I wanna see a meta on Logan & his relationship with animals!! Tell me more —
Are there any that are instinctively afraid of him? Does he ever keep any little snackies on him to share with strays he may come across?
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But simple answer, no! No animal is instinctively afraid of him. Well- Okay. He does naturally read 'predator' to other animals, if he's not trying to be anything else. He smells like a hunter. So in that sense, yeah, animals are afraid of Logan. If he's running with the wolves, he's treated like any other wolf.
But if Logan is just being Logan, then, no, not really. This boils down to another aspect of his powers - his empathic connection with animals. He can't project his thoughts or read theirs, but he can make them understand what he's feeling. He can make them know he doesn't want to hurt them. That he's a friend. It's why we see him interact with so many animals that should otherwise want nothing to do with him. For example, when the ringmaster tries to feed Logan to hungry dogs, he befriends the dogs instead. When Roman tries to feed him to starving lions (I wish this wasn't a trend), Logan befriends the lions (and sics them on Roman). Wolves and deer will come up beside him if he's having a drink from a stream in the forest. Dogs, cats, and other domestic animals will come up and say hi to him in the streets. Once, he was 'hunting' (read: trying to get to pet some animals) and a baby elephant left its herd to go say hi to him - which, to be fair, is peak baby behaviour, but it's still cute. He's even made friends with some ghost animals!
If he wants animals to like him, they will like him. If he's ignoring him, they can get a little spooked, just like if any other animal was nearby. It's almost like he can just turn their fear off and let them know he just wants to give them a patpat.
And yes, he does carry snacks to share with them. He usually has some jerky or some other meat snack in his pocket for himself, and as long as it's not too spiced (or spiced with something that could make them sick), he'll share bits of it with any carnivore he meets. If he has trail mix, the birds can have a handful of the seeds and dried fruit. He knows what it's like to be a hungry stray, and he doesn't want to wish that on innocent animals.










