Maxx Crowley
I trust you know where the happy button is?
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Oh I hate the god damn "all or nothing" morality crap in comics. Yes, we all know Batman doesn't just snap Joker's neck (in the main continuity) because Joker is probably the most popular villain in the world. Plus, as stated, the state would have executed Joker a long...looooong time ago.You don't have to go all judge and jury-y if you're in a situation where basically any decent person would immediately put a hole in Joker's head. It's not some ridiculous lubricated slope, where if you literally kill one mass-murdering psychopath, you end up taking over the entire country and ruling it in fear.
Just put a bullet in him and then use that almighty willpower that you've been using to not kill him to, yknow... not go all "Judge, Jury, and Inspector of Lemonade Stands". Batman set a damned high boundary and he kept it, so I'd say he can lower it a bit and just keep that boundary instead.
It's the same as that "If you kill him, you'll be just like him." Bullshit whenever a hero has the villain at his mercy. Nevermind the mountain of mooks the hero has likely murdered his way through just to get there. Then the villain will do something that makes it acceptable to kill them and voila, he's dead, smiles all around.
And don't even get me started on all the fucking "In cold blood" crap.
A small word in the writers defense. It's often less "too chickenshit" and more "We totally know that if we kill this character off, the fans will never stop bitching." Because, if there is one thing that every comic book fan knows, it's that when you throw out the rules, and let the writer do whatever they want (usually in an Elseworlds thing) the very FIRST thing they do (besides corrupt the Paragon) is start killing everyone off. Oh my god, they just can't WAIT to kill Spider-man, or wipe out the entire X-man team minus their favorite (Almost guaranteed to be Wolverine)Until he gets resurrected because the DC writers are too chickenshit to make a new character rather than use the New Gods as a franchise zombie.
Also, and more importantly, as much as people scream "New! Give us new! God, all you do is the same thing!" The fact of the matter is, their dollars just don't support that claim.
Launching new characters is practically an exercise in futility. People support the characters they always have, and even on books that get acclaim (Blue Beetle comes to mind) people just don't support them.
Hell, that's why Marvel opted to just try and replace their existing characters with Different race/gendered versions in All New All Different. They know good and damn well that despite all the cries for more "Representation!" that all those DOING the crying weren't going to head down to the comic shop to...you know, BUY the book. Plus, given that Marvel really....REALLY hates their Older fanbase (I.E the only thing that has kept them going comic book wise) they figured they could have it both ways.