Everyone’s jumping on this like it’s impossible that Wolverine could have ever known Cyclops before they both became X-Men. Here’s the easy explanation: for those who follow the X-men comics, it should come as no surprise that Cyclops, between being orphaned and becoming the first X-Man, lived in an orphanage where he was experimented upon by Mister Sinister. Let’s put ourselves in the X-Men movie universe for a minute and pretend that instead of Sinister, let’s say that Cyclops was put in an orphanage which was really a government-run facility for tagging and experimenting on young mutants. Then let’s say that Wolverine came across this facility for one reason or another, maybe it’s a front for the entire Weapon X program. Wolverine would probably go ballistic and burn the whole thing to the ground. He’ll meet a kid named Scott whom he doesn’t remember later on either due to memory erasure or just because he doesn’t recognize Scott after he’s all grown up. The first X-Men movie doesn’t explicitly state that Cyclops had never met Wolverine prior to blasting Sabretooth, in fact Cyclops does seem to have a sort of edge on Logan. This could fit. I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but in an industry where characters thought dead for fifty years can suddenly show up as new heroes, nothing is impossible.
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