"I Can't kill because I am a superhero" Syndrome

"Batman is one character that I believe is enriched by not killing....its part of Batman by now....if you think of superheroes that have been pushed to that line and still had the willpower and moral strength not to kill the enemy you think Batman."

"Zoom said:

"Gambler said:

"I cant speak for everyone (and I dont hate Dr. Late for the rape) but rape for some reason just seems so much more.....vicious and despicable then murder."

Its not, though.

You can be raped and move on with your life.  Nobody ever gets over being murdered."

LMFAO.It is actually because rape is more like torture.Sure you live but that never leaves your mind where if someone headshots you..your dead.What do you have to think about..you never saw it coming."

Captain America is a big time Superhero, and he's killed.

I think it really depends on how the villan is killed...soliders go off to war all the time they kill and are still heroes...the reason is they didnt go with the intent to murder a specific person per say they are fighting a war defending land or people.

Heros are the same thing Batman Cant kill joker there is too much history too much pain that joker has caused him for it to not be murder if batman did ever kill him.

A hero in a fight with a villan could kill that villan in a way thats not murder...I think we must remember that the Murder is the most evil part of it not to say that killing is not.

Also look at Si I dont know how you all saw it But in my eyes the avengers were KILLING any skrull that moved! even spiderman I was lead to believe that he was killing skrulls? is that not killing? and in the case of someone like Barton it had to murder cause he wanted vengance! stark too and reed both wanted to murder skrulls.....yeah its a war but the differences is the worlds mighest heroes wanted BLOOD

"Am I the only person who is getting tired of this whole thing? You know where a characters villains doesn't something crazy that almost kills them or someone they love and they just put them in jail? Where they know they will break out and have to fight them again? I mean I can see if you let people live on petty crimes but where is the line drawn? Why are superheroes such tough guys but they can't take a life? I'm not saying everyone should be like the Punisher..but if I was someone like Spider-Man and Green Goblin made me kill the hot blonde who was too good for me...I would have stuffed a pumpkin bomb in his mouth! I mean Iron Man I admire because he plays the superhero role but he has a limit.If you go to far...he will kill you and do it pretty harshly.

Any thoughts on this?

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@voidheart

now you see to me spiderman is a good example of letting villains DIE with spiderman I get the feeling that he may not want to kill them but hey if they die in battle as long as hes not totally responsible its all good!

now I am not the expert in spiderman but its just how I view him

i know wonder woman would kill someone

"@voidheart

now you see to me spiderman is a good example of letting villains DIE with spiderman I get the feeling that he may not want to kill them but hey if they die in battle as long as hes not totally responsible its all good!

now I am not the expert in spiderman but its just how I view him
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"Life is worth living but how can you be sad about all the things you won't be able to enjoy when your dead if you not alive to think about?"

Well let's say it like this, if your a hero (Hero), people look up to you, admire you, want to be like you. Now if you suddenly say aww f+#k it and start killing people while and acting heroic (Anti-Hero) you will inspire other people to doing the same thing, which, in the end, makes it more worse and your ass might just happen to end in jail.(Villain)

kapeesh?

A Hero should be obligated to do what the justice system either fails to do or simply can not do. After all isn't that what they are doing any way? Most heroes exist to do what a police force can not do. So why not take the responsibility of the justice system if it fails repeatedly. Now I am not saying a character like Batman should kill every two bit criminal, but someone like the Joker should definately be on his hit list to finish the job.

yes but they are forever stained after that, lets say DD knocked Bullz out cold till he died, ever think what would happen then? sure at first he might feel good about it, but then the remorse kicks in, he starts to question wether or not he should of done it and bla di blidi bla, you got yourself an anti-hero with a criminal record for murder.

every hero that has done so so far is now either an anti-hero or a villian.

"Vlad Tepes Dracula said:

"every hero that has done so so far is now either an anti-hero or a villian.

What? Purposely kill  ..."

your become a hero for your own personal reasons, if your gonna be a hero to get the paycheck you got the wrong job. Iron Man (Tony Stark) is a anti-hero for about everything he can possibly be. Drinker, Brawler, Weapons of mass destruction, and so on.

"Vlad Tepes Dracula said:

"Vance Astro said:

"Vlad Tepes Dracula said:

"every hero that has done so so far is now either an anti-hero or a villian.

What? Purposely kill  ..."

... AT ALL!
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Well that would make nobody an actual hero because every superhero has killed someone either by accident or on purpose."

