I'm Batman
"Boss, I have a dream."
No, you didn't!
Russell had a cold expression. Although he didn't know exactly what Deadpool's dream was, he was sure it was going to cause some trouble, and he had to nip it in the bud.
"No, I do!" Deadpool insisted.
"You! Don't!"
Russell emphasized his words, glared at Deadpool, and continued, "Don't talk to me about dreams. Vague and unreal things will eventually succumb to reality, and reality is that I'm the boss, and I call the shots."
"But I am a fictional comic book character..."
"No, you're different from everyone else. You can break the Fourth Wall, you can communicate with the audience, and you can even threaten comic book editors with a knife to change the script."
Deadpool blinked. "But I was able to break the Fourth Wall, which was also the editor's idea. I remember his name was Rob Lefield, a Silly Bird cartoonist who could never draw leg proportions properly."
Russell: "..."
What right do you have to call others Silly Bird?
Seeing that Russell remained silent, Deadpool rubbed his hands together and stepped forward. "Boss, this dream is really important to me. I came here to realize it."
"Tell me about it." Russell had a sudden inspiration. If Deadpool's dream didn't conflict with traveling to different worlds, giving him a hand might make him work even harder.
Deadpool clenched his fist, looked up at the chandelier at a 45-degree angle, and solemnly declared, "I'm going to assemble a superhero team!"
Russell: "..."
"Boss, what do you think of this dream?"
"Not very good."
"Why?"
"I've seen Deadpool 2. Your X-Men team... was completely wiped out. They couldn't even cover Silly Bird Pete's big jaw."
Deadpool shrugged. "It's necessary for the plot, and Big Cheeks is just making a cameo appearance. He was able to come because he had a secret deal with the director."
Russell: "..."
"Boss, you're really observant about Easter eggs, but you probably didn't notice that Matt Damon has a cameo in Deadpool 2... Wait, tell me honestly, you didn't watch a pirated copy, did you?"
"..."
Discussing the plot with a character in the story is a real pain, and what's even more painful is that you can't win an argument with them!
Russell sighed, "Wade, don't change the subject. Keep going. What does your coming into this world have to do with your dreams?"
"After careful consideration, I realized that the reason X-Force failed was because its members were too weak. If they were all like Wolverine, Storm, and Laser Eyes, the result would definitely be different. So I need to recruit strong partners to join the team."
Deadpool added, "But not just anyone will do. Strength is only one aspect; I also have to find them pleasing to the eye."
"So you came to Spider-Man, wanting to recruit him." Russell felt he roughly understood.
"That's right, that's it, I Parker!" Deadpool blushed when Spider-Man was mentioned.
Poor Peter Parker, you can't get any worse!
Russell sighed silently, "You're overthinking it. This Spider-Man isn't a chatterbox; you two won't get along. Besides, his sense of responsibility as a good neighbor to New York won't allow him to go off to other parts of the world with you."
"I know!"
"You know that, yet you still dare to have such wild ideas. Why don't you go to the world of the Amazing Spider-Man? Garfield's Spider- Spider-Man might like your loose tongue." Russell remembered that there was a villain named Electro in the Amazing Spider-Man whose abilities were very suitable for him.
"No way, that Parker is too handsome, I don't like him!" Deadpool decisively refused. "Besides, I'm not just daydreaming. To correct the not-so-talkative Parker, I specifically brought Venom along, copied my personality, Peter will definitely..."
Russell made the final judgment. "He will definitely become a supervillain!"
"Boss, I feel like you're targeting me."
Yes, that's right!
Deadpool was furious upon hearing this, his eyes widening as he was about to unleash a torrent of abuse. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and began circling Russell, making clicking noises as he did so.
Russell felt uncomfortable under his strange gaze. "What is it now?"
"I've made up my mind. From today onwards, we're brothers."
"..."
Russell rubbed his forehead. He was already quick-witted enough, but even so, he couldn't keep up with Deadpool's pace. There was absolutely no logic to it; he couldn't fathom what Deadpool would do next.
"Russell, since you don't object, then we're brothers. Now, I want to form a superhero team, and you should help me out by becoming one of my members."
"I refuse!"
"Why?"
"The X-Force sounds Silly Bird."
"No problem, let's change the name now, how about Bomb Squad?"
"Not good."
"Why? We're the best combination! Don't you think you're hot enough, unworthy of this name?"
"No, it's you who don't deserve this name. The fuse is too short; calling you a bomb is inappropriate."
"FCUK!"
