Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-5139306-20151210204232

Slade is the 800 elephant in the attic. Meaning hes off to the side and forgotten, but the weight of his existence may just cave the roof in. They need to do something with him. "Oh whatever happened to Slade?" "I know they didnt kill him, wha- where is he?" "Oh ye-yeah hes on Lianyu." *immediately spawns images of ARGUS agents bringing him meals few times a day for the past 2 years and Slade playing word association games with Digger Harkness to pass the time*

My idea: Slade gets abducted by HIVE. Wiped memory, true super soldier syrum (maybe call the syrum, "Terminator"), the true badass assassin he was meant to be, and HIVE's new weapon. Yada yada yada, he gets his memories back down the road along with knowledge of HIVE's manipulation before joining forces with Oliver to use the Terminator they created against them.

I think that fits actually. Deathstroke's super soldier abilities include the ability to use 90% of ones brain, up from the supposed 10%. With 90% brain activity, you gotta figure you could actively tap into your memory's hoard. Maybe they introduce this as an unforeseen side effect that kicks in at a later time, and this factor being what leads him to discover what HIVE did to him. No one likes to get their mind trifled with. I would imagine this would supersede his hatred of Oliver. Slade has a son, Joe, and HIVE took that memory, and all others, away from him. I know Joe -- and much of anything else that wasn't named Shado -- didn't come up much in Season 1 and 2, but the cognitive aspect of his mental augmentation could have him seeing things differently this time around. I think this will solve alot of problems within Slade's character. At the end of it all, Slade doesnt have to shake Oliver's hand, and he can just go off on his own as we are used to seeing.

Hell they could even do something with Digger. Maybe have Digger and Slade fight eachother at the end. I know some you Spartacus fans would love to see Crixus finally get his mits on Ashur.

Anyway, feel free to throw your own ideas in and things that you would like to see pertaining to this. I can't be the only one who feels this handling of Deathstroke is a lingering uncertainty. 