History TearJerker / Logan

* Despite Logan changing the timeline in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' which in turn saved mutants, [[InSpiteOfANail most mutants still end up dying out in this new timeline]], shortly after the events of the aforementioned film.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Determinator}} James "Logan" Howlett: Mutant.]] [[Film/XMenFirstClass Lo]][[TheCameo ner.]] [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Brother. Lover. Test]] [[Film/XMenApocalypse subject.]] [[Film/XMen1 Me]][[Film/X2XMenUnited nt]][[Film/XMenTheLastStand or.]] [[ShellShockedVeteran War veteran.]] [[Film/TheWolverine Samurai.]] [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Savior of the past and future.]] [[ComicBook/XMen X-Man.]] [[Film/{{Logan}} And finally, the]] Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}[[TheHeroDies ... until the very end.]] [[Really700YearsOld (1832-2029)]]]]

*** When this happens, Logan pays little attention and simply says "you know who I am, Charles". The sheer bluntless of Logan's voice suggests that this has happened so many times that Logan has simply gotten used to it.

** The last shot shows Logan with a shovel, implying that he's just buried someone (pictured above). Whether its Charles or some other character we know or love is uncertain, but the look on Logan's face indicates we'll be feeling the same as he is when we find out.

If watching this movie, literally throw all the sad moments from the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series [[UpToEleven out the window.]]

-->'''Logan''': ''(looks up)'' ''Charles!'' ''(looks back at Laura, then back up)'' '''''Charles!!'''''

--> '''Xavier:''' [[FamousLastWords Our boat... the Sunseeker...]]

--> '''Laura:''' Daddy...

--> '''Laura:''' A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold. There's no living with a killing. There's no going back. Right or wrong, it's a brand. A brand that sticks. Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... everything's all right. There are no more guns in the valley.

* After [Xavier's funeral, the scene where Logan beats up the broken down truck was seen by many to be MoodWhiplash, but it's much less funny when you realize that this is Logan venting his rage for ''everything'' that's happened to him in these past few days (or even years). FridgeHorror sets in when you realize ''he left Laura at the grave'', most likely blaming her for what happened to Charles, Caliban and the Munson family, and was probably planning [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to ditch her there]].

** ''Don't be what they made you.'' A double tearjerker: Logan is wishing for Laura what any parent wishes for his child - that she'll live a better life than he did. And it's a callback to his own fate, a fate his daughter shared: being tested on and used as weapons because of their mutations, instead of just living as people. He's wishing her something beyond that fate.

-->'''Charles:''' I always know who you are, it's just sometimes I don't recognize you.

-->'''Charles:''' I gave you a family.\\

!!Meta

* While also heartwarming, this [[http://aprilis420.deviantart.com/art/The-Wolverine-sunseeker-667226286 fan art]] gives Charles and Logan the happy ending they wanted, but never got.

** After seeing X-24, Logan keeps looking at Laura and then back at Charles. Even despite the more vitriolic times, this alone shows that Logan cares about his daughter and his father figure...and to see them both in serious, very likely lethal danger ''terrifies him.''

* In their last conversation before the climax, Logan refuses to accompany Laura and the X-23 kids the rest of the way across the border, insisting he only agreed to come that far. He then tries to rationalize it by telling her the people he cares about have a way of dying on him, the implication being that he's come to care about ''her'', too, and doesn't want to see anything happen to her. Laura, clearly hurt by the rejection, tells him she has nothing to worry about and storms off.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Determinator}} James "Logan" Howlett: Mutant.]] [[Film/XMenFirstClass Lo]][[TheCameo ner.]] [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Test]] [[Film/XMenApocalypse subject.]] [[Film/XMen1 Me]][[Film/X2XMenUnited nt]][[Film/XMenTheLastStand or.]] [[Film/TheWolverine Samurai.]] [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Saviour of the past and future.]] [[Film/{{Logan}} And finally, the]] Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}[[TheHeroDies ... until the very end.]]]]

!!Meta

* Just the fact that this is the last time we'll see Creator/HughJackman and Creator/PatrickStewart as Wolverine and Professor X, respectively. Heck, the entire film is one for anyone who grew up watching the ''X-Men'' films. With both Jackman and Stewart departing the films, this is a prolonged farewell to two beloved childhood heroes which will touch even the hardest of hearts.
* While also heartwarming, this [[http://aprilis420.deviantart.com/art/The-Wolverine-sunseeker-667226286 fan art]] gives Charles and Logan the happy ending they wanted, but never got.
* Six months after the release of this movie, Len Wein -- the creator of Wolverine -- passed away.

[[UpToEleven If watching this movie, literally throw all the sad moments from the]] ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' [[UpToEleven out the window.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThisIsReality "In the real world, people die."]]'']]

