It's all good: I made the entry private because it really is such a sticky issue. I don't want to end up fighting with people when I have no intention of fighting (especially when I should be writing my thesis!) I'm sorry about that
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I agree that Clark was justified in real-world terms - I agree with everything you said. But there's something that doesn't sit well with me in Clark killing within the DCU, because he's such a paragon of morality, and also because there's enough fantasy in that universe where there's always another way. Maybe I trust Clark too much, maybe I've been watching too much Justice League, but that's my instinct. *shrug*
I don't think killing would necessarily compromise Clark, because the way he treats it, it's always, ALWAYS the last resort, and it's a horrible failing if it's considered as anything else. He's never done it except as a last resort.
What's a far worse compromise, to me, is his apparent inconsistency in this application to others. Regardless of how he felt about Diana's choice to kill Max Lord in IC, I don't think it was right for him to not speak out on her behalf, to explain why she did it, especially since she killed Max Lord to save him and his loved ones. And I'm flabbergasted that in contrast, he was apparently so quick to forgive Emil Hamilton, a man who tortured and butchered an alien family, two human teenagers, all to get Clark and the people he cared for.
But then, I tell myself IC isn't canon and pod people were walking around at the time.
Oh, man. IC is...a whole different story. I was just reading I Can't Believe It's Not The Justice League (now officially canon, for reasons I can't determine) and the last panel is Ted and Max laughing with the banner "And they lived bwa-ha-happily after". I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach.
Also, my new journal header is from that book, and half of the characters on it have been brutally murdered and/or raped. And one is allegedly going to die in 52 soon. And one is a shell of his former self. And one is a throwaway character that only appeared in that book.
Oh, I love your heading, and that book. It was just fun, fun, fun. No blood, gore, or exitensial angst. (Alright, there was angst. But overall, it was just a fun book. I like fun!).
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What's a far worse compromise, to me, is his apparent inconsistency in this application to others. Regardless of how he felt about Diana's choice to kill Max Lord in IC, I don't think it was right for him to not speak out on her behalf, to explain why she did it, especially since she killed Max Lord to save him and his loved ones. And I'm flabbergasted that in contrast, he was apparently so quick to forgive Emil Hamilton, a man who tortured and butchered an alien family, two human teenagers, all to get Clark and the people he cared for.
But then, I tell myself IC isn't canon and pod people were walking around at the time.
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Also, my new journal header is from that book, and half of the characters on it have been brutally murdered and/or raped. And one is allegedly going to die in 52 soon. And one is a shell of his former self. And one is a throwaway character that only appeared in that book.
In conclusion: grr...IC.
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And yes. IC? 52? What's that? *g*
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