Discussion Characters / Injustice2

That's what happens when you let biased opinions affect your editing.

This entry on Supergirl for Wide-Eyed Idealist takes the cake for me:

"Her support of Superman and his followers stems from not fully understanding what they're all about, but what really drives it home is her objection to Wonder Woman trying to kill Harley. When Wonder Woman points out that Harley deserves to die, Kara replies that she's defenseless and has had no trial, when both are patently false — she was just shooting at Wonder Woman and had in fact had several second chances in the past for separate crimes, all of which she blew because of Chronic Villainy."

Whatever one thinks of Harley in general Kara is quite right here; Harley may have been fighting previously but is helpless now, lying barely conscious on the floor, and whatever she may have done in the past she is still entitled to a trial before any punishment, never mind summary execution by someone who has no legal standing and is indeed a wanted criminal herself. I quite agree that the trope applies to Supergirl but that example is bananas. I'm not quite up to task of pruning the bias from the whole thing (not to mention worried my own bias will come in) but I'm changing that.

I also think that the tone is very biased and jarring.

Batman sees superheroes as supercops, meaning he doesn't stand in judgement. From his point of view, it's not for him to decide who lives or who dies. Superman argues that since that doesn't work, he'll make a system that will work. And since nobody wants to make the 'tough' decisions, he will.

This is the actual conflict in viewpoints.

It might also be a case of value dissonance. The USA has the death penalty, so maybe people think that since it exists, it should be used. I'm from Europe and there is no death penalty over here. While I think Batman needs to be less rigid, I generally agree that it's not the job of cops, super or regular, to also be judge, jury and executioner.

While I'm also from Europe and agree I'm not convinced it's a national thing. After all Batman and his refusal to kill were the result of American authors, as were most of these characters.

The attitude seems oddly prevalent among fans of a genre that generally is opposed to killing. I saw something similar on the Genre Savvy guide for being a superhero, where half the "guide" seemed to be "I will kill my enemies and if the country I'm in objects to my carte blanche decisions on life and death I will abandon them." What a great hero...

I came here to post a similar suggestion. Does anyone else think it will be more convenient to have them organized this way?

If you can find some good pics, then go ahead and add them. I just think nobody got around to doing it yet.

It's a new game, so it needs a new page. The original injustice character page grew so large that it needed to be split, and those pages are further split based off the story itself.