r/Deathstroke

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Generally speaking, I think My Adventures with Superman does an admirable job in adapting the comics, capturing the essence of Superman, and putting their own unique flourishes on the material. For the most part, I’ve liked, loved, or at least been able to accept the liberties taken with characters. The one exception to this, however, is Deathstroke, who not only feels like a lame character in the context of the show, but my least favorite adaptation of the character across all media as well.

I can get behind the idea of a younger less grizzled version of Slade Wilson. I can maybe even get behind the idea of him being a government agent as opposed to a lone wolf contract killer. The problem is that we’re now three seasons in and after stripping away so much of the characters defining personality traits, they’ve done nothing to make him any better or any more interesting.

More than that, I think the big problem is that he fundamentally doesn’t belong in this kind of show or setting. Deathstroke is a character who operates in the shadows and weaponizes psychological warfare. It makes him a great foil against the Teen Titans and even Batman. However, in a bright optimistic sci fi show, he can’t but stick out like a sore thumb.

It’s even more glaring when they do such a great job in my opinion with a character like Amanda Waller in this show how do you adapt one character so well and yet the other so poorly?

This version of Slade Wilson is so watered down that it makes me question why they didn’t just substitute him for Mercy Graves, a character who was literally designed to be a bodyguard and confidant for Lex Luthor.

To be clear, I still like this show a lot, and this is more of a grip for me than something that genuinely brings the show down. I don’t know if this is necessarily a controversial opinion, but it’s an opinion that I’ve had for a while.

Thoughts?

slade gets 2 weeks worth of prep. this is a alternative version of the six that hel be facing. kraven. vulture. scorpion. sandman. shocker. rhino.

https://youtu.be/jc3N5IeymeI?si=7uB1YcYPx25B3DwY

I've wanted to do a Slade fanart for a while, mainly with this new design, and now that I see it, I've improved quite a bit in my drawing.

I'm posting this here because other social media platforms don't give me the exposure I need, and it's easier for people to see it here.

(Now that I see it, it even looks like official art)

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