It was the Winter of 2011 when Marjorie Liu crushed Hellion/X-23 fans hearts when she "broke" them up in issue #19 of her X-23 run. And then she pissed them off with how she threw Hellion under the bus in the next issue but that's a rant that's been to death. Now it is the end of April in the year 2015, the Marvel Universe as we know is set to be reborn. And oddly enough it seems that Laura and Julian have finally moved on. But have they really?
Last week over in Bendis' ANXM, Laura and Warren have seem to come to terms with their own "friends with benefits" or "actual relationship" dilemma by deciding to pursue a romantic relationship with one another. Warren told Laura he loved her and they smooched. Oddly enough in this week's final of the Spider-Man and the X-Men, Julian and Iara dos Santos (Shark Girl) smooched and became an item. So it seems like the two have moved on...but have they really? Perhaps their current relationships are them trying to cope by settling for a less superior version of who they really love? Let's consider the following
If you break it down Julian and Warren are pretty similar archetypes and personalities. Rich pretty boys who act like a dick more often than not. Though in the case of Julian, he was formally rich. Though with Anole running Worthington Industries, it's possible that Warren is as poor as Julian now. Both have been self proclaimed ladies men over the course of their histories. Though it should be noted that while Warren is blonde with Wings and Julian has black hair with Telekinesis, both have the ability of flight.
On the female side of the board Laura and Iara are similar as well. Both are ladies of action. Plus they both have sharp implements as mutant powers: Teeth for Iara and claws for Laura. These give off an aura of savageness and power, two attributes that Julian admitted he found very attractive. Though while Laura's fighting style originally not that savage, Avengers Arena and ANXM seems to have erased that from her. And while we could debate the savagery of Laura's current fighting style, there is no doubt that Laura gives off an aura of power. And let's not mention their names are similar as well, to the point that Iara has been called Laura on more than occasion.
So have Julian and Laura moved on? I'll leave that up too you!