History Main / TheSoftHeartedWarrior

** Faramir, while captain of the {{Ranger}}s of Ithilien, seeks only to defend his people from Sauron's forces, and has no love of violence. Once the war is over, he's happy to support Gondor's new king and to settle down with Eowyn, who was won over by his gentleness.

** The episode "Tea and Empathy" gives us Maj. Ross, of the British Army. On his first visit to the 4077, he seems to be breathing fire and berating his injured men. So, when he returns, Hawkeye fears he's going to try to quick march the injured soldiers out of the hospital, only to find that he's delivering the mail to the men, and listening to them read their letters. He explains to Hawkeye that his first appearance at the camp was a sort of "Cruel to be Kind", stating that only a madman would lash out at a wounded man without cause, so if he's acting that way, his men believe they're going to be okay because he believes they're going to be okay. Ross accepts Hawkeye's advice not to give wounded men tea prior to treatment as it tends to cause infections and says he'll pass it along to others to stop that practice.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': [[FieryRedhead Wheeler]] is unquestionably [[BruiserWithASoftCenter the most confrontational of the team]], and he is one of the only members to show any experience with fighting before being selected. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment He makes his entrance into the series]] yanking [[ChainPain the chain]] out of a thug's hand as the thug attempts to attack a bystander and then making a BringIt pose when the thug turns around to see what happened. However, in non-combat situations, he shows a significantly sweet and playful side. His focus in combat also seems to revolve around protecting the potential victim (when the aforementioned thug flees, Wheeler doesn't see any reason to chase him, instead choosing to make sure the victim is okay), and he understands the value of stopping once the attacker poses no threat; he even talks [[BewareTheNiceOnes Gi]] out of killing a gangster in revenge for shooting a friend.

** Superman is widely considered the WorldsStrongestMan and is both feared and renowned as the most ferocious protector of the Earth. Though he will never back down from a fight if one is necessary, Superman greatly prefers other methods of helping or defending others. He will even perform such mundane good deeds as helping the elderly cross the street, [[HeroDoesPublicService reading books to orphans]], delivering food or supplies across the world, and, of course, rescuing helpless kittens from trees.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Paragon Shepard is an unstoppable badass in a fight, but seeks peace and cooperation whenever they can and tries to avoid violence whenever possible. S/he also inspires others to be better than they think they are and unite the galaxy, even being basically the one person who's willing to give the rachni and geth a chance.

** Once, when in conflict against Cable's island nation of Providence, Cap infiltrated it as a civilian in order to assess the threat it posed. An assessment of Steve Rogers, the man, led to him being assigned to paint public murals for the benefit of the public. Presented with this opportunity, not only does Steve wholeheartedly embrace the task, he actually returns, even after being outed as a covert agent, to complete the mural. Why? Because it meant something; both to Steve and the residents of Providence. There's a reason his symbol is the shield and not the sword.

** Once, when in conflict against Cable's island nation of Providence, Cap infiltrated it as a civilian in order to assess the threat it posed. An assessment of Steve Rogers, the man, led to him being assigned to paint public murals for the benefit of the public. Presented with this opportunity, not only does Steve wholeheartedly embrace the task, he actually returns, even after being outed as a covert agent, to complete the mural. Why? Because it meant something; both to Steve and the residents of Providence. There's a reason his symbol is the shield and not the sword.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Pyrrha Nikos is a powerful, competent fighter. She was also one of the friendliest, delightful people you could ever hope to meet.
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