@DatBoiAarya
congratulations, you wrote a whole paragraph adding basically nothing to the discussion other then " I don't agree with you"
I'm so proud of you, have some internet cookies to feed your clearly superior intelligence since I'm such an idiot.
first, you start off by insulting people and then you continue with a statement that is factually wrong as there are people in the world who does care for health and wellbeing of
all people.
Even the most horrid, twisted and useless people on the planet that we most likely would have been better without. ( hopefully, you aren't one of them )
If everyone shared your flawed beliefs we would just execute every criminal ever and be done with them.
Sadly the real world doesn't work like that and pro-lifers are a thing. ( yes I know pro-lifers are against only abortions but its an example of people who care for life, and not the inherent value of it )
I seriously cannot understand how you can chalk up some of the most heinous crimes people can commit to "questionable life choices" and you really need to re-evaluate your beliefs
The keyword is " I " here.
Again just because you and some other people are unable to do something doesn't mean others can´t... I'm afraid you are the one who needs to re-evaluate your beliefs.
At least mine are backed up by facts while your only come from your own personal views and biases.
Also in case you failed to understand what I even meant, I was implying their life was bad as a whole and not just those few bad actions alone when I said questionable life choices.
That said rape and murder are indeed very questionable life choices.
Such a naive and dangerous way of thinking is not shared by any sort of sane people in the world and I'm sure even the Pope or Dalai Lama would be supportive of their deaths if they existed in this fictional universe at this fictional situation literally created and exaggerated to the max to make people feel hate towards these characters, and yet you want to feel "empathy"
Bold of you to assume the thoughts and feelings of others when you in the very next moment look down on empathy.
Also considering there are laws, you know those important sets of rules that
everyone needs to follow condemns those sorts of actions even against criminals proves you wrong yet again.
There is nothing inherently dangerous to value life and hope for even the most deranged criminal to redeem himself...
It only ever becomes a problem when you fail to take care of them properly afterwards. ( but at that point it's not so much a problem as its a human failure to do what needs to be done )
Its highly unlikely ( but nothing is impossible ) that the MC would have just let them go if they made it out alive, but he and most sane people would not have killed them.
You might be correct that the characters were designs to be disliked, but any good villain should also be relatable if you know anything about writing.
And while its totally possible that the fictional universe we are reading about has totally different social norms, rules and standards you HAVE to assume they are like ours unlike told otherwise.
A story has to assume that the people reading it can relate to the characters in the story on some level.
Think about what you would feel and want while watching your mother get slashed by a sword, get raped, and then murdered by criminals who have contributed ZERO positive influence upon the world.
Oh, that would
suck for sure, but even then I would not choose to kill them.
my personal opinion is that death is an easy way out and life can be a much heavier punishment for most ( but not all, there are always exceptions )
If I were both judge and jury I would force them to become productive members of society so they could at least in small part make up for the bad they have done even if they don´t regret it.
But if they eventually do and reform all the better, but they would still be in for a very very very long time regardless.
an example of when being alive is worse than being dead would be the people ask doctors or relatives to pull the plug while in the hospital for permanent injuries.
A lot of people choose to die over being permanently handicapped when they get older and a lot of prisoners would have been happier with being executed then being locked up for life without a chance for parole.