Talk:Deathstroke

Name Inconsistency

Could someone please revise this entire page so that no character is mentioned by more than one name (except when necessary) and so that the names used are the ones you would see at the top of each character's own Wikipedia page? Some parentheses for clarification would be nice; i.e. "Changeling (Beast Boy)", for when characters are referred to by different names than their page name in any given works and when using a singular name seems wrong to do. Anyone kind enough to do so, please help with this. 2601:1C0:6D02:3C10:7D50:FC3C:B984:CB9A (talk) 03:51, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Ephebophilia

I recently added Mr. Wilson to the category of "fictional pedophiles" due to him having had sexual intercourse with a fifteen year old girl, and someone reverted it saying that my information was inaccurate. I know my facts are straight (unless a preference for children is required, in which case give me your imput and we'll work from there; but he had sex with fifteen year old, and that is a pedophilic act), so I'm changing it back. If someone thinks that I'm wrong, say it here and we can discuss it. El Payaso Malo --69.154.61.79 (talk) 03:35, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Pedophilia might not be the correct term, but if nothing else, he should be added to the category of Fictional rapists. Flutterman (talk) 21:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Pedophilia means that the person has a sexual preference for prepubescent children. Slade has never shown this to be a preference and we've never seen this introduced as part of her regular character. He was involved with her, but this seems to have more to do with his conflict against the Teen Titans than anything resembling paraphilia. In addition, she was hardly prepubescent. The term rapist is also misleading, because it was an entirely consensual encounter. MrBlonde267 (talk) 00:05, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

But in a way, the term 'rapist' is appropriate because, as is stated on Terra's page, she is mentally unstable, a fact of which Slade took advantage. Something to bear in mind.Flutterman (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC).

The fact that she is mentally unstable might as well be moot, considering that at the time she slept with Deathstroke, she was only fourteen years old. This makes Deathstroke a rapist in the statutory sense even if the act was supposedly consensual.JackFloridian (talk) 15:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

This isn't a very pivotal or key aspect of his character, but one of Terra's own creators described her as "little slut". A quick look at the page for "slut" will tell you that a slut generally refers to someone that is "'an immoral or dissolute woman'". Deathstroke may have had sexual relations with her, but it is highly likely that she chose to

I am going to disagree with this decision, as this, to me, damages the character of Deathstroke. She is fifteen, like you said, but is not considered prepubescent, which is the area before puberty. She has obviously hit puberty, since puberty hits usually around 10 and 11, and she is 14-15. And since this isn't a true preference of his, he should not be labeled a pedophile. 76.178.140.121 (talk) 04:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Wintergreen

Can someone please add some info about Wintergreen?

There's already a page for Wintergreen: see Wintergreen (comics). --UltimatePyro 21:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I meant to the Deathstroke entry. Not a single mention of him. I would do it if I knew more. dfg 08:12, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I second the motion. I think it's necessary, given that he is Deathstroke's mentor. DominicEstrella 15:50, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Powers & Abilities

What about listing his abilities and powers instead of just putting them in the panel. he is also a top notch martial artist having been shown to be more than capable of beating batman and bronze tiger. it should also be noted that due to his accelerated think, he was able to beat/outwit 4 members of the Justice League (aquaman, green lantern, the flash and superman)

• Definatly unneccisary. A lot is being made of his 'powers' here, but a simple rundown of what's really significant in the box is more than sufficient. --InShaneee 22:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The reference and Description of Rose's powers are unnecessary. Any objections to removal? Thefarwind (talk) 04:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Where is his regenerative healing factor? What happened to expert tactician and strategist? What happened to expert marksman? Why are half of his abilities missing? They were just there like 2 days ago. Snapdragon2727 (talk) 03:52, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

