I wanted to draw a bit of Rose Wilson. This version of her is mostly feral and drives her father insane (she gets it from her mom). She’s a master of psychological and guerilla warfare, in a forest she’s nearly unbeatable.
Her mother has fun advice like -Never make a threat you can’t or won’t deliver on in some way, if you do make a bigger mess than initially threatened
-Be the crazy one in negotiations if everyone thinks you’re crazy then they will have to think how to reason with you
- go to your father for protection he makes a good meat shield
-people like to think they’re smarter than you, teach them the wrong patterns to look for let them think you’re predictable
-never fight like a man or for a man, no seduction don’t play their game make them play yours
-strike fear before you strike fast hurt their moral and make them want to give up before they even start fighting, have them begging for death before they even meet you
I’d imagine this rose would lose her eye to overexertion of her powers or she’d carve it out as a last ditch fear tactic in a desperate situation.
I also drew baby Jason and Rose. He’s a goody goody paragon she’s a daring rogue. They’re good friends and perhaps he’s in love?
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 don’t think it’s a secret that I ship Rose and Jason. I want this ship to be one of the few that is as set as Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
Not only because they potentially have a lot in common to bond over. They’re both killers that could “get” each other, morally grey, sassy, insane siblings, near death trauma, and parental issues (the butler is my favorite dad)
largely because I can only imagine how funny it would be for Slade to be the best Father-in-law to Jason while simultaneously flipping off Bruce and Dick. Like how ridiculous would it be for the Wilsons ending up as the better family that Jason wants to be a part of post joker death.
Imagine all the “you only live once” jokes Jason would make with Grant and Joey. Maybe even comparing throat scars (batarang) with Joey. Jason having the instinct to following around Wintergreen like he did with Alfred as kid. Slade taking his boys out for insane missions, father son bonding, and Jason being the only one who’s actually happy to be there.
If there’s anyone who’s ready to spite some morally holier than thou superheroes, it should be Slade. Especially if he’s showing up Batman with his son.
I imagine Slade being a massive fan of Geralt from Witcher and being nuts about anything medieval related whenever he’s not on a job. Like the man knows the legend of King Arthur like the back of his hand. I imagine Rose rolling her eyes when Slade accept his payment after a hit and quietly under his breath saying something along the lines of “A Witcher works for coin” or whenever he ends up riding a horse on a mission he’s “secretly” calling it Roach.
I’d like to imagine him saying something like “I’m the king and everybody wants to be the court jester” whenever Wintergreen or Rose are doing something stupid or being mean to him. In my designs for Rose and Slade, Rose has orange-ish amber eyes and Slade has clear blues and he’d wish it was switched. (Wanting Rose to be the Ciri to his Geralt) Maybe even having Joey be a bit of a Jaskier before being muted.
I just want a Deathstroke to be a jealous and tired old jackass who just really wants to be an honorable knight but life has just given him the shaft, with a butler and kids that just barely respect him if at all. Like if someone just called him Sir Wilson or a great knight without mocking him it would make his day (maybe even week).
He hates that Bruce gets to be called the Dark Knight, when he’s out here wearing scale mail with a claymore by his side.
Damian Wayne is back with a new Solo book! I’m glad that after all the shit his character went through the past few years that we finally got something good coming up. It was rough for awhile but things are looking up.
Forever thrilled I got to animate one of my favourite actors (Will Arnett) as Slade, and forever miffed his daughter Ravager never made an appearance in the TTG movie.
The TITANS have returned, hoping to be a grounding center for many of their friends and former members throughout the years. They are barely done setting up their charter, however, before they are contacted by two troubled former TITANS in need of help. JERICHO and RAVAGER are on the run from their father yet again, and only the TITANS can guarantee their protection. SLADE is particularly interested in maintaining his legacy yet again, and is willing to go to nearly any lengths to control his children again.
Find out what happens in Titans#1:Wilson Family Values, out June 1!
![First appearance of Rose Wilson.[from Deathstroke (1991) #15]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f9fd93c00f19286f5937def23f14a2d/77d6793ff13bc079-32/s1280x1920/320018da50f556cff0d7d8a3b287d7cef4451981.jpg "First appearance of Rose Wilson.[from Deathstroke (1991) #15]")
![First appearance of Rose Wilson.[from Deathstroke (1991) #15]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/79a3c471d1ad4a11437ffa33f201e129/77d6793ff13bc079-60/s1280x1920/3454aecea0ea81ee0fd12d7e94d65f093dc7a286.jpg "First appearance of Rose Wilson.[from Deathstroke (1991) #15]")
