[En Sabah Nerd]

I like Deadpool a good deal, but not nearly as much as I used to. Yeah he first appeared as an antagonist, but not really a villain. His first solo project was The Circle Chase, which still stands as one of his greatest stories to this day, and it showed that Wade was cynical and rude but also looking to redeem himself in some way. Deadpool vol.1 continued the trend of making him flawed and emotionally vulnerable all while trying to do some real good to separate himself from his past. Deadpool vol.1 is easily the best Deadpoool book available because of the character development which was paired with humor to lighten the mood. Then suddenly DP got a huge popularity boost because of X-Men Origins, and when vol.2 started they opted to cut out all of the character progression and troubled-past stories in favor of making him into a clown who kills a lot of people, makes some jokes while doing it, and then obsesses over Mexican food. It would be akin to Moon Knight stopping being an anti-hero vigilante schizophrenic face-cutter-offer, and becoming a clean cut-n'-dry by the books kind of hero like Captain America pretty much always is.
I also don't get where the idea that Deadpool is so powerful came from. I don't know if you guys have ever heard this, but apparently just because he has a healing factor and was cursed with life by Thanos, some people interpret that as Deadpool can beat anybody. Even though he's been defeated by Wolverine, Moon Knight, and Captain America, clearly he could take on Thor, Wonder Man, or the Silver Surfer. Hell, AoA Iceman killed him and were it not for Deathlok's "love everybody" attitude he would have stayed shattered into a million frozen pieces.
My overall point to this rant is: Deadpool has been greatly diminished in character and story by being brought to the spotlight. I still like him anyway, but not as much as I used to.