Storm definitely has a type when it comes to her romantic interests.
If you wanna be her lover, you'll probably need a good amount of confidence, a healthy
helping of self-esteem and, hey, being a ruler of a nation never hurts.
Storm chooses her partners with much consideration and you should feel lucky if you are one of
the few she considers for a potential romance.
Today we'll be looking closer at those lucky few, what worked for them and where things
went wrong, as we countdown the superheroes Storm has hooked up with.
Or almost hooked up with.
Be sure to stick around till the end of this video as I will have some bonus content coming
your way.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Loki
While these two never fully end up together, Loki does consider that Storm might make a
great Queen to stand by his side as he rules Asgaard.
He tricks her into joining his guard by giving her Stormcaster and restoring her powers,
making her the new Goddess of Thunder.
Someone who can rival his brother, Thor.
Storm almost fully joins Loki but ultimately rejects him after discovering that something
is amiss and that she has been manipulated.
In the end she joins her fellow X-Men to take them down.
Storm really doesn't like being manipulated.
But then again, who does?
However, I would still love to see a world where these two consensually end up together.
Is it weird that I think they make a cute couple?
Minus the trickery, of course.
9 Arkon
In volume one of Uncanny X-Men Annual issue number five, Storm finds herself offered a
queendom--as she so often is--when she crosses paths with Arkon the Magnificent, the Imperion
of the Warlords, a ruler.
For those who hardcore ship Thor and Storm together, this also might be a relationship
you can get behind.
The two fall for one another while fighting side by side but decide to call it quits and
go their separate ways because of their own individual obligations.
For Arkon, to his kingdom and people; and for Storm, to the X-Men and her teammates.
8 Doctor Doom
When Doctor Doom and Arcade kidnap some X-Men in order to force them to visit Murderworld,
Arcade's twisted amusement park, Doctor Doom decides to use the opportunity to have a dinner
date with Storm.
The crazy thing is that sparks seem to be flying between the two.
I mean Doctor Doom is pretty smooth and powerful and he is the well-loved leader of an entire
nation, Latveria---so I kind of get it.
And he's confident as heck which seems to be a thing that Storm is often attracted to.
However this romance quickly comes to an end after Doom makes it known that he is also
willing to kill Ororo, inciting her wrath after he encases her in chrome, to create
basically a living Storm statue and spare her "the ravages of age."
Too cruel.
7 Thor
What!
When did this happen!
In the comic, Marvel: Now What, we get little short stories.
And one such story imagines a universe where Storm and Thor end up together, reasoning
that their parallel control over lightning should make them the perfect match.
We see their wedding and what their arguments would be like...
I can't imagine things would go smoothly during any Avengers vs X-Men events but other than
that, I agree with the comic, that poses they might just end up being the cutest comic book
couple ever to exist should they forge a romantic relationship in the main continuity of earth
616.
6 Yukio
Yukio is an expert combatant and longtime friend of both Wolverine and Storm.
In fact, Storm met Yukio through Wolverine.
And Yukio even raised Wolverine's daughter, Amiko, as though she were her own for Logan,
becoming her adoptive mother.
Though Storm and Yukio's relationship has never been confirmed in the comics, it's definitely
implied.
The two flirt quite a bit and who's to say what could be happening off panel between
the two powerful women?
Yukio is actually the reason we got one of Storm's most iconic looks, her punk inspired
look with her awesome mohawk.
But although the two have had some fun together, Yukio has never been quite the right fit for
Storm.
The danger that Yukio brings with her is tantalizing to Storm, invoking the nostalgia of her past
life as a thief.
But ultimately her responsibility as an X-Men often causes distance between the two.
Though they have stayed fast friends, often resurfacing in one another's lives every now
and again.
5 Quicksilver
These two never really got the full opportunity to explore their romance in the Age of Apocalypse
reality as it was fairly bleak and we are led to believe they both died in battle.
But during this story arc we got to see some behind the scenes into their feelings for
one another through their thought bubbles.
There are a few touches and words here and there passed between the two as well that
imply there's likely so much more going on off panel.
And this version of Quicksilver appears to be a pretty good fit for Ororo.
