History PlayingWith / ThouShaltNotKill

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* '''Defied''': Amazing Girl vows to defeat villains any way she can, even if violence is required because PoliceAreUseless.
* '''Discussed''': "I will defeat the forces of evil by whatever means necessary... even if it means killing them."

** Amazing Girl ordinarily refuses to kill criminals, but will feel sorely tempted to take matters into her own hands if she fights a particularly heinous and cruel villain. She brutally beats the villain and contemplates killing him, but ultimately lets him live and has the authorities decide his fate.

** Amazing Girl used to kill, until she found out several of the "villains" she murdered [[KickTheMoralityPet were innocent]]. After coming out of her HeroicBSOD, she swore never to kill again.

** Related to the above, Amazing Girl takes matters into her own hands but prefers torture over murder.

** Amazing Girl was been shown to not kill. However this only applies to normal humans. She is willing to kill people with powers, or non-humans.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Amazing Girl's moral system is...complicated. While she won't kill regular crooks or even unrepentant [[AxCrazy nutters]] under any circumstance, she's very willing to mow down soldiers if she's fighting off an [[AlienInvaders invading force.]] Furthermore, while she thinks ClonesArePeopleToo and supports the rights of both animals and[[LiteralMinded illegal aliens,]] Robots, PlantPeople, and TheUndead [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman barely even blip on her moral radar.]] Furthermore, her perspective on the matter is [[MoralityKitchenSink just one of many among her peers, with some being even more unusual.]]

* '''Exploited''': Evulz shapeshifts into a form with [[GlassCannon very few defences but an incredible amount of killing power, knowing he won't be slain by Amazing Girl any time soon.]]

** The sneering NinetiesAntiHero assumes that only a weak, spineless creature would bind herself. In truth, Amazing Girl is so continually outraged by the evil she sees that the only thing keeping her from a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is her rule against killing; she knows that, like an alcoholic, if she falls from the wagon she will kill more than all her victims.

** Amazing Girl is aware of what a role-model she is, and knows that immature superheroes would use her having killed -- no matter how justified -- as an excuse to go on a rampage.

** "[[ShutUpKirk Spare me your moralizing]], dumbass. [[TheFettered obeying, to the letter and spirit,]] [[VirtueIsWeakness stupid "no killing" code]] for [[CompleteMonster unrepentant murderers like Evulz]] are why [[GoodIsDumb Superheroes are super stupid.]]"

* '''Straight''': Amazing Girl refuses to kill her adversary, a bank robber who committed murder during a robbery, instead apprehending him and taking him to the police.
* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl refuses to kill her adversary, an EvilOverlord who has committed genocide across the galaxy, when she has the chance to do so. She instead lets him escape.

** Amazing Girl ordinarily refuses to kill criminals, but will feel sorely tempted to take matters into her own hands if she fights a particularly heinous and cruel villain. Despite her temptations, she still lets the villain live and has the authorities decide his fate.

** Amazing Girl is allowed only the barest minimum of tolerance from the authorities for her actions, and committing murder would see the authorities pursue her as a criminal.

* '''Doubly Subverted''': Amazing Girl merely wounded the villain as much as she could without risking his death.
* '''Parodied''': Amazing Girl goes to huge lengths and causes large amounts of collateral damage to catch the criminal alive, and they're given the death penalty.
** Amazing girl is a 90 antihero, who despises killing people...Because torture has so many merits!

* '''Averted''': Amazing Girl's moral code makes no mention of killing; or if it does, it may be justified in some situations and not in others.
* '''Enforced''': "This character is supposed to be an inspiration to children, and we certainly don't want to send the message to children that killing people is an appropriate way of dealing with your problems."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Everyone knows that you won't kill. No matter what."

* '''Defied''': "I will defeat the forces of evil by whatever means necessary... even if it means killing them."
* '''Discussed''': "Sometimes there's no other way." "There's ''always'' [[TakeAThirdOption another way]]."
* '''Conversed''':
** "Everyone knows that the bad guy's just going to [[JokerImmunity break out of the asylum and start killing people anyway]]. Why doesn't the hero just whack them?"
** "Because if they did, then they'd just [[BackFromTheDead come back to life a few issues later anyway]]."

** Amazing Girl's refusal to kill is something (and often the ''only'') thing which sets her above the depraved psychopaths she battles; far from it being cowardly, her refusal to compromise her moral code and reduce herself to being no better than those she fights makes her a better hero.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Amazing Girl [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the tar]] [[CurbStompBattle out of her opponents]] within an inch of their lives. She then resuscitates them, nurses them back to health, and continues to beat the crap out of them.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Amazing Girl's moral system is...complicated. While she won't kill regular crooks or even unrepentant [[AxCrazy nutters]] under any circumstance, she's very willing to mow down soldiers if she's fighting off an [[AlienInvaders invading force.]] Furthermore, while she thinks ClonesArePeopleToo and supports the rights of [[LiteralMinded illegal aliens,]] Robots, PlantPeople,TheUndead and animals [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman barely even blip on her moral radar if she considers them a threat. Furthermore, her perspective on the matter is [[MoralityKitchenSink just one of many among her peers, with some being even more unusual.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Amazing Girl's moral system is...complicated. While she won't kill regular crooks or even unrepentant [[AxCrazy nutters]] under any circumstance, she's very willing to mow down soldiers if she's fighting off an [[AlienInvaders invading force.]] Furthermore, while she thinks ClonesArePeopleToo and supports the rights of [[Literal-Minded illegal aliens,]] Robots, PlantPeople,TheUndead and animals [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman barely even blip on her moral radar if she considers them a threat. Furthermore, her perspective on the matter is [[MoralityKitchenSink just one of many among her peers, with some being even more unusual.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Exploited''': Evulz shapeshifts into a form with [[GlassCannon very few defences but an incredible amount of killing power, knowing he won't be slain any time soon.]]