Ultimately, Russell joined the so-called X-Force, and currently, besides Captain Deadpool, he is the only member.
It's Silly Bird, but for Deadpool, he's willing to take him to other worlds, so he has no choice but to compromise himself.
"Listen, Russell, as a superhero intern, I have some experience to share with you." Deadpool patted Russell on the shoulder, looking like a seasoned veteran. "First, you need your own uniform, and you also need a really Silly Bird nickname."
Regarding uniforms, Russell could only think of his black robe. After a moment's thought, he said, "As for nicknames, I do have one that I quite like."
Tell me about it.
Russell lowered his voice. "I'm Batman!"
Having connections with Supergirl, calling himself Batman is perfectly acceptable.
"..."
Deadpool paused for three seconds, then made an X with his hands in front of his chest. "No way, DC will sue us for copyright infringement. We can't win the case, and we can't afford to pay that money."
Russell was speechless. "This... makes perfect sense."
"So, do you have any other nicknames? Like Deadpool's little brother, Deadpool- hard fan, Deadpool's lapdog, or something like that!"
"Then I'll be called Deathstroke."
"No way, Deathstroke is also from DC!" Deadpool frantically scratched his head. "Dude, are you targeting me? Why did you bring up my cousin out of the blue?"
Deathstroke, a supervillain in the DC Universe, is Slade Wilson, Deadpool's name is Wade Wilson.
Aside from their names, the two are also very similar in appearance. Moreover, they both wield dual swords and are both mercenaries skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
Deadpool once said he had a cousin named Slade, and Deathstroke also said he had a half-brother named Wade, which can be seen as a mutual tribute between Marvel and DC.
However, in the history of comics, Deathstroke appeared eleven years earlier than Deadpool.
That's right, Deathstroke is the prototype for Deadpool, and Russell said that purely to disgust him.
"Wade, I didn't mean to disgust you, I just think my weapon looks a lot like Deathstroke. Although it looks a lot like yours too, I can't steal Deadpool's nickname, after all, we're brothers."
"Come on, my good brother, you're just trying to disgust me."
Deadpool scoffed dismissively. "But you don't fit Deathstroke's persona. My cousin is 1.93 meters tall, while you... Heh, don't think I can't tell. You're not even 1.8 meters tall without your shoes on."
"Hiss!"
Russell gasped and angrily said, "I'm 1.795 meters tall, which is 1.8 meters."
"Hehe!"
"Don't squeal like a pig. It's normal for reality to differ from comics. Just like your Deadpool 2, Cable is 1.79 meters tall in the movie, but he's over 2 meters tall in the comics. You even made a point about that."
"So what? In the Avengers, he's Thanos!!"
"Thanos is nothing. I can kill one of them with one punch. You might not be able to believe it, but I once took on more than two hundred Thanos in a single fight and killed them all with the Snap."
"Wow, then I could take on a thousand!"
"I can take on ten thousand!"
"Then I'll take one million!"
"..."
Before they knew it, the two were head to head, angrily arguing. Coming to his senses, Russell stepped back a few paces and coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment.
Deadpool looked smug; in terms of shamelessness, Russell couldn't compare to him at all. Moreover, he was indiscriminate in his tastes; what had just happened was nothing compared to this—he didn't even care about mouth-to-mouth contact.
"Listen, Russell, any nickname is fine, just not Deathstroke."
"Hmph, you bootlegger who copied Deathstroke's character design!" Russell taunted.
Deadpool was furious, his face turning red with anger. "I'll say it again, I'm not a piracy artist. How can you call something from a comic book piracy? It's an homage!"
"Plagiarism! Piracy!"
"Say what you will, my cousin was just born a few years earlier than me, but later on... my cousin's popularity was so bad, I have two solo movies, he has nothing." At this point, Deadpool started to gloat again.
That's right, he was just born a few years later. In comics, whoever is popular is the prototype!
Russell couldn't stand such arrogant scoundrels and retorted, "Yes, Deathstroke has had a cameo in a TV series, he also had an Easter egg in Justice League, and he'll be acting opposite Batman in the future."
"Hahaha, so what? I'm a superhero, and he's the villain!"
"Right, right, you're a superhero! In the DC Studios next door, you even have a superhero movie where you're all green! Speaking of which, why didn't you appear in Justice League?" Russell asked himself, then suddenly realized, "Oh, right, I remember now, because you're a flop, box office poison!"
Deadpool: "..."
Damn Canadians! Damn Green Lantern!