Were Pyro and Avalanche lovers?/Was Pyro gay?
I hear this one a lot, and it baffles me. No, there is no indication that either were gay. Blob did jokingly ask in X-Men annual #2 if Pyro and Avalanche were “kissin’ yet”, but it seems to have just been a rude comment (he hated them both at the time because of personal disagreements). In Daredevil 269, Blob thought Pyro was trying to steal a girl he was interested in, complained to Pyro “you always get the girls!”, and both made crude sexual comments about her, in addition to flirting with a barmaid. I am not saying it’s impossible that Pyro and/or Avalanche (a married man) are gay or bisexual, just that there is no evidence for and some evidence against, so I don’t believe it is the case. I think some readers are misunderstanding the friendship between them.
