I just reblogged [this post] for you, but I’ll do my best to expand here. Slade has one of the most complicated moral codes in DC Universe IMO, particularly when he’s written by Wolfman because I feel like later comics simply generalized Slade into a straight up villain.
In the above panel, Gar says, “That’s insane! You could have died doing something you didn’t even believe in.” Slade took up a contract to kill the Titans after his son died failing to complete this mission for the HIVE. Slade didn’t have any real motivation to go after the Titans other than operating under this idea that he was helping to lay his son’s memory to rest– as corrupt as that memory was. I feel like this ties directly into the fact that Slade Wilson is a military man. It’s expected for soldiers to commit to a mission regardless of whether or not it’s in line with their own moral codes, and I think that’s something we’re seeing reflected here. Slade took up this cause as if it was a mission foisted upon him rather than because he was morally driven to eradicate the world of the Titans.
Slade actually seems to have a soft spot for the Titans and even carries mutual respect for them. I think that Slade’s moral code can first and foremost be described as honor bound, because as a mercenary, he lives up to a reputation of discretion and success. His son, Joey, lost his voice because Slade was honor bound to not give up details on his client.
(The Judas Contract)
“My word is my bond.”
Overall, Slade seems to exist very firmly in a morally grey spectrum. I think he has an utterly realistic outlook on life. He doesn’t seem to have any idealistic hopes that the future will be a better place; he just takes life as it’s given to him. Murder and death are a part of life; therefore, Slade will take contracts for money. He doesn’t see himself as a villain for doing this because he’s just participating in something that’s always been common in humankind’s history. The only thing that seems to carry worth to Slade is honor and commitment. If you say you’re going to do something, you better do it.
(Tales of Teen Titans #55)
“You called me a villain. Never thought of myself as that. I’m a mercenary. A soldier for hire. […] I don’t steal or kill for personal gain. I have a strict code of ethics.”
Because Slade is so firm on this quality, it makes it possible for him to occasionally team up with the Titans. Even if he’s working to his own agenda, he can generally be trusted to do what he says he’s going to do. Slade may live in this morally grey spectrum, but he’s upfront about it and doesn’t seem to seek out other people’s misery and destruction on his own. He’ll just do it if he gets paid for it, and it’s probably because he figures that if he doesn’t do it, someone else will. Therefore, he might as well be the one who cashes the paycheck.
Regarding Slade’s preoccupation with commitment, you mainly see this in regards to his family. Slade is loyal to Adeline, his ex-wife, despite all the animosity she harbors toward him. She tried to kill him and ended up shooting his eye out, and he doesn’t hold this against her. I think he views her actions as completely appropriate because she was acting on behalf of their son, and Slade regrets what happened to Joey. He thinks he deserves it. Slade’s commitment to Grant is seen through the way he took up the contract against the Titans. Overall, he wants the best for his family, even if that means he needs to stay away from them.
(Tales of Teen Titans #55)
“No way. I haven’t been with Joseph since he was a kid. He’s straight… a good kid. His mother raised him well. Y’know, I still love her and I think she loves me… but we’re committed to different goals. But she raised Joe good. […] Joe was worried when Addie was kidnapped. He’s absolutely clean. And I’m damn proud of him.”
Despite Slade’s life as a mercenary, he’s first and foremost a family man, which is a very paradoxical quality. Slade keeps his distance from his family because he realizes that his proximity has a tendency to make their lives worse. Slade can be pretty self-destructive with the life choices that he makes. Even when people have entirely different moral codes as him, Slade seems to easily respect it and stay in his own lane. He’s definitely a complicated guy.
So, sorry I took a few days to get to this headcanon. I kind of ended up turning into a 3k+ story. Hope that’s okay. Also, this is more hurt/comfort than angst, I think. There’s some fluff right there in the middle, too.
Thanks to @timdrakeothy, because without you, I don’t know if I would have had the inspiration to continue this story. I was very stuck, and you helped out without even knowing it. So thanks!
Also, thank for 500
followers (it’s almost 600 now, but I meant to get a milestone fic out ages ago when I hit 500)!
Tim freezes, because he’d thought
he’d just heard—that’s Dick’s voice coming from down the hallway. Which means
that Dick is still awake. At four in the morning. After rough patrol that had
lasted hours longer than usual.
Well, that doesn’t spell anything good,
Tim thinks, and he creeps down the hallway to peek into Dick’s bedroom through
the small crack letting soft light spill into the hallway. Tim spots Dick
immediately, and he’s lying on the floor, one hand covering his eyes and the
other holding his phone to his ear.
“No,”
Dick says vehemently, but he’s really still and tense. He sounds exhausted,
though, and his next words come out much softer than that first one. “No. I’m
fine. Don’t—No, Wally. It’s okay. I’m used to it.”
Dick goes silent, and Tim imagines
that Wally’s talking up a storm, even at four am. But then—
“Just—chill, Wally,” Dick says into the phone. “If you don’t stop yelling
at me, I’m going to hang up. And then if you still want to yell at me you’ll
have to find a way into the manor without Bruce finding out. So just—No. No.”
There’s a pause, and Tim thinks
that he should probably start moving. This doesn’t sound like a conversation he
wants to be in the middle of. He’s just about to creep down the hallway again
towards his original destination—the
kitchen, where he’d accidentally left his laptop—when another bedroom door
opens from behind him. Tim turns around just as Damian storms out, stomping
down the hall towards Tim.
“What
is going on?” Damian hisses, doing that thing where he thinks he’s the boss of
everything and Tim is obligated to answer him. But he looks—well. He looks kind
of concerned, actually, and this is Dick.
“He and Wally are arguing about
something,” Tim says, nodding towards Dick’s bedroom, where Dick’s conversation
had turned up a couple of notches. “I don’t think he’s tried to sleep tonight,
yet, either.”
This Tim reads a bit more like people were writing his a couple of years ago. My favourite Tim. It’s nice. He’s dumb and learns THE WRONG LESSON from this and it delights me. Tim, watching your brother collapse from bearing the weight of the world should not lead to YOU wanting to bear the weight of the world! You’re supposed to learn about moderation, and respecting your limits.
This is both a Dick and a Tim I relate to. You got all the relationships so well.
Thank you so much for this story!
[First image shows 18 types of cell phones, probably running from the late 80s/early 90s to modern. Text asks, “What was your first phone?”
I’ve added the second image, a white rotary-dial phone. Which is what I first used.]
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Five panels with a solid, off white background. Small, simply drawn Batman is standing next to a rainbow puddle labeled ‘feelings.’ He has a little scowl. He leaps over the puddle in the second panel, and has a little smile as he stands safely on the other side in the third.
The fourth panel features a small, grinning Robin dropping off a trapeze over the puddle. In the final panel, Robin has splashed into the puddle of feelings. There are rainbow splatters on Batman’s cape, and his little glower is back. Robin is still grinning from ear to ear.
Lian: Oh, well, in that case, Ollie, I suggest you sleep with one eye open. Roy: Lian, what does Daddy say about making threats we know we can’t keep? Lian: Oh, no Daddy, I will keep it. Roy: You heard her, Ollie. One eye open.
I do apologize about the reblog I just made to anyone struggling with relationships, who isn’t feeling like joking about it.
I’m aromantic-asexual. I actively attempted to AVOID a relationship. I was aggressively myself, because love wasn’t something super important to me, and I was able to be picky. Plus, attraction never blinded me to another’s faults or made my struggle with my convictions.
I don’t know what you guys are going through. I find my own relationship funny sometimes, but I don’t want to belittle your desires.
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