As you say, there's a lot of handwaving involved in the comics' no-kill ethos - and apart from that, it's often the case that the hero will adamantly refuse to kill the villain, even though realistically he's probably killed dozens of his nameless henchmen to get to him.
But in the film and TV adaptations, I'm seeing even less commitment than that. The Flash had Barry kill two of his opponents this past season - in both cases, it wasn't a matter of killing in the heat of battle; he lured these people to their deaths, which is murder by any standard. And then there was the whole bit about one of his allies killing a prisoner in Barry's secret prison (the existence of which is, obviously, a whole other can of worms). There was absolutely no discussion of Barry's responsibility for what was basically a cell death. When I mentioned this to someone online, they pointed out that the dead guy was a really bad person. True, but I'm sure similar justifications were made by the killers of Freddie Grey and Sandra Bland.
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Date: 2016-07-20 06:50 am (UTC)But in the film and TV adaptations, I'm seeing even less commitment than that. The Flash had Barry kill two of his opponents this past season - in both cases, it wasn't a matter of killing in the heat of battle; he lured these people to their deaths, which is murder by any standard. And then there was the whole bit about one of his allies killing a prisoner in Barry's secret prison (the existence of which is, obviously, a whole other can of worms). There was absolutely no discussion of Barry's responsibility for what was basically a cell death. When I mentioned this to someone online, they pointed out that the dead guy was a really bad person. True, but I'm sure similar justifications were made by the killers of Freddie Grey and Sandra Bland.