@Snapdragon2727: They were added by this IP address a few days ago but the consensus version was soon restored due to the addition having been made by a long term vandal, due to a lack of reliable sourcing, and per the note you were told to read and could not have missed. In fact, if you keep trying to add it (even if you wait 24 hours until your next revert, it will be pretty hard not to assume you're yet another sockpuppet). There is a consensus to limit the abilities to the most commonly depicted ones, and not all versions of Slade Wilson feature every single power on that list (as explained in the article), to reduce WP:FANCRUFT. For example, our article on Superman does not say "can crush coal into diamonds," nor does our article on Batman list "Bat shark repellent." Ian.thomson (talk) 04:14, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Don't want to be or sound rude but can you please show me a version of Slade that isn't an exceptional strategist and tactician. Green arrow called him the best tactician in the world in Identity Crisis. That's like telling me there's a version of Superman that isn't strong. In My opinion, the only ability that might be a little shady is the 90% brain capacity. Half the comic fans are saying it's a myth so I'm ok with that being removed but everything else is like strength to Superman or Gadgets to Batman, every version of Slade has all these abilities. Plus the healing factor. Snapdragon2727 (talk) 04:28, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

The burden of proof is on the person who makes a claim, not on those who remove it. In order to avoid original research (which we do not use), you need to present non-primary (i.e. secondary or tertiary) professionally published sources which explicitly describe those powers as consistently being a core part of Deathstroke's powers. The opinions of comic fans do not matter. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Taskmaster

Shouldn't there be some comnment on the connection between Deathstroke and Marvel's Taskmaster? I would say Taskmaster is a preview of Deathstroke. Both first appreared in titles drawn by George Pérez (I don't remember if Marv Wolfman was writing Avengers at the time, but I doubt it). Maybe there are comments by those involved about this; I just know that in terms of their look, role, skills/powers, they are similar and share at least one creative parent (Perez) if not more.

This is true, I remember it being noted in Wizard(?) recently as well. T-1000, this is as much "trivia" as Deadpool being (partially) based on Deathstroke, why did you move it back to the main article?

It should have been deleted. There is no proof for any of this. Unless you can cite Wizard, of course. T-1000 22:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't have it in my hands, unfortunately. It was in the most recent or second most recent issue. However, I've checked around online: both were designed by Perez; Taskmaster's first appearance was in spring/summer 1980, Deathstroke's was in fall/winter 1980 after Perez moved from Avengers to Teen Titans. There's no way the similarities are coincidental. I've rewritten it as follows:

*Deathstroke's costume is similar to the Marvel comics mercenary Taskmaster's original design, sharing an orange/blue colour scheme and many design elements (such as buckaneer boots, flared gloves, and a near-identical collection of weapon belts; the largest differences were their masks, Taskmaster's cape, and the white in Taskmaster's costume). Both characters were designed by George Pérez in 1980, within a few months of each other.

Do with it what you will. -- HKMARKS 22:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

That's fine, since it is just facts. I'll re-add it. T-1000 23:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing it. It implies a causal relationship between the two that at the very least is uncited, at worst doesn't exist. CovenantD 16:20, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The relationship is that they were both design by George Pérez. T-1000 17:17, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Instead of removing it, why not reword it to remove the causal implication? (Which I honestly don't see.) The similarities are obvious, but we don't know why Perez designed two similar-looking martial-artist mercenaries with personal codes of professionalism in a short period of time. - HKMARKS 23:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Natas

If you read up on Deathstroke's history all of his training and skills came from service in the military. The only people ever really said to have trained him or mentored was Adeline Kane and Wintergreen, so were does this Natas come in?

