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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I think we have our next hit Defective Detective medical procedural.
We know how the MCU likes to vary itself up with the genres it tries.
Strange isn't reluctant, he's remorseful. That's an important distinction.
Like, when push comes to shove and his life is on the line, he kills the f*ck out of that guy. He doesn't stop halfway and be like, "Never mind, I refuse to take a life, go ahead and kick my ass." He does what it takes to win the fight, even if it means lethal consequences incur as a result.
It's only after that he's like, "Holy shit, I had to kill a man because of you people! I do not want to be doing this!"
It's not so different from how Banner reacts. Banner hates that he's had to kill a bunch of people in the course of working with the Avengers. Hates it. It's a motivating factor in his ultimate decision to leave. But in the heat of the moment, he's willing to do it.
Neither character has some grand code against killing. They just don't like doing it. Their A-Plan to not kill people is simply to avoid being put into situations where it becomes necessary in the first place.
edited 23rd Jun '17 4:17:59 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Within The Winter Soldier, Steve only kills three people, during the climax aboard one of the Helicarriers. It mostly comes about from him not using a gun at any point in the movie. Haven't counted for Civil War, though. At least one in the case of the guy whose mask he yanked off.
edited 23rd Jun '17 5:27:04 PM by Tuckerscreator
"The dude was about to murder his daughter. I cannot see any situation where Ant-Man would feel conflicted about that. " Sure but consider he is a their a best what he did is kind disturbing, actually the whole thing in the quantum realm shoukd disturb the fuck of him, it feel very nightmarish
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"He says that he doesn't really remember that much of it.
Which does sound like the trope you get where your mind makes you forget to protect itself.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersOf note, the Hippocratic Oath does not forbid killing. It forbids the causing of harm. There is no qualifier in the oath distinguishing between lethal and nonlethal harm.
This gets right back into the superhero paradox wherein violence is considered a totally acceptable and even fun method of conflict resolution as long as nobody actually dies as a consequence of it.
edited 23rd Jun '17 6:13:59 PM by TobiasDrake
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I still don't really see it. Plenty of people who aren't hardened killers would kill someone who was directly threatening their child. And it's not like it was an idle threat. Cross had more than enough power to do so and directly stated he was about to murder a small, helpless child to teach her daddy a lesson. Dude was asking for it.
We have whole tropes for Papa Wolf and Mama Bear for a reason.
edited 23rd Jun '17 6:35:03 PM by comicwriter
And subjects them to a painful Fate Worse than Death!
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Yes, actually, there is. The part forbidding the doing of harm is a catch-all for all the myriad ways you might consider f*cking someone up.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I would presume it's okay as long as they're better off than they would have been if you hadn't done anything at all.
Also, you have to sew them back up.
edited 23rd Jun '17 10:28:00 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can but I will always look for a path to a cure for all diseases.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
"Do no harm" actually comes from the Latin term primum non nocere
, "first, do no harm." But that phrase never appears in the Hippocratic Oath, only "to abstain from doing harm." In any case, "harm" can be translated into many things, so cutting someone open in order to fix them would not be doing harm.
http://screenrant.com/spider-man-homecoming-early-reactions-critics/
http://collider.com/spider-man-homecoming-reviews/
http://uproxx.com/hitfix/spider-man-homecoming-screening-reactions-roundup/
Early impressions are out for Spider-Man Homecoming. Generally positive if not effusive. Looks like it's better received than either TASM or Spider-Man 3 but not as good as the first two Raimi films.

Does that mean Dr. Doom has similar hesitations?
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!