History DeconstructedCharacterArchetype / MarvelUniverse

* ''Film/{{Logan}}'' deconstructs ChildSoldier and HumanWeapon with [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura Howlett]]: Laura is pretty much what you'd ''actually'' get if you tried to train a child into an emotionless killing machine. When introduced she's virtually feral, responds violently when she feels threatened, and all but panics at the sound of a passing locomotive. Laura also shows extensive signs of stunted emotional development, evidenced by many behaviors, such as punching every button on an elevator, ordinarily associated with a child much younger than her age. And while she's certainly a highly-skilled and frighteningly efficient killer, she's ''still'' just an eleven year-old girl fighting grown men twice or more her size; Laura can be subdued by sheer weight of numbers, and when an opponent ''does'' land a solid hit on her ([[spoiler:such as X-24 throwing her against a wall]]) she goes down hard.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] is pretty much what you'd ''actually'' get out of a raised-from-birth LivingWeapon TykeBomb who endure years of TrainingFromHell. She was virtually destroyed emotionally by the years of abuse and torture she received at the Facility, leaving her a PTSD-ridden wreck prone to falling into {{Heroic BSOD}}s at the drop of a hat. Because she was deprived of the affection, emotional support, and socialization a child requires for normal development she's often lost in social interactions, easily confused by her emotions, and frequently experiences bouts of severe and possibly [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]] depression. At least one [[http://marvel.com/news/comics/9505/psych_ward_x-23 analysis of her character]] suggests she suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder, and a significant portion of her development in the books has been spent on repairing the damage that was done to her.

* ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' deconstructs BigGood, TheCape and LegacyCharacter. [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Steve Rogers]] has always been the moral compass for the Marvel Universe, to the point where Sam Wilson always found himself under Steve's shadow even when Steve gave him his blessing. This bled into the normal citizens, who criticized Sam at every turn because he "wasn't Steve", thus, when Sam quit and they got back Steve, they ended up with a Steve Rogers who was seeking to take control of the world with a fascist army. The Marvel heroes who have always used Steve as a moral compass have found themselves lost and uncertain and the citizens who have taken Steve at face value now find themselves regretting such a thing when he comes after them because they're criminals, Inhuman or mutant.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''
** Spider-Man was actually one of the earliest {{Superhero}} deconstructions, showing just how much being a superhero could have an effect on someone's personal life. Specifically [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man / Peter Parker]] showed what would happen if a teenager became a superhero without an adult mentor or any confidant with whom he could share his SecretIdentity and private issues (no Robin, no Alfred, no Ma or Pa Kent), and actually faced the consequences of his actions without the help of the social validation, and police immunity that was given to both Superman and Batman (via a supportive Daily Planet and TheCommissionerGordon giving a blank check on vigilante activities respectively). His stories removed the "training wheels" that had always made the black-and-white and good-versus-evil stories of Superman and Batman possible making his stories about something more mundane and difficult than simply defeating the bad guy du jour.

* ''ComicBook/XMen''
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] is the fearless RebelLeader who's been trained his whole life to fight for mutantkind. If you read that as 'fanatical ChildSoldier terrorist,' congratulations! You now understand his character arc. Though Cyclops tends to get Deconsructed and [[{{reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] depending on how [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]]/[[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] the series is at that moment, and how much [[DependingOnTheWriter the current writer]] likes him relative to [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]].

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* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

* ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' deconstructs BigGood, TheCape and LegacyCharacter. Steve Rogers has always been the moral compass for the Marvel Universe, to the point where Sam Wilson always found himself under Steve's shadow even when Steve gave him his blessing. This bled into the normal citizens, who criticized Sam at every turn because he "wasn't Steve", thus, when Sam quit and they got back Steve, they ended up with a Steve Rogers who was seeking to take control of the world with a fascist army. The Marvel heroes who have always used Steve as a moral compass have found themselves lost and uncertain and the citizens who have taken Steve at face value now find themselves regretting such a thing when he comes after them because they're criminals, Inhuman or mutant.

*** [[Characters/SpiderManSpiderVerseMilesMorales Miles Morales]] is one of TheUnchosenOne. Despite being bitten by a spider like his world's Spider-Man, Miles struggles with feelings of inadequacy because he feels like he didn't really earn the right to become the next Spider-Man, and it takes him most of the first film in order to learn to trust himself and grow more confident about his position as Spider-Man. ''Across'' further deconstructs by revealing that [[spoiler:he really was never ''meant'' to become Spider-Man; the spider that bit him came from Earth-42, meaning that said earth ''lost'' the chance to gain a Spider-Man and descended into crime and chaos as a result. Not only that, but Miles' unique situation causes him to become a target of the Spider-Society, an alliance of multiple Spider-Man from all over the multiverse, who deem him an anomaly who threatens the stability of the multiverse the longer he exists.]]

DeconstructedCharacterArchetype in this series.

** Spider-Man was actually one of the earliest {{Superhero}} deconstructions, showing just how much being a superhero could have an effect on someone's personal life. Specifically [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man / Peter Parker]] showed what would happen if a teenager became a superhero without an adult mentor or any confidant with whom he could share his SecretIdentity and private issues (no Robin, no Alfred, no Ma or Pa Kent), and actually faced the consequences of his actions without the help of the social validation, and police immunity that was given to both Superman and Batman (via a supportive Daily Planet and TheCommissionerGordon giving a blank check on vigilante activities respectively). His stories removed the "training wheels" that had always made the black-and-white and good-versus-evil stories of Superman and Batman possible making his stories about something more mundane and difficult than simply defeating the bad guy du jour.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] is the fearless RebelLeader who's been trained his whole life to fight for mutantkind. If you read that as 'fanatical ChildSoldier terrorist,' congratulations! You now understand his character arc. Though Cyclops tends to get Deconsructed and [[{{reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] depending on how [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]]/[[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] the series is at that moment, and how much [[DependingOnTheWriter the current writer]] likes him relative to ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.
** [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] is pretty much what you'd ''actually'' get out of a raised-from-birth LivingWeapon TykeBomb who endure years of TrainingFromHell. She was virtually destroyed emotionally by the years of abuse and torture she received at the Facility, leaving her a PTSD-ridden wreck prone to falling into {{Heroic BSOD}}s at the drop of a hat. Because she was deprived of the affection, emotional support, and socialization a child requires for normal development she's often lost in social interactions, easily confused by her emotions, and frequently experiences bouts of severe and possibly [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal]] depression. At least one [[http://marvel.com/news/comics/9505/psych_ward_x-23 analysis of her character]] suggests she suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder, and a significant portion of her development in the books has been spent on repairing the damage that was done to her.