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The End Of Deadpool

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As I figure you can guess from the title, the Deadpool series has come to a rather jarring end after quite a number of years of chimichangas and lost limbs. I write this, not as a traditional review but as a sort of fond eulogy to the craziest professional killer in the Marvel Universe.
Firstly, there will be no spoilers. Mephisto has a special, special room reserved for spoiler people. Secondly, if you haven’t been keeping up to date with Deadpool then you rectify that right now. Like right now, now. Like stop reading this and fix the problems in your life that have led you to this article but have yet denied you Deadpool. Cause your world is broken. It’s really broken.
Lastly and finally, but holy hell has it been an awesome ride.
I decided to keep it brief on my side because as I previously said, you would get a few hundred coherent words out of me or you would get 4000 mashed keys. Every Deadpool run is always stock full of hilarity, insanity and genius, but never have there been quite as many moments of genuine heart pulling emotion as there have been in this one.portrait_uncanny
I have laughed and cried; sometimes together, sometimes the laughter came first, sometimes the crying. As it goes, this run has without a doubt been one of the most important for Deadpool. So many loose ends tied up and quite a few questions answered regarding his early days. On top of that, for the first time, I think Deadpool has known what it’s like to have real friends; an actual family. Love.
Imagine a tortured life filled with scorn and disgust and devoid of love and picture the person you become. Considering his rather complicated history regarding relationships, for the Merc with the Mouth to be absorbed into anyone’s social group and not only be accepted but welcomed is a pretty big deal.
The funny thing, and it’s never been clearer than in these latest issues, is that for all the other superheroes and characters looking down on him, Deadpool isn’t a bad guy. He’s just a mirror. He reflects back all the disdain he receives; the unpleasant comments and judgements, the attacks. He allows himself to be what people make of him. Deadpool is a slightly hilariously, often twisted reflection of a society that treats him as nothing more than a black mark; a stinging reminder that the real monsters and villains are made, not born, and the most evil of people often have no super powers; nothing more than a really, really terrible idea and a fool to second the motion.
I’ve often felt that the majority of the Marvel heroes dislike him, not because of what he is or what he does, but because he makes them uncomfortable; reminding them that the order they fight to preserve is also the same status quo that allows things like the Weapon X program to happen. deadpool-toilet-537x750That for all the good they do, they’ll ultimately never be able to do enough and he is a loud and animated reminder of that.
This arc has been ,I believe, about the Marvel universe seeing Deadpool in a different light. As the story has progressed characters that otherwise would have looked down on him are forced to see the glaring truth that we’ve all known for a very long time.
That Deadpool isn’t a screw up, that he’s not a villain, and that whatever he is he’s not going to give up on the things he wants.
Although, he is still pretty damn crazy.
I will finish this off by saying that Deadpool has truly been fantastic; a story arc of discovery, forgiveness and righting past wrongs. And oddly enough, multiple, gleeful cases of gruesome mass murder and littering jokes.
For one of the most complicated and entertaining characters in the whole of the Marvel verse I hold up a burrito and salute you! May evil men forever weep in terror at your name, and the arms dealers of the world eternally praise your glory.

“He who loses money, loses much.

He who loses a friend, loses much more.

He who loses faith, loses everything.”

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