Well, this "Natas" fellow could be one of the historical changes in the wake of Infinite Crisis. It was mentioned that history rewrote itself in some ways, here and there, and there was never a detailed account of all the changes. HXcGeek 12:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

links to robin

The links to robin may need disambiguation. Currently one goes to the dab page and two go to "Robin (comics)", which might be the wrong Robin. Snowman 15:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Adult animation

There is an adult flash player animation involving Slade and Raven from the teen titans. I didn't want to add it to the main page without consensus from people who regularly contribute to his page. To watch it, go here (Warning: Sexual material!!!). --Ghostexorcist 19:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Deadpool in the opening paragraphs

Should that much information about a derivative character (citing, at great detail, one issue of a comic) be in the header? That seems like the wrong place to have that tangent. Perhaps a move down to a subheader later on in the page would be cleaner. --ItsWalky! 23:29, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it absolutely should and it should be in the lead. Deadpool is much more famous than his inspiration. — LlywelynII 22:16, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

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The Dark Knight Video Game

I have not heard any info on a Dark Knight Video game. Is there even one being made. If there is no proof then shouldn't the mention of a game be taken off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.137.237 (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Should be taken off. (JoeLoeb (talk) 00:23, 28 June 2009 (UTC))

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Dark Knight

The section currently reads:

At the 2008 Toy Fair convention a Deathstroke action figure was revealed for the toy line based on the upcoming Dark Knight film, sparking speculation over whether or not Deathstroke will be featured in the film or the animated tie-ins that precede the film. However, Deathstroke was not featured in "Dark Knight" film.

So basically: Some people thought he would appear in the film but he didn't.

Leaving aside the lack of sources for now, is it really worth including that in the entry? I'm sure there is speculation and rumours about various characters appearing in upcoming media outings when they don't end up in them, but I'd not think we want to include this unless the rumour and speculation was itself so widespread that it became notable. Anyone feel strongly about keeping this and if so why? (Emperor (talk) 01:52, 20 August 2008 (UTC))

Needs cleanup badly

Seems like a lot of this was written by someone with a VERY poor grasp of English. Someone with the time and inclination should probably go through this and clean it up. --Buddy13 (talk) 05:08, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

The worst was the fancruft-laden gibberish spew about the character's appearance on the TV series, Arrow. I've given this subsection a substantial work-over, eliminating nearly 4000 characters in the process, and will probably be accused of "vandalism" again as a result. The rest of the article still needs a lot of work. 12.233.147.42 (talk) 02:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Ridiculous revert

LLArrow reverted me for making constructive edits to the (already over-long) Arrow section of this article - here. I removed a fanon nickname for Malcolm Merly, "The Dark Archer" (invented by fans, but never used in the series), removed a misleading piped link which suggested that one character was a literal adaptation of another from the comics, improved another piped link by pointing to the correct section of that page, and simplified an odd choice of words. This was deemed inappropriate, but I see thee revert as deeply inappropriate. Rather than start an edit war, I've done as suggested and taken it to the Talk Page, but it seems ridiculous that I should have to to gain "consensus" over what is basically a simple, constructive edit, to be more in line with how Wikipedia articles describing fiction should be written and general style. The article shouldn't be policed by inexperienced users who like it a "certain" way when that way is clearly not in line with how Wikipedia should work. Zythe (talk) 21:55, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

You obviously do not watch the television series Arrow, in which the character of Malcolm Merlyn is most definitely referred to as the Dark Archer. The reason why consensus must be gained, is do to the fact that the page has been accepted as is for months. You are the first editor to question the format/wording. I thank you for your diplomacy and willingness to resolve the issue through the proper means. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 00:05, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

I do watch it, and he's not. It's a fan invention. Some fans however seem to love it and try to reify its existence as a name through its insistent but erroneous use on Wikipeida. It was used in Smallville but never Arrow. Zythe (talk) 00:50, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Well you must watch the series absentmindedly. Here are two seperate press releases, issued by The CW, that state Merlyn/Barrowman as The Dark Archer. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 01:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Never used in show. You're presenting the out-of-universe description of the character as though it were his in-universe designation... which is ironically not how we're supposed to write about fiction, from our real-world perspective. We're not supposed to fill in those blanks, but rather report how the fiction was presented to audiences. Why so keen that Malcolm Merlyn have this supervillain name "the Dark Archer" in the show? It would be the same if you wanted to change all Arrow's designations to 'Green Arrow', other than to say he is an adaptation of Green Arrow from the comics.Zythe (talk) 16:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

