I get where you're going, here. I've long felt that superheroes are committing a major fail by taking the immediate moral high-ground and not killing the killers they fight.
You might be interested in reading Batman: Under the Hood, or watching its animated interpretation, Under the Red Hood. In the story, we do get the contrast between Batman's determination not to kill and Red Hood's willingness (perhaps even enthusiasm) to do so in order to clean up Gotham and protect the nameless little people. Batman's continuing refusal to kill the Joker, in particular, is especially important.
And still, I prefer Batman to Superman. I find Supes to be a giant douchecanoe, and the best description I've read of him was years ago in a JLU fic, calling him "a boyscout with disturbing...lapses."
I originally had more to say, but when I start talking about UtH, I have to grab it off my shelf and re-read it, so. *distracted*
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Date: 2012-04-21 03:01 pm (UTC)You might be interested in reading Batman: Under the Hood, or watching its animated interpretation, Under the Red Hood. In the story, we do get the contrast between Batman's determination not to kill and Red Hood's willingness (perhaps even enthusiasm) to do so in order to clean up Gotham and protect the nameless little people. Batman's continuing refusal to kill the Joker, in particular, is especially important.
And still, I prefer Batman to Superman. I find Supes to be a giant douchecanoe, and the best description I've read of him was years ago in a JLU fic, calling him "a boyscout with disturbing...lapses."
I originally had more to say, but when I start talking about UtH, I have to grab it off my shelf and re-read it, so. *distracted*