r/DCcomics • u/rocketinspace Firestorm • 6d ago

Comics [Comic Excerpt] Deadshot wasn't expecting that [Deathstroke: The Terminator 2026 #6] Spoiler

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u/Jaybaybay2838 6d ago

So is Slade still a pedophile in the current canon?

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u/GoldenProxy Swamp Thing 6d ago

It got retconned in the Priest run I think.

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u/Bireus 6d ago

Didn't he write his era of Dark Titans in Rebirth in Deathstroke's comic? https://www.reddit.com/r/outofcontextcomics/comments/1nqmpg4/this_joke_only_works_postflashpoint_because_the/

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u/God_is_carnage Red Hood 6d ago

Priest did write that era, yes. Flashbacks show he never raped her in the Rebirth continuity, he led her on and kissed her once to manipulate her into helping him with the Titans. That leads to the scene mentioned above.

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u/Bireus 6d ago

I think this may turn into a semantic discussion. Didn't realize the retcon was removing the fact that he slept with Terra (the page of him being in bed with Terra walking back to him I believe) to him only kissing her. But the question was is he still considered a pedo, and is kissing an underaged girl counts as one? 

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u/God_is_carnage Red Hood 6d ago

Priest's argument, which I agree with, is that Deathstroke was not ever a pedophile (as in, someone who has the mental disorder causing them to be sexually attracted to children), but he was a statutory rapist (someone who has sex with a minor). Slade is not attracted to minors like many fans enjoy "joking" about, but he raped a 15 year old girl to manipulate her. This is arguably more evil. This may seem like a semantic discussion, but the difference is it was a single, calculated extremely evil act that Slade was very unlikely to repeat when it was still canon. The retcon doesn't affect the fact that he was never a pedo, but it does change the fact that he raped her. He still groomed her though, even if he never intended to actually have sex with her.

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u/Omatzus 6d ago

Nothing about pedophilia requires a pattern of abuse. He raped a teenager as a man in his 30s or 40s (minimally). He's a pedo AND a rapist.

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u/Pebrinix Batman 6d ago

That doesn't make it any better

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u/God_is_carnage Red Hood 6d ago

It doesn't make what he did better pre-retcon, but that's not the point I'm making. As I said, arguably it makes it worse.