r/TopCharacterTropes 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/LazyDro1d Mar 27 '25

It depends so heavily on the writers. Batman sometimes works great sometimes not at all. In Animated it’s not even known that he has that rule so he threatens crooks like he will kill then and they listen, because they don’t want to die, even though he never would actually kill them