This is becoming beyond ridiculous. I have two verifiable sources confirming the presented text, and you're still rebuking it as factual or relevant. Good luck gaining consensus going against the proverbial rule book. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 17:44, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

You're ridiculous and you're also misrepresenting my objection. My objection is as follows: while some outside the show refer to the character as The Dark Archer (even as you've shown, the press team for the show), this doesn't mean the character should be referred to as "the Dark Archer" in a narrative summary -- this is not contained within the narrative material you are summarising. Say, for example, that Kreisberg declared Malcolm's real first name was George in an interview. Would you change all the entries to read "George Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer"?

To say it another way, for added clarity: You're taking a press release description (have you ever had to write a press release?) and using it as though it were the character's actual codename (Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer), which has never appeared in the show at all. Even if you choose to believe that Malcolm Merlyn thinks of himself as The Dark Archer, though never speaks it aloud, what does it add to use this added label? Tt certainly doesn't convey anything meaningful from the show itself. It asserts, misleadingly, that he goes by this name or that other characters know him by this name. It would be more correct to say "the vigilante Malcolm Merlyn".

And you never justified why you reverted my entire edit, which contained several other necessary changes, like removing the misleading piped link to "Speedy (comics)" and simplified "of Australian descent" to "Australian".Zythe (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

As previously stated, I wish you all the luck in the world gaining consensus. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 17:41, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

You are showing a flagrant disregard for how you're supposed to write about fiction, and asserting your way or the high way, without any evidence of a consensus backed by Wiki policy on your side. And you're rude as hell.Zythe (talk) 09:39, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

RfC: Writing about codenames from an out-of-universe perspective

The following discussion is an archived record of a request for comment. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

Consensus is to exclude non-canon codenames unless/until there is evidence of widespread currency in the literature, which is not presented in this debate. Guy (Help!) 21:33, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

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User "LLArrow" and I strongly disagree about his preference for describing the Malcolm Merlyn by the codename "The Dark Archer". While it used by fans and apparently in two press releases, it does not appear in the show. I contend that to use this external information to modify the reported content of the show is misleading and violates WP:WAF guidelines. Instead, it treats this supplementary information as filling in secret gaps of the show's fictional world -- which is not how we write about fiction -- and would be a dubious inclusion even on that basis. He however contends that the name is "official," and therefore should be used at every opportunity. Can someone please comment?Zythe (talk) 09:46, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support inclusion. We are supposed to write from an out-of-universe perspective. WP:UNIVERSE. --GRuban (talk) 15:22, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
  • It's actually not out-of-universe to ascribe a supplementary nickname to the character as though it were "real" in the fiction. We don't care about the "reality" of the fiction. The out of universe style would be a sentence at the start, "sometimes referred to in promotional materials as "The Dark Archer""Zythe (talk) 14:33, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
• This doesn't seem worth having a talk page discussion about, much less an Rfc. Here's the text Zythe changed:

  He reveals to her the that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is her actual father.

He just removed the phrase "The Dark Archer". That's it. The sentence reads just as clear, if not more so, without that superfluous nickname tacked on. I can't believe LLArrow considers reverting minor edits like this to be a good use of his time.--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:42, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Obviously you have no clue in how to identify the character, or else you'd know why it was a good use of my time. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 18:01, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Rather than insulting people, would you care to articulate a defence for your position?Zythe (talk) 00:23, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Requesting articulation in a debate is simply a means for the requester to attack more precisely, and to embellish their finite point. My reasoning is stated above. I will not be engaging in this frivolous debate any longer. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 00:52, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

You haven't given a reason, or responded to my points... and now you refuse to. How we write about fiction is straightforward. You're trying to be wrong and strong. These are essentially bully tactics.Zythe (talk) 12:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

