Break Down, Then Build Up

So, yeah, sorry about yesterday's post. it was one of those "If I don't spit this out on to my blog it's just going to keep ricocheting inside my skull until I go nuts" things. I'm better now. So let's talk about shrunken Deadpool!

I think that Deadpool being shrunk and not being able to immediately correct the problem is symbolic of where Wade's at in his life right now. Recent events have wrecked much of who he was, and now he's at a new starting line, trying to decide which way to go. Let's take a look see:

Wade, having perhaps taken to Cable's message of making the world a better place, tries to go legit, as a bounty hunter of unregistered superhumans. Cable disagreed with that approach, and took advantage of Wade's tendency to say things out loud he really shouldn't to make the U.S. look bad worldwide, leading to Wade's dismissal from his job. His attempt at superficial improvement thwarted, Wade falls back on what he does best: down and dirty merc gigs, actually working to mess up Cable's image. He's regressed to a "it's all about me, I trust now one, spare no one" attitude. Once again, Cable takes action, and Wade gets pantsed and unceremoniously launched out of Rumekistan. Now, not only can't Deadpool get legit work, he can't get the seedy stuff he used to, and Cable's done a Jedi/Vulcan mindscrew to try and force Wade to to confront things he'd rather not. But when you push an animal (or a person) up against a wall, they'll strike, and when the one striking is the Merc With a Mouth, the results can be... explosive (Get it? Because he had a grenade, and they explode and - forget it).

Anyhoo, Wade does decide to try and deal with his past. How? By doing what he does best, beating up Taskmaster so he can get some prospective employers (OK, so that isn't really dealing with it). Except that didn't work. This is the point when he finally stops to assess where's he's at in his life, and decides a different route is needed. Fortunately, we're dealing with Fabian Nicieza and Deadpool, not Bendis and Spider-Man, or the self-reflection would have lasted five issues before action would be taken. Not Wadey. He's stymied, but within a few pages he's made a decision about where to go. With all his old tricks having been closed to him, he embarks on the path of costumed do-gooder at the end of #36. When we first see Wade in #37, he's a tiny little man.

Wade has been systematically, by Cable and other circumstances, broken down to what seems to be his core elements: a wisecracker with a phenomenal capacity for violence. What direction that violence is aimed, and for what motives, is up in the air. I think Wade's going to spend the next couple of issues figuring that out, and possible growing slowly throughout, as he "grows" into whatever it is he's going to become.

Honestly, I think Wade's regenerative abilities could start to overwhelm the Pym Particles effects. Wade loses a limb or something, it grows back, but at normal size. Man, that would be awkward. And hilarious. But that's not the important part. I think the interesting part will be seeing the choices Deadpool continues to make, especially with his old buddy Agent X coming to town next month.