'''Charles:''' Logan...''Logan...'' what did you do? ''(fearful)'' ''What did you do?! Answer me! Why are we here?! No one should live like this, drugged in a fucking tank!''\\

-->'''Charles:''' Logan...''Logan...'' what did you do? ''(fearful)'' ''What did you do? Answer me! Why are we here?! No one should live like this, drugged in a fucking tank!''\\

** And this one, following in short succession:
-->'''Charles:''' You're waiting for me to die!

-->'''Logan''': Maybe a quarter of it happened, and not like this.
** The deleted scene of Bobby asking Logan about Sabretooth twists the knife even further; He reveals to Logan that Laura has told the other kids what he said about the comics, and that it was all made up. You can ''hear'' the heartbreak in Bobby's voice if he asks whether that's true, and that everything they've believed in and has been holding them together all this time was all a lie. It crosses over into Heartwarming when Logan assures him that even if it didn't happen the way the books said, there was at least a grain of truth to the stories.

*** The deleted scene of Bobby asking Logan about Sabretooth twists the knife even further; He reveals to Logan that Laura has told the other kids what he said about the comics, and that it was all made up. You can ''hear'' the heartbreak in Bobby's voice if he asks whether that's true, and that everything they've believed in and has been holding them together all this time was all a lie. It crosses over into Heartwarming when Logan assures him that even if it didn't happen the way the books said, there was at least a grain of truth to the stories.

-->''"Everything you asked for you got! And it is better this way; because I suck at this! [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Bad shit happens to people I care about!]] [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim You understand me?]]"''

! Being a TearJerker page, this will contain a bunch of unmarked spoilers. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

** Laura's reaction[[note]]In that scene, those are Dafne Keen's real tears[[/note]] and last words to Logan upon his death.

** It also turns out that [[Film/TheWolverine Yukio's prediction came true. "I see you on your back, there's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand." Logan isn't literally holding his heart when he dies; he's holding Laura's hand.

** It gets worse once you see that when he has seizures, they generate lethal psychic waves, and that [[spoiler:that is what killed the X-Men!]]
** Even worse is the scene after Xavier's seizure in the Vegas hotel. [[spoiler: As Xavier gets wheeled out, all he can muster is a pitiable yet heart-wrenching apology. Creator/PatrickStewart really sounded so despondent in that moment.]]

** [[spoiler:While spending the night at the Munson's, Xavier muses that it was the best night he's ever had in a long time, until he starts to remember that he was responsible for killing the X-Men, and begins to wonder if he even deserves any sort of happiness. And this is all right before he's killed by X-24.]]

** Xavier's belief that mutants can control their powers and live peacefully alongside others [[spoiler:has ultimately been proven wrong. Even Xavier, the strongest and most disciplined mutant, couldn't do it forever.]]

*** In the scene where Laura [[spoiler:finally speaks]], Logan tries to tell her that everything in the books are made up. Among the coughing, you can hear Logan's voice cracking and pausing as he laments that the creators had turned everything he and the X-Men had done into a "[[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory big fucking lie]]." Logan is clearly heartbroken that this is how he and his friends will be remembered: as cartoon characters dressed up in "self-promoting leotards." [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Of course, he's overlooking the fact that regardless of the actual content or accuracy of the books, they inspire hope in people like Laura and the X-23 kids and give them heroes to look up to.]]

*** To add to that, watching Logan, the literally unstoppable Wolverine, now even struggling to so much as walk is incredibly heart-wrenching. Considering that it's only been a year since [[spoiler: the Westchester Incident]] and conditions like these take a while (also applying Logan's healing factor), and it's fairly likely that he started deteriorating sometime after the events of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Had things not gone awry, Logan could have received better treatment.
** What may be the absolute worst thing about this world is TheReveal towards the end of the film. [[spoiler: A company called Transigen figured out that there was a way to exterminate the mutant race without ever having to risk themselves becoming known: they found a way to produce a GMO strain of corn that contained a chemical which prevented X-gene positive embryos from coming to term, then infiltrated the food industry and began distributing it all over the world, snuffing out the mutant race quite literally in the cradle. So, in the end, '''Magneto was right''': humans and mutants could NEVER co-exist thanks to FantasticRacism, and if the X-men had not stopped Magneto or Apocalypse from wiping out humanity, then mutants would never have gone extinct. Xavier believed in humanity's goodness... and was proven wrong. And the entire mutant race paid for one man daring to be idealistic.]]

