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i don’t mind adeline feeling free to ruin slade’s life and fuck shit up for him, but shooting rose point blank feels so ? to me. it feels a bit too late into the timeline to have addie randomly decide to try and kill her, especially considering in priest’s run they at least learnt to be civil/ignore each other. obviously they don’t like each other, addie moreso given rose is a living, breathing reminder of slade’s infidelity, but i still don’t think the reasoning or timing is strong enough for me.

rose and slade’s relationship is complicated in such a way that i struggle to see them having any heart-to-hearts ever, which is why that small moment in the diner was kind of eh to me with her explaining trying to sympathise with him. i still kinda liked it but honestly i’ve been grasping at straws to try and enjoy this comic so far because i love these characters so deeply and have for years.

i honestly feel NOTHING seeing that panel of slade cradling rose because it just feels wrong to me, i don’t like this decision and i struggle to even acknowledge it regardless of the issue not even being fully out yet. i crave explanations for these decisions, i’m just waiting for more issues to try and at least understand WHY. for now, i’m just tired.

this isn't me trying to hate its a genuine question because i wanna learn and don't want to have any misconceptions about characters n stuff

thanks for the clarification at the end cause people "ask" this so condescendingly to the point it's not even a question anymore.

anyways to answer your question i feel like i should address this one thing. grooming has multiple meanings and has evolved over the years. you probably know this but you'd be surprised how some people don't and some are willfully ignorant about this concept. grooming is not always sexual and grooming can come in many forms.

that being said adeline did not groom slade as a teenager or sexually at that. slade joined the military at sixteen (later seventeen in rebirth) and didn't meet addie until he was a major. while he was obviously gifted and a great fighter he couldn't have become a major that fast lol also he didn't meet adeline the first year he joined. in fact if i'm not mistaken he met wintergreen before her. so they met when they were both consensual adults although i will admit there is an age gap.

also people will say they got married when he was 18. that's a damn lie.

(tales of the teen titans #44)

i mentioned grooming earlier because while i said she didn't groom him sexually i WILL say she groomed him into the military industrial complex. while he didn't need her help to join as he chose to join due to his abusive home life she arguably did train him to be a better fighter. also, you could argue wintergreen also enabled some of these aspects.

i'm going to assume the reason why you feel this way is because of the out of context panel that floats around from the priest run where the riddler basically says "groomed him for genetic experimentation..." and ever since then people who are illiterate and have chip on their shoulder use that as their #1 source. this leads to a misconception that he didn't want to take the serum but literally in every iteration he willingly volunteered to take said serum.

(deathstroke #25 '16)

so yes... adeline groomed him and so did the entire military. that being said no she isn't a pedo like certain people want you to believe. also, funny enough she's actually stated to be slade's junior in pre new 52. marv's misunderstanding of the military is a whole nother thing we can get into that also contributes to this convo lol.

(dc's who's who in the dc universe #9)

will i say their relationship is perfect or healthy ? no. not at all. however people do tend to do a lot when it comes to them specifically adeline. i've seen people try to use her "grooming" him as to why he groomed a teenage girl (applies to before and after THAT retcon) when he was very much created specifically to be a villain and to play a part in the judas contract.