Deadpool Themes
Suffering
Love hurts. Love scars. Love wounds and marks. If you recognize these as the lyrics to the classic rock jam "Love Hurts," go on and pat yourself on the back. (Grandma Shmoop, is that you?) Deadpool...
Love
How do we know that Deadpool is a love story? Because the "Merc with a Mouth" tells us so himself. Sure, he's in the middle of committing murder at the time, but let's not get too bogged down by de...
Appearances
Things aren't always what they seem in Deadpool…except for when they totally are. Hear us out on this one. First, both Deadpool and Ajax pretend to be someone they're not. For Deadpool, that mean...
Revenge
If somebody flipped the switch on your mutant genes and turned your face into a marbled slab of chuck roast, how would you react? You'd plan your revenge, that's how. Deadpool's plot is propelled f...
Morality and Ethics
Deadpool isn't a man without morals; he's just a man with his own personal code of ethics, a set of principles that most of society would agree are pretty depraved. The thing is, Deadpool may be a...
Good vs. Evil
Deadpool vs. Ajax isn't the only battle between good and evil in Deadpool. It's not even the primary battle. Good is also pitted against evil within Deadpool himself. He's not ethically bankrupt, b...