He would, said the director, Tim Miller, be “pansexual. ALL ARE VALID.” Much has been heard in the runup to the film’s release about its fidelity to this aspect of the character. He is yours and everyone else’s.” Nicieza called him “the epitome of inclusive” and insisted: “He can be gay one minute, hetero the next, etc. “ I’ve been dogged with the DP sexuality questions for YEARS,” he tweeted.

In popular culture, this is an area almost without precedent, so we shouldn’t be too hard on those Deadpool fans who have demanded a more precise definition from Fabian Nicieza, one of the comic’s creators.