"Vlad Tepes Dracula said:

"yes but they are forever stained after that, lets say DD knocked Bullz out cold till he died, ever think what would happen then? sure at first he might feel good about it, but then the remorse kicks in, he starts to question wether or not he should of done it and bla di blidi bla, you got yourself an anti-hero with a criminal record for murder.
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Why take the job if your going to be a punk about it? If someone pulls a gun on a cop and the cop headshots him..is he going to be a crybaby about it or live with it.It's either them or you.Most situations in comics end up being that and the Hero being stupid would rather die than to take a life even when the villain is deserving of it.What the hell is Bullseye's life worth.How many innocent people are going to die because Daredevil,Spider-Man,and the Punisher have failed to kill this douchebag.The Punisher is the worst of all because he actually has no problem killing people.The first person to take the Extremis Virus (don't remember his name) was killed by Iron Man.Iron Man didn't give him a chance..didn't try to lock him up.Once he used the virus himself he was way more powerful than him and what did Iron Man do..he put his repulsors on his head and blew it up and then kicked his dead body.Does anyone consider him an anti-hero?"

Mhhhhh so yummy to be "partially" back.

I admire that they don't fight to kill unless absolutely necessary.

" It's unfortunate that heroes don't kill their enemies? I disagree. I think it speaks to their higher moral fiber, and serves to separate them from the villains they fight, that the heroes don't take lives . I'm far more inclined to admire a hero who finds a way to triumph in the least violent way possible, than to admire one that goes for the simple "final solution". "

" I admire that they don't fight to kill unless absolutely necessary. "

I've Recently read this quote and couldn't think of a better place to put it.
 
" There are some remedies worse than the disease.  ~Publilius Syrus"

"  It depends on context I suppose- what may be permissible on the battlefield is not so on "civvy street"?  Also, those who think that "superheroes" should be allowed to be judge, jury and ultimately executioner should ask themselves where it will all end?  Terry "

" Psylocke,Emma,and Storm are mutants.Not to say they aren't superheroes but the X-men and other X-teams generally take alot of lives.X-Force especially. "

That's why I like the Ultimate Universe so much, they kill their villains and then they go back to their normal lives, and no one gives a care about it 

"Besides, the new prison for super-villains in the Negative Zone is practically escape proof- so much for the argument that bad guys are "always bustin out of stir!"  Terry "

You can't have a serial comic if the hero kills the villain when the fight is over. You can have a better comic, a more believable comic, yes, but you can't have a comic that goes on forever and ever.

"You can't have a serial comic if the hero kills the villain when the fight is over. You can have a better comic, a more believable comic, yes, but you can't have a comic that goes on forever and ever. "

 
In reality even a man with the strongest of morals has a breaking point.  So it's a stupid departure from reality.

" In reality even a man with the strongest of morals has a breaking point.  So it's a stupid departure from reality. "

I personally am Amoral, and if it were to further my goals, I'd burn every planet in the universe, watching every living thing die in the flames.  So I'd like to see heroes who'd burn down the city to kill villains.

" @ryanwh said:

"You can't have a serial comic if the hero kills the villain when the fight is over. You can have a better comic, a more believable comic, yes, but you can't have a comic that goes on forever and ever. "

Yeah you can, just make the villain win :) "

" @box turtle said:

" @ryanwh said:

"You can't have a serial comic if the hero kills the villain when the fight is over. You can have a better comic, a more believable comic, yes, but you can't have a comic that goes on forever and ever. "

Yeah you can, just make the villain win :) "

Well that's another problem aint it. Even when the villain wins they don't kill.  They put you over a vat of lava or something and take a smoke break while you break out.. "

"I personally am Amoral, and if it were to further my goals, I'd burn every planet in the universe, watching every living thing die in the flames.  So I'd like to see heroes who'd burn down the city to kill villains. "

" Daredevil came up with a fairly good system.  When someone is a constant threat conventional ways can't solve, he paralyzes them.  I mean, they are harmless then.  And, while fictional treatments can cure them occassionally, just as many (no, actually far more) fictional deaths are undone.     "

"@box turtle said:

" Daredevil came up with a fairly good system.  When someone is a constant threat conventional ways can't solve, he paralyzes them.  I mean, they are harmless then.  And, while fictional treatments can cure them occassionally, just as many (no, actually far more) fictional deaths are undone.     "

Too bad Bullseye has an adamantium spine.DD probably would have gotten him a long time ago. "