User blog:Eobard95/Is Deathstroke still evil?

As much am I'm looking forward to seeing Slade back in season 6 (in fact he’s the one reason I’m even considering watching next season) does anybody else still not trust him? I liked seeing Oliver and Slade working together like old times again and I don't doubt the advice he gave him in 5x23 was genuine, but I'm still having a hard time believing he's just given up on his promise. He said the Mirakuru wore off and did appear to show remorse for his misdeeds, but we saw in his brief reappearance in 3x14 that he was still very much driven to fulfil said promise, and this was almost 1 year after he'd been cured. I mean come on “How’s the girl with the glasses? What’s her name? Felicity” and before that “I KEEP MY PROMISES KID!” Another thing that makes me think we might be in for a Slade betrayal is the name of an upcoming episode "Promises Kept".

I jokingly said a few days ago on reddit that it'd be awesome if Slade was in on Adrian's plan and having him kill Felicity was his backup plan in case his suicide failed. Honestly I'm starting to think I might actually be onto something, as I find it hard to believe that if nobody is dying in 6x01 there won’t be some fallout of Prometheus’ actions. It’s also not like Prometheus hasn’t caught them off guard before as was the point of 5x22 so who says death is gonna stop him? Of course I am still hoping that someone a major character is actually going to die in 6x01, and while I would love for it to be Felicity I think it should still be somebody that isn’t Samantha, Evelyn, Nyssa or Talia.

Why would Slade work for Adrian? Well there is his son Joe and apparently his other son Grant. Adrian kidnapped William to force Oliver to return to the island who says he didn't threaten Joe or Grant to force Slade's co-operation? Maybe Adrian visited Slade before Oliver did and told him about his son and could have him killed at any time, since Talia has her own League of Assassins who could have been watching the kid, and forced Slade to be his mole in Team Arrow. While Adrian is now dead Talia may not be and what’s to stop her from continuing his plan and ensuring Slade continues to play the part? Or maybe Slade's reunion with his son doesn't go so well and he reignites his vengeance towards Oliver or something I don't know.

Much as I love Slade and hope he does play an anti-hero role this season I still don’t think he’s given up on his promise and I’m just hoping for the love of god that it ends with the Olicity wedding turning into a red wedding. While this isn't Game of Thrones they have done some dark shit before and Vampire Daiaries actually did do a pretty close imidation of the red wedding in 6x21. By the way if for anybody who likes Mon-El from Supergirl you should go watch that episode of Vampire Dairies and then try looking at him the same way lol. Regardless of my admittedly morbid desire to see Felicity die does anybody else think Slade really is redeemed or will he become the next Malcolm Merlyn?