• Remove - There are two issues at play here. One, we do write from an out-of-universe perspective 90% of the time (less so when it comes to straight plot information). That said, we should not be calling people by names they are not actually called in the show. For example, Oliver is Green Arrow, but the show does not call him that (in fact, the has gone from "the Hood" to "the Arrow"). It is generally best to use the name most commonly used on the series when identifying characters, otherwise if a reader watches the show and then comes here they may think that we have the name wrong (most TV viewers don't necessarily read press releases). Then there will be a back and forth edit war over the name. We had to deal with this for Billy Wintergreen, who was wearing the Deathstroke costume, but was not actually deathstroke. Given that Merlyn's storyline as the "Dark Archer" has not real impact on Slade, as that was before and after his time on the show, the name has no actual context on this page. When you go to the page it links, it doesn't discuss the character as if "Dark Archer" is even a common name in the comics (it isn't). It appears out of place (as does "Ravager", because that also has no context on this page since it wasn't her name). Names should be a reflection of the actual series, and since "Dark Archer" isn't a comic book name for Merlyn, it isn't like we need to be like, "Oh, he's the Dark Archer from the comics").  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 14:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Bignole actually makes some excellent, insightful points. I now would be open to removing the name from this article. Cheers, LLArrow (talk) 19:52, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Can we also remove it from the Merlyn article by the same token? Again, it isn't a name from anything other than Smallville, fanon, and episode promotions. I would be very happy to accept a compromise in the form of a sentence mentioning "He is referred to as the Dark Archer in some promotional materials".Zythe (talk) 12:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Bignole hits it on the head. My inital reaction was to vote for inclusion, even IMDB makes reference to Dark Archer for the character [1] but I vote REMOVE/EXCLUDE based on this point. Pistongrinder (talk) 16:54, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

• Remove - Summoned here by bot. Personally, I think it would be more beneficial for the article to use the name that is actually used in the show. That way, people who are not familiar with the show will not get confused and the article will be more suitable for all types of readers. If anything you can mention the nickname of Merlyn and then utilize "Dark Archer" throughout the rest of the article. Cheers, Comatmebro ^{~Come at me~} 00:18, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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Reverts need to stop happening to useful edits

I've edited the Live-action section of this article multiple times, adding plot details, filling plot holes, fixing some extremely poor sentence structure, and correcting NUMEROUS amounts of sentence fragments. However, whenever LLArrow sees an edit change number higher than 10, he apparently assumes it's vandalism and automatically reverts it. Please carefully compare revisions before you decide it's vandalism and instinct-click the Undo button. Thanks in advance.

Sign your comment please. Learn how to use Wikipedia properly before attempting to edit it. LLArrow (talk) 06:12, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

You've provided absolutely no reason to why you're reverting good edits in favor of bad ones, and instead make your argument the fact that I refuse to sign my posts. I've read the conversations above this one and it appears that numerous users have had this same problem with you. Again, I'm asking why you are continuously reverting good-faith and well-formed edits in favor of ugly sentence fragments, plot holes, poor sentence structure, and other errors.2601:2C2:300:A0B0:B17C:1ACC:C0B0:E1CD (talk) 06:16, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Arrow - Bill Wintergreen

Currently, there is a paragraph on Billy Wintergreen (Slade's partner in the Arrow TV show) in the Live Action section, as well as an image next to it. The paragraph states that Wintergreen is the show's first incarnation of Deathstroke. However, this has never been stated in the show. In the second season, A.R.G.U.S. was the organisation that gave Slade the codename "Deathstroke", and Billy Wintergreen was referred to as "Bishop" for all his appearances. The reason why Wintergreen was initially listed as "Deathstroke" is because the show's producers wanted people to think he was Deathstroke, only for Slade Wilson to appear several episodes later with the intention of surprising the viewers. So calling Wintergreen "Deathstroke" is like calling Malcolm Merlyn "The Dark Archer", as both characters have never been referred to by these aliases in the series. Thus, while Wintergreen does deserve a mention in Slade's paragraph, I don't think he should be credited as "the show's first incarnation of Deathstroke". — Preceding unsigned comment added by JokEobard (talk • contribs) 12:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

"The reason why Wintergreen was initially listed as "Deathstroke" is because the show's producers wanted people to think he was Deathstroke, only for Slade Wilson to appear several episodes later with the intention of surprising the viewers."

