Quote Originally Posted by Batcathat View Post
I do kind of agree with this part, heroes often seem to go out of their way to save (or at least avoid taking) the Big Bad's life far more often than Random Mook #8's.



Yeah, pretty much this. "If you [something, usually kill the bad guy], you'll be just as bad as them" and its many variation is one of the most annoying cliches in all of fiction, I think.

What I really want is pretty much for reality not to bend over backwards to ensure that the hero doing "the Right Thing" will never ever come back to bite them, even when it really should. And for more heroes to realize that if you're willing to sacrifice your life for something, maybe you should consider being willing to sacrifice your ethics too.
As a rule of thumb, if youre willing to sacrifice them, they arent your ethics to begin with. Its one thing to be in a no win situation where theres no ethical choice, but thats different from just making an exception because of your emotional state.