* [[spoiler: X-24 killing the whole Munson family, which would not happened if Charles hadn't insisted on staying overnight. A mortally wounded Will Munson ends up holding Logan responsible for this, so that after he takes down X-24 with his car and headshots him, he tries to shoot Logan too before dying. ''And Logan just stands there and lets him take the shot'', although he turns out to be out of ammo.]]
** [[spoiler: Xavier was a 90+ year old paraplegic suffering from a degenerative brain disease who had been on the road for a long time after having a debilitating seizure. He may not have outright said that he was physically incapable of continuing the journey but he likely would not have been able to last much longer without resting at the Munson home.]]
** Perhaps [[spoiler: Xavier realized his mistake before he went.]]
** [[spoiler: When Laura sees Charles dead body she ''absolutely'' loses it. Showing in the short time she knew him Laura cared about Xavier just as much as Logan did.]]
* [[spoiler: X-24 overall. Yes, it's a merciless killing machine, but the way Rice talks about it - detailing how it was ''easier'' to make something dedicated to rage wholesale rather than brainwashing someone like Logan - just makes it seem pitiful and its existence as a whole utterly miserable. This is Logan as the monster he often perceives himself as - berserker rage incarnate, no mercy and completely cold and vicious - and yet is something he's never fully succumbed to. X-24 is nothing but that monster. There's no chance for it to develop like he has, no great love for it to cling to, no family or friends that a Charles Xavier has sought to surround him with. X-24 is a successful Weapon X, and it's upsetting as a mirror for Logan and what he could have become, if those who took advantage of him had their way]].
** [[spoiler:X-24 gets upset when he sees Rice dead. He's not a ''complete'' monster. Does that make it better or worse?]]
* [[spoiler:Logan seeing a mortally wounded Charles and repeatedly saying it wasn't him who did it. Not to mention Charles' death and funeral, where Logan struggles to provide a eulogy for him. Even with Laura holding his hand to comfort him, Logan cannot even complete a sentence before he gives up, breaks down emotionally, and proceeds to vent his anger on his broken car.]]

** [[spoiler: The funeral itself is also saddening. Unlike in ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', where Charles' funeral was at the X-Mansion, surrounded by his beloved students and colleagues, this time he's buried in a pitiable grave on the banks of a small pond or lake by Logan, and with only him and Laura there to mourn him. The leader of X-Men and ''the'' voice for better human and mutant relationships dies basically forgotten.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Xavier:''' [[FamousLastWords Our boat... the Sunseeker...]]]]
** [[spoiler: What makes Charles' dying words even more saddening is that he says them while seemingly hallucinating that he and Logan are finally on board the Sunseeker. When in reality, he's dying on the back of a pick up truck.]]
** There is also another similarity to [[spoiler:''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. [[HistoryRepeats Once again, Xavier dies near Logan,]] [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]]]].
* [[spoiler:Logan's death at the end of the film. The last shot of the film being his stone-covered grave, complete with the cross re-positioned into an X, only rubs further salt into the wound.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Logan:''' [[DoubleMeaning So, this is what it feels like...]]]]
** [[spoiler:Laura's reaction[[note]]In that scene, those are Dafne Keen's real tears[[/note]] and last words to Logan upon his death.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Laura:''' Daddy...]]
** [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfsCK9tPCy8 The music that plays during the scene.]] It's so low and simple as to be barely above ambiance, and filled with melancholy.]]
** [[spoiler:Laura's graveside eulogy, paraphrased from ''Film/{{Shane}}'', which she watched with Charles in the hotel room.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Laura:''' A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold. There's no living with a killing. There's no going back. Right or wrong, it's a brand. A brand that sticks. Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... everything's all right. There are no more guns in the valley.]]
** [[spoiler: It's even sadder when you consider that Logan and Charles were (possibly) the last of the natural born mutants, and that the remnants of the original X-Men are now gone.]]
** [[spoiler: It also turns out that [[Film/TheWolverine Yukio's prediction came true.]] "I see you on your back, there's blood everywhere. You're holding your own heart in your hand." Logan isn't literally holding his heart when he dies; he's holding Laura's hand.]]
** [[spoiler: And to twist the knife even further, the only Canadian X-Man (in the film continuity at least), dies without reaching his homeland one last time.]]
* Logan carries [[spoiler:an Adamantium bullet everywhere he goes (which is implied to be the same one that gave him amnesia in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' since it was likely never fired in the new timeline). [[DrivenToSuicide He carries it just in case he can't deal with living anymore and wants to end it all.]]]]

* While [[spoiler:Dr. Rice and his men are killed and the X-23 kids escape to a better life, [[TheBadGuyWins Transigen have already wiped out the mutant gene,]] with seemingly no way of undoing it. Mutantkind may have won this battle, but lost the war a long time ago.]]
* After [[spoiler: Xavier's funeral, the scene where Logan beats up the broken down truck was seen by many to be MoodWhiplash, but it's much less funny when you realize that this is Logan venting his rage for ''everything'' that's happened to him in these past few days (or even years). FridgeHorror sets in when you realize ''he left Laura at the grave'', most likely blaming her for what happened to Charles, Caliban and the Munson family, and was probably planning [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to ditch her there]]]].

* While also heartwarming, [[spoiler: this [[http://aprilis420.deviantart.com/art/The-Wolverine-sunseeker-667226286 fan art]] gives Charles and Logan the happy ending they wanted, but never got.]]
* Six months after the release of this movie, Len Wein - the creator of Wolverine - passed away.