• Wilco@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    Deadpool It was a parody of DCs Deathstroke, right down to the guy’s name Slade/Wade.

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      7 hours ago

      While that’s true, it took a few writers before he really came into his own. It was the 2000s before he was the meta, witty, merc with a mouth. The parody was a lot more on the nose and it traded some of the parody for the meta, witty Wheaton-isms and pop culture references. Parody Deadpool and Deadpool Deadpool are arguably different characters.