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Amazing Girl believes that killing criminals would mean that they will never pay for their transgressions, and [[CruelMercy she wants to spare them for the sake of letting them experience the pain they themselves have caused on others.]] In other words, she would rather make them suffer.

** Amazing Girl believes that killing criminals would mean that they will never pay for their transgressions, and [[CruelMercy she wants to spare them for the sake of letting them experience the pain they themselves have caused on others.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl ordinarily refuses to kill criminals, but will feel sorely tempted to take matters into her own hands if she fights a particularly heinous and cruel villain. Despite her temptations, she still lets the villain live and has the authorities decide his fate.

** Amazing Girl was been shown to not kill. However this only applies to normal humans. She is willing to kill people with powers.

** Amazing Girl used to kill, until she found out several of the "villains" she murdered [[KickTheWrongDog were innocent]]. After coming out of her HeroicBSOD, she swore never to kill again.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Amazing Girl [[NoHoldBarredBeatdown beats the tar]] [[CurbStompBattle out of her opponents]] within an inch of their lives. She then resuscitates them, nurses them back to health, and continues to beat the crap out of them.

** Amazing Girl was been shown to not kill. However this only applies to normal humans. She is willing to kil people with powers.

* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl is a NinetiesAntiHero who acts as JudgeJuryAndExecutioner.

* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl ordinarily refuses to kill criminals, but will feel sorely tempted to take matters into her own hands if she fights a particularly heinous and cruel villain.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Justified''': Amazing Girl is allowed only the barest minimum of tolerance from the authorities for her actions, and committing murder would see the authorities pursue her as a criminal.

* '''Subverted''': The villain taunts Amazing Girl that he knows she won't kill her... but then she does.
** Or: Amazing Girl won't personally take a life, but she's got no qualms about reccomending that the criminals she catches be given the death penalty.

* '''Deconstructed''': Amazing Girl's refusal to kill is a reflection of an [[GoodIsOldFashioned outdated]], hypocritical and cowardly moral and ethical framework which, in allowing vicious murderers who cannot and will not be redeemed and who will inevitably escape confinement to kill again, makes her directly responsible for any future murders that they will commit.
** Amazing Girl isn't willing to kill, but she is willing to injure, and never finds out how many criminals aren't surviving those injuries.
** Amazing Girl preens herself on her moral superiority to teammates who will use lethal force. But she doesn't leave the team. And she never prevents their attack -- indeed, she is frequently mysteriously not there when the time comes for lethal violence.
** Amazing Girl is a psychopath who hurts the enemy as much as possible, making sure that they don't die for the purpose of causing as much pain as possible.
* '''Reconstructed''': Amazing Girl's refusal to kill is something (and often the ''only'') thing which sets her above the depraved psychopaths she battles; far from it being cowardly, her refusal to compromise her moral code and reduce herself to being no better than those she fights makes her a better hero.
** The sneering NinetiesAntiHero assumes that only a weak, spineless creature would bind herself. In truth, Amazing Girl is so continually outraged by the evil she sees that the only thing keeping her from a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is her rule against killing; she knows that, like an alcoholic, if she falls from the wagon she will kill more than all her victims.
*** When the NinetiesAntiHero cold-bloodedly kills an innocent on flimsy evidence, Amazing Girl finds he can be stopped only with lethal violence. She does it, much to his shock, and needs a hiatus afterward to recontrol her rage. More people die in this interval because she was not there to stop the villains, but she knows she is too dangerous until she's back under control.
** Amazing Girl is aware of what a role-model she is, and knows that immature superheroes would use her having killed -- no matter how justified -- as an excuse to go on a rampage.

* '''Invoked''': Amazing Girl explicitly vows at the start of her career that she won't take a life.
** [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim If You Kill Me You Will Be Just Like Me]]

* '''Conversed''': "Everyone knows that the bad guy's just going to [[JokerImmunity break out of the asylum and start killing people anyway]]. Why doesn't the hero just whack them?"

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** Amazing Girl's refusal to kill [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't make her soft.]] She'd rather [[FateWorseThanDeath make the criminals she chases beg for death]], then [[CruelMercy refuse to give it to them.]] After all, criminals kill each other all the time, and she needs to be a worse threat than their fellow crooks if her war on crime is going to be successful.

** Alternatively, she teleported him where she will leave him for dead.