“There’s nobody like me!”; Intentional ostracism within Deadpool: Want You to Want Me

Deadpool can be quite unlikable. Often he is supposed to be. Both his ‘subversive’ humour and ‘anti-hero’ status depend upon his separation from mainstream and conventional superheroes, his very being is designed as a contrast to them. However, frequently Deadpool’s aggravation of mainstream Marvel characters becomes an affront against the audience too, his intentionally offensive, …