He's much more serious and determined after the death of his sister, Wanda.
He also has a closer relationship to his dad, Magneto.
Because this is also back in the 90s before that whole family tree for the Maximoff twins
was retconned.
4 Beast
This relationship comes to us from the alternate Marvel Ultimate universe of earth 1610.
The two dated for awhile but their relationship was cut short by Beast dying.
A strange recurring thing in Storm's romantic life.
A lot of the people she dates end up dead for some reason.
I guess because that's the only way writers can think a relationship with Storm would
end.
Cause she's ultimately so cool.
But if you're dating her, just maybe be extra careful in battle, just in case.
Beast's death inspired her punk-rock look in this universe and she ended up turning
to Wolverine for comfort.
However when Beast returned from the dead, Storm was quick to drop Logan in favour of
rekindling her romance with Hank, who it turned out had his death forcibly faked by Professor
X and Nick Fury.
It was a weird but overall kind of sweet romance.
3 Forge
These two fell for one another after Forge nursed Storm back to health after she was
depowered.
Storm however would later discover that Forge was responsible for her accidental depowering,
causing her to get quite cross with him and putting a rift between the two.
And understandably so.
I wouldn't be happy if someone depowered me either, accident or no.
She later sought Forge out again, looking for help having her powers restored but once
the two found one another, they ended up being trapped in an alternate dimension.
They were stuck there for a year, granting them time to make peace and make out, falling
back in love with one another.
Forge managed to give Ororo back her powers by deconstructing his cybernetic leg and using
the components to build a device that allowed him to restore them.
Storm then used her powers to return them to their own dimension.
Unfortunately Forge's own insecurities ended up causing the two to split.
Forge had proposed to Storm but because she hesitated momentarily, he rescinded his marriage
proposal.
He did not even wait for her to answer, assuming she couldn't possibly truly love him.
I feel like you have to be confident to be with Storm.
Very important.
Know your worth, Forge.
2 Wolverine
Ororo ended up with Wolverine after her break up with Black Panther.
While Logan and Ororo had worked together for years before this, their relationship
was generally viewed as a strong platonic one.
But upon her separation from T'Challa and return to the X-Men, things started to heat
up between her and Logan.
The relationship actually looked like it was gearing up to be one of the best ones either
had ever had so of course, the comics had to find someway to ruin these two X-Men's
happiness by killing off Wolverine.
I know!
So tragic!
Leaving Storm behind to mourn him.
Even before these two ended up together in the comics, we also saw them together in the
animated 90s cartoon.
Well an alternate version of the main characters.
But still, it happened.
1 Black Panther
These two met when they were very young.
Storm saved the young prince and a romance blossomed between the two but T'challa's responsibilities
would take him away from his love, Storm until much later.
As adults they found one another and fell back in love again.
The two were even married and Storm became the Queen of Wakanda.
Unfortunately while they made a great couple and stood united through many conflicts, including
the first Civil War, they eventually split.
During the Avengers vs X-Men storyline, Black Panther named the mutants enemies after Wakanda
suffered an attack from Namor.
T'Challa accused Ororo of abandoning her people when she chose to side with the X-Men and
this caused a split between the two.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
Who would you like to Storm partnered with?
How did you feel about her and T'Challa's divorce?
Would you like to see Storm become a ruler of her very own nation?
I know I would.
Nevermind marrying into it, I think Storm just deserves to be a Queen all the time cause
she is one.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, it's time to turn to some comments from one of our latest videos,
Top 10 Superhero and Supervillain Couples You Won't Believe Exist Part 5.
Peter Quinn comments, "Hey Amanda, great to see you again."
Thanks, Peter.
And it's great to see you in the comments.
Also I love your username, Peter Quinn.
It's reminds me of Peter Quill and Harley Quinn.
That's a couple I could ship.
Black Phoenix says, "I thought Raze was Xavier and Mystique's kid?
Also, Storm had actually lost her powers at the time that Loki attempted to make her the
new goddess of Thunder."
That is true, she did.
That's why it was so tempting to her as well.
It was a chance to have powers again for Storm.
And Raze is the child of Logan and Mystique I think.
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