I don’t know what most people’s relationship with comic canon but for me. I just…ignore… whatever I don’t like. Like I don’t generally care for ginger Jason or rapist Talia Al Ghul, so I just pretend it’s not true to my version of the DC universe. There’s some aspects that I might re adapt if I think they could be interesting but I don’t feel beholden to what is canon and what isn’t. I don’t really want to argue over what is correct pre-new 52 or post crisis or dc rebirth or future state shenanigans.
As far as how canon Slade is, He’s not as interesting as I think he could be. I know that he’s done fucked up stuff (relationship with Terra? really???) but I don’t find those to be interesting. This Slade is still a bad guy and not the best dad ever by any means, but at this point his kids are pretty fucked up in their own right and nobody in this family is sane that Slade for the most part just wants some peace and quiet and will kill to get some.
- Rose probably gets along the best with dad but has no impulse control whatsoever (she’s no longer allowed to fly any planes after crashing the 3rd one this year) - Joey talks to Ghosts and hangs out with Dick, he’s weird and a traitor - Grant…Slade isn’t sure if he’s real half the time everyone including Grant acts like he’s a ghost haunting the house, he mostly freelances or stays with mom
My Slade is a bit of a combination of Captain America and a Geralt of Rivia wannabe. He wants to be a cool and chivalrous Knight but that has never been in the cards for him. He wishes Rose could be like Ciri, Joey could have been kinda like Jaskier before the throat thing, and Grant was like Bucky Barnes before dying.
As far as I’m concerned with Slade he’s a captain America (Steve Rogers) if nobody had any expectations or respect for him because he was a symbol of truth and justice… and was treated less than human for killing people, because he could never be a proper hero. A sort of anti captain America situation where everyone has the worst idea of him believing he could never do good, and Slade is just doing what he feels like he should do anyways. Not a hero, never loved, and never respected but he’s still out here doing what he was made for and that’s pretty much all he’s ever known. He’s been trained to be practical and to be a strategist that looks at everything and anyone as pieces on a board to manage to get the job done. Sometimes people get hurt because of it. He generally tries to not feel much about it.
He has a family but they don’t care that he’s the most badass assassin and one of the top mercenaries in the world, he’s just their dad who’s a mean and stoic hard ass and nobody is afraid to call him out on it. He has a butler who doesn’t give a shit about being nice, but it always there when he most need it , like Alfred but actually an asshole. A brother who is a depressed unkillable annoying wacko that hangs around sometimes to “keep him on his toes” and he’s probably the only one who understand him. An ex-wife that he suspects might have a bigger kill count than him (she’s just better at hiding it because she doesn’t run around with bright orange to advertise) and a (mostly) one sided rivalry with Bruce Wayne and a mutual hatred of Dick Grayson (Dick would unplug his life support if given the opportunity).
I feel like the Nolan movies did a really good job at starting him off as just a guy who got really screwed over but I think we could still go further with his character beyond the “funny coin man times 2” As I thought about it more I love the thought of him actually having to be two faced to the public and his personal life after the incident. Not mentally ill, not bipolar, or multi personality disorder just a guy who’s torn between being the same old good man Harvey dent and his real feelings about himself and the world around him after being mutilated by the court of owls. I personally don’t like how overused the joker is and I find the owls to be kind of underdeveloped.
Also feel free to ask me stuff about this fan batman project or share some headcannons or fanfictions. I love talking about this stuff.
A Cool Customer.A little caricature of the Penguin, dressed to impress, ready to talk business and welcome guest to the tables of the Iceberg Lounge. The only upset he expects on his opening night is Batman crashing the party and checking for dirty deals being done under the tables.
I actually based her outfit off of a Taylor Swift look. I thought this could be her stage persona outfit, and when she’s off doing superhero things, she has a completely different look.
