bruh wtf?

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A question that makes it look like I had a stroke (no pun intended at all seriously) but I've been wanting to know what people think of Deathstroke.

What do you think makes Deathstroke the way he is that he is well known by this community and other people who are fans of him? Is it because of his amazing feats? His characterization? His unique view of the world (akin to his classic comic series)? I would like to know your guys answers. Also please try not to argue with each other.

To me, what I think makes Deathstroke the way he is, is his unique, yet overly flawed viewpoint of the world. He's simply a guy who does the job he is contracted to do as he kills his targets with little to no remorse, gets paid and moves on. But he doesn't kill children or women at all nor does he kill targets that don't seem like they should deserve it. He's stated in one of his comic that he "Kills people, but isn't a killer." (The New Titans 1988 issue 70) which is an odd thing to say and in no way to justify any murders at all whatsoever, but you can get what he is saying "He kills people when the job is needed, he doesn't kill unnecessarily."

That's at least what I think makes Deathstroke the way he is and have stood by that characterization of him. He's got moral codes and standards and abides by them. So what are your guys answers to this question? Also sorry for going on a tangent there.

People who hate certain comic book characters should be banned from writing them cause the mischaracterization is abysmal. I swear someone higher up at DC really hates Slade. Dawn of DC ending without a SINGLE sighting. There's something really off. All signs point to Williamson. I have a feeling it is going to be awhile.

Found this on a news article on my mobile version of Google. Let's hope this doesn't affect Deathstroke's release into SSKTJL.

SEARCH ‘DEATHSTROKE ZSJL’ AND I’M RIGHT THERE THIS IS SO COOL

I’m about to finish Cristopher Priest’s run with the character and I’m really enjoying it. I have a soft spot for when a story has a villain as the main character. My thing right now is that I don’t really understand how his reputation with Terra hurts his character. He’s a villain and is meant to be unlikeable. My mind keeps going back to Red Skull and how he’s portrayed. If that’s ok why is Deathstroke’s relationship with Terra something that generates so much more controversy.

Hope this doesn’t come off as me poking a bear. Genuinely want to avoid making people angry

Personally, I'd like to go with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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not trying to waste anyones time, but is slade dead right now?
i was trying to read deathstroke inc but i got spoiled and saw slade die in shadow war by talias hand. now im wondering is it worth reading? does he come back in year one? whats going on?

Deathstroke's helmet/mask has been depicted as either red & black or orange & black. I know orange is the o.g but I've always been a red & black type of guy. Which one do you all prefer??

EDIT: earlier incarnations had a straight-up orange and black helmet/mask, with later versions having a reddish-orange and black. Someone was kind enough to point out that it was always orange with varying shades, and he is absolutely correct.

I just tried talking in the r/dccomics discord server only to get shunned out and called a pedophile for having Slade as my pfp, I'm so done with this fucking bullshit.

The first issue of Allwinter will be published in July, it is written at the end of the article. So Viking Slade is coming this summer.

DC Announces its Summer Blockbuster Event and Elseworlds Updates (cbr.com)

So, on the art end it's a very striking combination. It makes for a really iconic contrast, on the meta level, the Black & Orange works really well from an "eyefeel" and from marketability standpoint. 10/10, totally, genius.

But... Slade *in* universe is making the decision to rock the black and orange. Batman puts the bat motif in because of a connection to his past trauma. So, why does Slade wear orange? It could have been *any* color, he's worn other colors before, but he chooses to rock the orange.

Is it ever covered anywhere? I feel like that's a fun exchange. Some goon being like "Ok Mr. Deathstroke sir, I gotta ask... why the orange?" and Slade just goes "Ah it's just my favorite color. I used to make up increasingly unbelievable stories about it, but it got boring after I had some special forces guy convinced orange made me invisible to Superman."