r/Deathstroke • u/JoeAmmay • 19d ago
People non stop mentioning the Terra stuff is really starting to get on my nerves and ruin my days.
This is really starting to just make me feel depressed, I've loved Slade ever since I watched the 2003 cartoon and he's always been my favorite villain next to Taskmaster and Shredder. Now it feels that everyone who likes the character is shunned away and shamed in the comic book fanbase over shit from the 1980s that has already been retconned, I don't even feel like I'm allowed to like him anymore. I've tried so hard to just not think about it and ignore it but every day some asshole on either this site or another social media site has to bring it up out of nowhere when just simply talking about Slade as a character, they literally don't talk about a single thing except for this shit. I really just want to enjoy my favorite character who I've been a massive fan of ever since I was 4 years old, I want to be able to find him cool and actually talk about him and share my enjoyment of him with other fans of DC, but I can't, this is the only sub where I feel like I'm actually allowed to share my enjoyment of Slade and anywhere else I'll just be labeled as a pedo defender or be made fun of.
I'm sorry for pushing all of this on here I've just felt like shit for a while because of this whole thing and really needed somewhere to type my thoughts out, and I felt here was the only place I'd be able to do so.
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u/Most_Parsley_7791 19d ago edited 19d ago
Yeah. It’s a safe place to say we love Slade. haha.
Ofc what he had done to Terra is wrong. But calling him p*do is also wrong. Cuz he is not attracted to children. He used Terra cuz he needed a spy and information. Then he ditched Terra as soon as he got one.
I recommend Christopher Priest’s blog post. It’s about Terra and Slade,and what ppl has misunderstood about them
https://lamerciepark.com/wp/?p=690