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"My daddy's an assassin!"
My interest in Deathstroke having been rekindled (and semi-seriously contemplating fic), I've been going back and reading some of his issues. And I find I can't quite get over this bit where his son Grant declares that Grant's father used to say that the Terminator was the best hitman in the country. (Not knowing, of course, that his father was the Terminator. Ah, irony. Also a fairly healthy self-image on Slade's part, assuming for the moment that being the best assassin in the country is what one aspires to.) I mean, can you imagine how those conversations must have gone? Particularly given how young (probably preadolescent) Grant was at the time? And it clearly made one hell of an impression on him, too, as he goes on to say that he used to worship the Terminator (good lord, what was Slade telling him?!), and wanted to be just like him. Yes, all little Grant wanted to be when he grew up was a hitman. I know, I know, he was clearly a disturbed and violent personality, and that bit may not be so far off, but I'm just picturing him trying to explain this to guidance counselors...