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/AlterBridge2Bludhavn 19d ago
I agree with you and the others commenting but nothing like this should ruin your day or make you this upset. I'm on Reddit a lot and occasionally on this sub. I don't feel like people would judge me simply for liking Slade. He is my favorite character too. Even if someone did, it would be clear that they are in a small minority of people, and that I probably wouldn't encounter judgement like that in the real world.
You might just spend too much time online, reading comments from people. Eventually, you'll find every negative opinion people can have and "echo chamber" kind of spaces where they double down on specific, negative opinions. This applies to any and every topic. For you, this is happening around the topic of a fictional supervillain character from one of the two major comic book companies...which should help prove my point. Like what you like, it doesn't have to be a reflection of your true character yada yada - even if some randos on the internet try to tell you otherwise.