(06-27-2021, 08:15 PM)classicdrogn Wrote: Okay, so, this is bothering me despite not really caring: What exactly does "shot Superman with a kryptonite bullet once" bring to a group with actual superpowers that Waller would go so far to recruit him? Assuming Harley's cockroach like ability t0o survive counts as a superpower for IC justification of her OOC power to fill seats with fanboys. I have the faint impression from various fanfic that she hates and distrusts metahumans so I guess it could just be wanting a normie to ride herd on the rest, but by the same token why would a bunch of supers listen to him in that case?
Bloodsport. As the backstory indicates, he's not the "normie riding herd." That's Captain Rick Flag, Jr., played in the films by Joel Kinnaman.
Not all of the Squad are superhuman or have superpowers. Many of them are Batman, Green Arrow, or Flash rogues that are merely well trained and use specialty gear (e.g., Deadshot and his armor and Captain Boomerang and his 'rangs). Some aren't even chosen by Waller for their weird gimmicks; the Penguin was drafted to develop an extraction scenario for a Soviet defector (he was outraged (waugh!) when Waller told him that he was going along). As the wiki indicates, Bloodsport is fearless, well trained, possesses advanced weapons technology, and has a mile-high mountain of guilt over his brother that Waller can twist and manipulate (though they may drop or alter that, given the temporal distance that the Vietnam War is now at).