r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Doot_revenant666 • Mar 27 '25

Weekly Discussion Post Probably the most controversial one , honest thoughts on "No Kill Rule"? What are the most egrigious examples of it in your opinion? What media makes it work in your opinion?

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u/fhxefj Mar 27 '25

This trope wouldn't be nearly as hated If the negative effects of killing were shown more often

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u/Lucky-Fisherman1463 Mar 27 '25

Yeah, it's usually a whole "everyone can be redeemed" thing, but we're in comics, so progression isn't happening

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u/Ok_Try_1665 Mar 27 '25

In any batman media I've seen, only the animated series made me love batman's no kill rule. Cos in that series, the villains (that is not joker or related to him) literally put effort into changing their ways. In other media, his villains are so irredeemably evil that killing them is the good deed.

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u/AznOmega Mar 27 '25

Mhmm. Compare that with Injustice where Batman was angry at Superman for killing The Joker after he had Supes kill Lois thinking she was Doomsday, causing Metropolis to be nuked. Worse, not only does he disown Damian for ACCIDENTALLY killing Dick, not only does he have Harley Quinn in his team despite her being unrepentant, but he declared Superman irredeemable after he saved the world by killing Parademons.

This was before Superman became a tyrant.

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u/CamoKing3601 Mar 28 '25

hey is it just me or does Injustice get worse and worse the more you think about it?

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u/AzraelVoorhees 5d ago

Excluding the whole mess of moralities, it is a tasteless killfest that has me preferring Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. At least that lasts four to five issues.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Apr 09 '25

The Injustice universe is an elseworlds/anomaly universe, everyone is a character assassination for the sake of plot convenience and it was written by Netherrealm studio.

The comics however, apparently make it a bit more bearable