#cries deeply

we know from team X that they have incredible rapport, even if at the time it had been because logan was just as terrible as victor was. soule has been writing logan as a good man in return of wolverine, however, who doesn’t enjoy that all people know him for is killing? who doesn’t like that the first mission he received was a message from a dying man to kill? that this woman is asking him to save her son and kill the people who took him? these’re all the same conflicts that victor has in his inversion– is he JUST a killer? can he be MORE than a killer?

and in that sense i think they’d be able to balance each other really well as far as character development goes. return of wolverine logan is special in that his amnesia can be cured instantly if he chooses to unlock his memories himself, but he hasn’t done so. but imagine being told by all these people that you’re a killer known for killing– it makes sense that he doesn’t want to remember. that he wants to start anew. that he wants to be– maybe not a hero, necessarily, but at least someone who does more good than bad. that’s inverted victor’s whole shtick, too; he wants to start anew. he wants a clean slate.

eventually victor will tell logan the truth about him and that he did bad things, because inverted vic probably wouldn’t be able to lie to him about that what with logan’s own doubts in whether there’s any hope for him at all. he’ll tell logan that even if he was terrible at some point in his life, he will NEVER be as bad as victor was. and logan’s going to be here like “haha, what the fuck, you were bad? i mean, shit, you’re kind of annoying sometimes, but you’re the first person i met since waking up who didn’t ask me to kill anybody” and it’s just. comforting. for the both of them

PLUS victor will know firsthand what bloodlust tastes like AND he can take on the berserker in logan and calm him down. logan can remind victor whenever he has doubts that hell no, he’s not a monster, and they’re going to make it in this world and they’re going to keep doing the right things

of course logan inevitably meets the x-men who know he’s good but who still express doubts towards inverted victor, and logan’s going to vouch for him like “Hello??? He’s good to me??? If you don’t take him in then I don’t want anything to do with this team” and the x-men’ll just be “………..ok, we’ll give him a chance” (even though technically vic DID become an x-man for magneto’s team, but since warpath still Hardcore Doubts him then i’m pretty sure everyone else will lol…..)

anata no kibishisa wa itsumo  kitto yasashisa no uragaeshi de shinratsu na kotoba no mukou ni mo  atataka na hikari wo watashi wa kanjiteimashita

omoikaeseba  tsurai koto mo atta keredo... mayoinaku  waraiai  ayundekoreta ki ga shita...

saki no koto nado  dare ni mo wakaranai keredo... sukoshi demo  koukai no  sukunai michi wo eraberu you ni... senaka wo oshitekureteita no deshou?

sonna anata no senaka  dare ga mamoru no deshou? chiisa na hane ga hitotsuzutsu  atsumatte  katadoru (shiroi tsubasa) chiisa na inochi hitotsuzutsu  ushinatte  nokoshita (kuroi tsubasa)

tori wa tobu tame ni  umaretekita to shite mo katayoku de wa  kitto umaku  sora wa tobenai deshou subete no shiro to kuro no  ishi wo anata wa seotte haruka kanata  kabe wo koete  mina wo michibiiteyuku no deshou

watashi wa... sono koto wo... shinjiteyukimasu aa... nagori... oshii kedo... mou... jikan no you desu... saigo ni... mou hitotsu... tsutaetai omoi ga... ie... yappari... nandemonai desu...

chiisa na hane ga hitotsuzutsu  atsumatte  katadoru (shiroi tsubasa) chiisa na inochi hitotsuzutsu  ushinatte  nokoshita (kuroi tsubasa)

saigo no toki  anata no me ni  utsuru watashi  yuukan na heishi deshita ka? wasurenaide  anata no se ni  habataku no wa  tsuinaru  souyoku no hikari

watashi ga kanjita hikari no  na wa... nazukeru nara... sou... kibou...

I've always felt that your strictness must be the flip-side of kindness and that beyond your bitter words, too, was a warm light

if I think back, though we went through painful things, I felt we could walk on unwaveringly, smiling at each other

no one knows what lies ahead, but... in order to choose the road with the least regrets... you spurred us on just a little, didn't you?

and as for someone like you, who watches your back? one by one, little feathers gather, in the form of a white wing one by one, little lives are lost, leaving behind a black wing

even if birds were born to fly, they couldn't soar the skies with only one wing, right? with every black and white will on your back, you'll guide everyone through the walls and far away, right?

as for me... I... leave you believing in that... ah... parting ways... is regrettable, but... it seems... it's already time... in my last moments... there's one more... thing I want to tell you... no... as I thought... it's nothing...

one by one, little feathers gather, in the form of a white wing one by one, little lives are lost, leaving behind a black wing

in my last moment, was I a brave soldier in your eyes? please don't forget - what flaps on your back is the light of both wings coming together