When lucid, he is actually fairly intelligent and a master tactician, as evidenced by his surprisingly broad vocabulary and range of knowledge, and his defeat of the entire Skrull Empire (not to mention his demonstration with Task Master, in which he defeated the other mercenary--who has literally inhuman fighting skill--while manacled hand-and-foot, using tactical assaults). Unfortunately, Deadpool is very rarely lucid, often too busy talking to himself about Bea Arthur or The Knack to be of any real use, and he is very easily confused and/or distracted, occasionally suffering short-term memory lapses and hallucinations. He is frequently overwhelmed by self-doubt regarding moral decisions, and seems to lack any real direction or concept of self-governance.
Wade will often resort to violence (which he generally does not perceive as a problem, unless he hurts someone he didn’t mean to) and sometimes even cruelty if left unsupervised and without guidance, such as when he locked his close companion Blind Al-- a sightless septuagenarian who functioned as his hostage/friend/mother/maid--in “The Box” (a narrow room filled and lined with sharp objects) after she disobeyed his instructions regarding another character, Weasel. He deeply regretted this and apologized later, but he still locked an old blind woman in a room made of pointy bits.
Deadpool very infrequently removes his mask in front of strangers and even friends, and is extremely sensitive about his malformed skin. He rarely thinks through his actions and sometimes causes unintentional harm to those allied with him or even innocent by-standers, though these incidences do cause him guilt.
Wade doesn't shut up. Ever. No matter what. He perceives his internal monologues in the form of little yellow boxes and has absolutely no problem with talking to himself. At this point in his canon, Deadpool has grown despondent and discontent with life, making an effort to kill himself (which he is well aware will not work) out of a combination of boredom and simply not knowing what to do next. A month before the act, Wade wonders, “What do we do now?” Immediately before shooting himself in the head, asks aloud, “Well? What did you expect?” He then draws his gun and responds, “More.”
Wade Wilson is a man who has been looking for more his entire life—the only time in his canon that he appears to be truly happy is while working with Cable for the good of humanity, and when he is asked for help by The Avengers and acknowledged by them as an equal. He seems to thrive when given the chance to do good, but much like a troubled child, has great difficulty reaching his potential without a grown-up to point the way. He obviously does not deal with boredom well, given his suicide attempt. Deadpool uses humor to deflect everything—even bullets. It’s an extremely rare moment to have him actually deal with something seriously (there's no guarantee that he'll even treat the right things seriously, as he often has very different priorities than everyone else), and those moments generally end quickly and with a joke to make up for it.
Abilities and Weaknesses: An accelerating healing factor that essentially makes him immune to death is Wade’s greatest asset, although in Singularity, I imagine it won’t be nearly so effective, as that would be pretty much god-moding. He also boasts heightened strength, agility and reflexes—he won’t be giving Superman any sleepless nights, but he has been shown to be able to snap a man’s neck with one hand, and to be able to manage gymnastic feats a circus acrobat would be jealous of. I will leave it up to modly discretion as to how severely those abilities are hampered, since I have no clue as to how to go about that. Oh, and fourth-wall breaky powers. Some would argue that this is insanity and not a super power, but whatever man, haters gonna hate.
Part 2: Return of the app
Wade will often resort to violence (which he generally does not perceive as a problem, unless he hurts someone he didn’t mean to) and sometimes even cruelty if left unsupervised and without guidance, such as when he locked his close companion Blind Al-- a sightless septuagenarian who functioned as his hostage/friend/mother/maid--in “The Box” (a narrow room filled and lined with sharp objects) after she disobeyed his instructions regarding another character, Weasel. He deeply regretted this and apologized later, but he still locked an old blind woman in a room made of pointy bits.
Deadpool very infrequently removes his mask in front of strangers and even friends, and is extremely sensitive about his malformed skin. He rarely thinks through his actions and sometimes causes unintentional harm to those allied with him or even innocent by-standers, though these incidences do cause him guilt.
Wade doesn't shut up. Ever. No matter what. He perceives his internal monologues in the form of little yellow boxes and has absolutely no problem with talking to himself. At this point in his canon, Deadpool has grown despondent and discontent with life, making an effort to kill himself (which he is well aware will not work) out of a combination of boredom and simply not knowing what to do next. A month before the act, Wade wonders, “What do we do now?” Immediately before shooting himself in the head, asks aloud, “Well? What did you expect?” He then draws his gun and responds, “More.”
Wade Wilson is a man who has been looking for more his entire life—the only time in his canon that he appears to be truly happy is while working with Cable for the good of humanity, and when he is asked for help by The Avengers and acknowledged by them as an equal. He seems to thrive when given the chance to do good, but much like a troubled child, has great difficulty reaching his potential without a grown-up to point the way. He obviously does not deal with boredom well, given his suicide attempt. Deadpool uses humor to deflect everything—even bullets. It’s an extremely rare moment to have him actually deal with something seriously (there's no guarantee that he'll even treat the right things seriously, as he often has very different priorities than everyone else), and those moments generally end quickly and with a joke to make up for it.
Abilities and Weaknesses: An accelerating healing factor that essentially makes him immune to death is Wade’s greatest asset, although in Singularity, I imagine it won’t be nearly so effective, as that would be pretty much god-moding. He also boasts heightened strength, agility and reflexes—he won’t be giving Superman any sleepless nights, but he has been shown to be able to snap a man’s neck with one hand, and to be able to manage gymnastic feats a circus acrobat would be jealous of. I will leave it up to modly discretion as to how severely those abilities are hampered, since I have no clue as to how to go about that. Oh, and fourth-wall breaky powers. Some would argue that this is insanity and not a super power, but whatever man, haters gonna hate.