye is mentioned and i causually went: it sounds like he said hotguy. THE BRAINROT WON IM SORRY. ... I'm not sorry.

[heartlyheavytohold]

Can we talk about Russel??? Cause I miss him, my traumatized son. So does Deadpool. Give him his son back. Gimme my Pacific Islander rep back. Russel my beloved 🥹

[bi4bihankking]

Permission to talk about a ginger cutie without people making fun of me for having a type?

Baby boy. Baby.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Deadpool 2 (2018, David Leitch)

27/08/2024

[celadons-penultimate]

💁🏿‍♂️ Since DEADPOOL 2 cast a Maori actor as Firefist, I've been intrigued by the idea of Marvel retconning comic Rusty Collins as Maori.

There aren't many Polynesian characters in Big 2 comics (not even the X-Men, for all its diversity); even if the character remained vaguely tanned/White-passing w/ the reddish-blondish hair (🤔 think KJ Apa) it could add interesting background worth exploring & add deeper, richer context to his time w/ the New Mutants, MLF, etc.

[cyb0rg-lungs]

back when X-writers highlighted the intimacy and friendships between mutants 😭 I love these panels of Artie waking up scared alone shortly after the Morlock Massacre, comforting himself by thinking of his older friend Rusty, and going to look for him in his room ❤️

from X-Factor #20 (1987)