# In the marvel comics and films, who is married and related

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**Created:** [June 18, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-marvel-comics-and-films-who-is-married-and-related/691031 "2014-06-18T02:10:19Z")\
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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> I sometimes wondered, if you were super-hero types, with awesome powerz, what is dating and marriage and childbirth LIKE for you? If you can jump in your intergalactic spacecraft and fight off eaters of planets and destroyers of worlds, do you spend your off-time mooning over that cute fellow mutant you’ve seen in the hallways of Mutant U? Do you go to Nordstroms and shop for a prom gown? Do you go out on a date with Cyclops? Where- the movies? Out drinking at the local pub?.. Marriage: OK, there is a marriage in the works, do you have mom and dad and siblings and 100 relatives? Suppose your dad is Joe Lunchbox who drinks a 6-pack when he comes home from work while watching Fox News. How do you introduce your beloved and his relatives (if he even has any, if they live on this planet/dimension at all!) Does your mom get together with your superhero’s mom? Does SHE have powerz?d Do you go out and buy a gown with your bridesmaids? Are they all superheroes/mutants, or are there some civilians in there? How about your cousin Rita, who’s a kindergarten teacher in Boca Raton, Florida? How will she fit in?..Childbirth: do you belong to a medical group? Do you have to sign in at the North Medical Center and see Dr. Bruce Schliplitz to take a look at whatever is gestating in there? Does Cyclops or Dr. Reed Richards or whoever go with you on appointments? What if your S/O is alway off fighting for the fate of the planet? What happens when you go into labor? Does the second tier superheroes buddies, do they take you to the hospital or something? What about your mom? Then there’s the baptism - do you superhero types belong to a church? Do you GO to church? How about the bar mitzvah later, or the first communion or confirmation? what if you can’t make it, being off fighting villains… What happens if the marriage doesn’t work out, and there’s a divorce? (Oy! call a hundred lawyers!) … Too many questions! I don’t know that “normal” and “superhero comic book people” can co-exist.

Those are what we call _story hooks._

> [@levdrakon](#):
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> Did Storm/Ororo ever get crap for pretending to be a goddess in Kenya? Now she’s queen of Wakanda?

It’s Marvel. She and T’Challa have already broken up.

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