That's original research on your part. He was listed as "Deathstroke" in the credits and on the official CW site (which is sourced). I would bring up the fact that Sara Lance was Black Canary before Dinah Lance, but we don't worry about other stuff, as we are discussing Deathstroke. DarkKnight2149 14:35, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Please don't take this as an offense, I'm not trying to say you are wrong for referring to Wintergreen as Deathstroke, as his season 1 concept art does refer to him as such. But despite her concept art listing her as the Black Canary, Sara Lance was never called this in the series, she was simply the "Canary". And I believe that the same goes for Wintergreen. I do sincerely apologise for removing aspects of information from Wintergreen's paragraph without explanation, and the paragraph that I wrote above was just so that you could understand the reasons behind my edits. I meant no disrespect. User:JokEobard'(talk)' 26 February 2016 (UTC)

You have nothing to apologise for. You weren't the user that was edit warring. And I'm not offended even with that user, I was simply letting the user know that they should stop edit warring, as that is prohibited (I believe in not making edits for purely emotional reasons, as this is an encyclopedia). But pertaining to this discussion, we have a reliable source that states that Wintergreen is Deathstroke. Everything on Wikipedia must be verifiable and the official website and credits itself are calling him that. I think if you can find an official quote or something that confirms your assertion that it was only a misdirect, then I think you will really have a solid case as to why we shouldn't include it. DarkKnight2149 15:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Incorrect Citation in Header Paragraph

I honestly have no idea how to fix things on wikipedia, so I figured I'd mention it here and let someone who actually knows what they are doing fix it instead. In the top paragraph of the page, someone cited Wizard Magazine #177 as naming Deathstroke number 24 in their list of '100 Greatest Villains of All Time' article. This is incorrect. I have checked and double-checked numerous sources and they all confirm that Deathstroke was listed as number 84, not 24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C1:1:2819:54A:F166:C5E7:38DC (talk) 21:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Utilizes 90% of his brain capacity

Under his abilities it is listed that he "Utilizes 90% of his brain capacity" - Is that supposed to mean he is disabled intellectually? The text correctly refers to the "10% brain use" as being a myth, which seems to imply that this notion is correct, as people are expected to use their brain to the fullest capacity. If it is supposed to mean that he is highly intelligent, why not just write that? --David Munch (talk) 12:32, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

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Sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:29, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Deathstroke in Arrowverse

Could we create a page for “Slade Wilson (Arrowverse)”? I feel like the summary in the live action area is a bit excessive. Meanwhile, most of the characters in that section don’t even take the mantle of Deathstroke like J.J. since he is just a follower and only wore the mask. AdanXX (talk) 06:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

There are already too many Character (movie/TV counterpart) articles as it is. This is something that should only be reserved for especially noteworthy examples of adaptations such as Joker (The Dark Knight) and Clark Kent (Smallville). Not every major adaptation of a character (such as Batman (DC Extended Universe), Joker (DC Extended Universe), Bruce Wayne (1989 film series character), Bruce Wayne (Dark Knight trilogy), ETC). This was something that I and several other editors were outspoken about going back to 2016 (here is one such discussion), but it looks like some editors ended up quietly creating articles like this anyway. This article covers the Deathstroke character and we already have List of Arrow characters. Darkknight2149 19:05, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Deathstroke Enemies

More on the Rivalry With Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing. 166.181.84.166 (talk) 01:23, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Anti hero or not

deatbstroke has been depicted as antihero time to.time https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/deathstroke-is-d-c-s-unsung-antihero/ https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/deathstroke-the-most-versatile-villain-in-the-dc-universe/ 46.71.64.166 (talk) 00:56, 31 August 2023 (UTC)