In the worst of situations, Deadpool has just proven that there are no limits he was going to go to save his life.
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Deadpool is, for want of a better word, unpredictable. How he would respond to a complete and total takeover of the planet by an evil older than time itself is up for debate, but how he would handle things if they threatened his home and kingdom of Monster Island is certain. That response is clearly violent. The Merc with a Mouth is more than willing to put himself in danger to protect the people and certainly not the people he loves and rules against the King in Black.
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The fact that he is in fact unkillable goes a long way in reinforcing that ‘can-do’ attitude that Deadpool almost always has on display. When it comes to harming himself to protect those same people and monsters, he’s just as willing to go the extra mile, even if it costs him an arm or a leg.
Knull’s invasion was over almost instantly. The army of symbiotic dragons that descended on Earth was seemingly never-ending, and once they covered the landscape, they formed a dome around the planet’s atmosphere to ensure that no escape was possible. Now that the fight has come to its own little corner of the world, Deadpool has assembled the best team of symbiotic assassins that Monster Island has to offer and led them into battle. As the group works its way through the draconian hordes, it becomes clear that not everyone is well equipped to face this particular attack. Jeff the Landshark can only sink his teeth into one of the beasts, sadly wrapping his face in living darkness. After being taken over by the symbiotic ooze, Jeff turns his attention to Deadpool, and when the rows of jagged shark teeth sink into his arm, Deadpool already knows what’s going to happen to him if he doesn’t act quickly.
The decision to amputate isn’t an easy one, but the precedent in the face of such real horrors as gangrene has been set for a very, very long time. There’s also the black horror trope of playing it for the laughs in movies, including The evil death and Dead snowalthough both examples have mixed results. Taking a limb to prevent a symbiote from connecting with someone is still an unexpected and drastic measure in the context of the Marvel Universe, but if someone is going to do it, it could just as well be someone who admittedly only takes a week to themselves. has blown up. earlier and bounced back from reduced to just a head better than ever.
It’s a bloody and heinous act, and it works like a charm. With his arm no longer attached and the risk of being re-infected to zero, Deadpool is ready to get right back into the fight using only his left hand. Luckily, he’s got his friends and fellow freedom fighters behind him to lend a hand, as long as he’s not the one he just cut off, and together they can defeat the symbiote dragon even if they don’t do it on the same explosive way that others have used. Still, Deadpool has once again proved why he’s so good at what he does, even if he has to do it on his own every now and then.
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