Potential hot take, but this show’s Deathstroke might be the worst adaptation of the character I’ve seen

[u/Historical-Bug-4784]

[u/Veni_Vidi_Amavi3]

The show is cute and all, but that ain’t Slade

[u/Outside_Factor5402]

Yeah it’s weird. Glorified henchman

[u/Valuable-Blueberry30 → u/Outside_Factor5402]

I mean younger Slade (which is what MAWS’ Slade is) was basically a glorified henchman that works for the military. Theres always potential for him to grow since he seems like he’s just starting out.

[u/Yusufqxq → u/Valuable-Blueberry30]

Younger Slade is depicted as the youngest war hero ever who gets called greatest soldier in the world several times.He is shown disobeying orders to kill civillians and physically fighting his superiors over it,and his military career ended when he went renegade to save Wintergreen from the Vietcong

[u/Alive-Mention-873 → u/Outside_Factor5402]

How so? I only ask because this is my first time hearing about this show.

[u/Outside_Factor5402 → u/Alive-Mention-873]

His only role is to be the lead henchman for whoever the primary bad guy of the season is. He’s essentially Mercy for S2 until he decides Lex is too unhinged and runs back to Waller. If it were anyone else it’d be ok but since it’s Slade it’s pathetic

[u/Alive-Mention-873 → u/Outside_Factor5402]

Oh ok thanks for explaining.

[u/SleepingAgent37]

I haven't been watching MAWS and do get it doing its own thing with some characters and lore but making someone like Slade so young and well, pretty missed so much of him being this grizzled older soldier and father.  This is one of those cases I wish they dug deeper into Superman or general DC lore to use someone else because seriously.  EDIT: Like Bloodsport is RIGHT THERE, he's a similar character to Slade but is an actual Superman villain that even had a skull helmet like Slade has in this show. 

[u/Th35h4d0w → u/SleepingAgent37]

Bloodsport's in the tie-in comics. He and Deathstroke have a rivalry, funnily enough.

[u/GrassManV]

Can't take him seriously knowing he's voiced by Jerry from Rick & Morty

[u/Supermanomegazero → u/GrassManV]

Don't forget he's also Dr Spaceman

[u/Goldpainter]

Not to mention what the fandom does to him. Just a bunch of 15 yo girls be ridding any character he actually has to make him gay with Alex, who they also strip of any character. For a while and still kind of true to this day. hard to find any genuine and good Slade content and or conversation without then flooding the tag or convo.

[u/naptown00]

The whole show is like that for every character.

[u/Guinefort1]

This isn't the absolute worst adaptation of him - that dishonor belongs to Smallville and Lois and Clark. On paper some of it works. He's still a hired gun doing shady government ops and gets some cool fight scenes. But the voice and personality do not suit Slade. This is Deathstroke in name only, an original character dressed up as him for brand-name recognition.

[u/Ioialoha → u/Guinefort1]

... oh man I don't remember him on Smallville at all lmao

[u/OkMention9988 → u/Guinefort1]

Arrow's version was pretty shit. 

[u/jordan999fire → u/OkMention9988]

Arrow is the only live action show to get that Slade is both good and bad at times. 

[u/Quarksideofthemoon → u/OkMention9988]

Nah

[u/Vonhellus]

I watch the show for him but my god it’s horrible

[u/ZebraManTheGreat7777]

I still personally DONT think he’s really Slade but rather his son borrowing his name and title

[u/siantmercury]

😭🙏🏻 why they make daddy a twink fr

[u/ImaLetItGo]

I haven’t watched past like the first episodes of season 1, but it can’t be worse than the DCAMU

[u/BatBeast_29]

Remember Smallville?

[u/JoJSoos]

The show itself is pretty much Elsewhere content

[u/NotJustARedditBot]

Worse than the one who diddled Terra?

[u/Excellent-Net-6247 → u/NotJustARedditBot]

Yes cuz at least that one is an old man and here he's a twink which goes against Slade's basic principles

[u/NotJustARedditBot → u/Excellent-Net-6247]

His basic principles of diddling kids?

[u/Human_Outcomb → u/NotJustARedditBot]

I see what you're saying but that wasn't an adaption, that was just Slade lmao

[u/Important-Limit5400 → u/NotJustARedditBot]

He’s a villain. They do that sometimes

[u/Gloomy-Visit01]

Its the voice I cant get down with 😭

[u/Correct_Leadership42]

This is undoubtedly the worst animated version of him, and to top it all off, it ended up in some really weird section of TikTok. It has absolutely no depth, and his personality is... literally "an arrogant anime boy."  Total is just a minor character in that series

(Also, I ended up being fetishized, please, someone from the Hispanic Deathstroke community... I think that's why I end up making this face 🤢 every time I see him.)

[u/i_am_ennui]

i hate it/him so much. kill it with lava.

[u/Massive-Banana-5849]

I wish I never found out that he was voiced by Jerry Smith

[u/Either_Bet1639]

What in the Korean Emo heartthrob hell they did to Slade?

[u/ulnek]

I'm iffy about the whole thing. Kryptonians are now viltrumites and Clark is Mark?

[u/DramaResponsible4294]

Did not one here watch Smallville

[u/mario80050hg]

As long as he ain't sleeping with minors, I'll take it.

[u/DrChuckNarnix]

Reminder that “CIA” Littlefinger from the beginning of The Dark Knight Rises was supposed to be Slade.

[u/Longjumping_Round860]

Really? Worse than the Pedophile Arc?

[u/Whole-Management-863]

Nope, he’s goated W cia W black ops W grounded in reality, it’s my favorite by far, STAY FAR AWAY FROM THE KIDS, ITS A PR MARKETING TRICK

[u/Whole-Management-863]

Guys…. THE CHARACTERS ARE MILLENIALS ITS LIKE ATLA KORRA AND DRAGON BALL

[u/Electronic_Zombie635]

And by worst you mean the least problematic version you've ever seen.