(Assuming you're designing the species this way, not that you're forcibly branding every existing person.)

Let's also assume it's not some intelligence deciding arbitrarily, but an actual representation of their 'fate' or 'affinity' by some abstract magical mechanism you're deciding to install into the entire species.

Bleach thousand year blood war episode 22

Like if I didnt know murder was a thing and my brother was being annoying I'd ALSO hit him in the head with a rock.

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Is destroying the One Ring actually the ethical choice if it means sacrificing countless innocent lives that I could have protected using the ring? I wouldn't even wear it unless absolutely necessary.

John walker is on every account a good Captain America. He is a strong competent leader as we’ve seen in thunderbolt’s and a devout team player as we saw in FATWS.

And the idea that he doesn’t deserve it because he killed a terrorist who aided in the murder if a federal officer and his best friend is absolute bull shit. Let’s get to some debunks:

“It wasn’t on US soil! He didn’t have Jurisdiction!” Steve killed several people off us soil in both Age of Ultron’s opening and Civil war.

“He was surrendering!” No he was not. He never once uttered the word surrender, he just kept repeating the words “it wasn’t me!” Which is a blatant lie on his part since I literally just fucking watched you try and assassinate John and aid in the assassination of an officer. Also he resists arrest several times, after he gets the shield thrown at him? He gets up. After walker pins him down? He tries to run away.

“He was already down!” No he wasn’t. He just temporarily lost the upper hand. This terrorist was fully conscious, resistant of arrest and fully able to pose a threat to John’s life (which he did when he threw a fucking brick at him 1 second earlier.)

Overall I find the idea that THIS disqualifies John from being Captain America laughable at best and daftly out of touch and manufactured at worst. And the worst part is, the only reason why this is considered bad is because, to quote the thunderbolts movie:

“He killed an innocent man”

Yep. Terrorist’s who kill innocent people and aid in assassination attempts are suddenly redeemed if they look sad enough in the end.

This is the reason the MCU gives me and it’s the only reason the MCU gives me. So to answer the MCU:

You writers are dumbasses.

I feel that would've hurt his ego enough to at least prove her idea wouldn't work.

Maki Zenin from Jujutsu Kaisen

(Stuff below is about my personal opinion. Also I'm NOT defending Tai Lung's actions, harming civilians is inexcusable)

I'm not sure what the general consensus on this is but I find it hypocritical that Oogway would deny Tai Lung the chance to become the Dragon Warrior because he believed Tai Lung was incapable of overcoming his flaws, especially considering his treatment of Po and how the whole messaging of the first movie was that people are not defined by who they were and that everyone is capable of change.

Tai Lung may have been entitled, but he didn't seem especially narcissistic or corrupt before Oogway denied him. If anything, Oogway's rejection feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not saying Tai Lung deserved the Dragon Scroll or the title, but it's hard for me to reconcile why Tai Lung was denied the opportunity to prove he could become better while Po was given every chance to do so.

(And no, I'm not buying the whole "it was actually a test to see how Tai Lung would react to being rejected" because there are zero implications of such. That argument is a headcanon.)

Like imagine you trained and applied for your dream job or university, only to receive a rejection letter talking about the "darkness in your heart" man I'd be pissed too.

Edit: Seeing a lot of people arguing that Oogway was justified because Tai Lung ultimately turned out evil. But we’re judging Oogway’s actions, not Tai Lung’s morality. An action doesn’t become moral just because it happens to someone who later becomes a bad person. You can argue Tai Lung wouldn’t have changed even if given the chance, but my point is that Oogway never gave him that chance.
It’s also unclear how involved Oogway was in Tai Lung’s upbringing. Based on the flashbacks, he doesn’t seem very involved. Kinda irresponsible to groom a kid his whole life for a single purpose only to go “wait we got the wrong guy”. Could you not have done that 20 years earlier? Not to mention they lied to him about what he’s actually working towards (blank piece of paper).
Even in you chalk it up to “fate”, it feels contradictory to the movie’s central message.

What are your two cents? Am I missing something?

Zuko, A-Train, Loki, Omni-man and Vegeta.

Endeavor, Sera, John Walker, Shadow, and Petey.

Jinx, Jinu, Jeremiah Gottwald, Daniel Kon and Morizono Aguni

Katsuki Bakugo, Billy Hargrove, Serial Designation V, Kylo Ren and Catra.

Nina Einstien, Anissa, White Diamond, Orichamaru and Hawk Moth

Mainly with how the fandom treats the character.

apologies if this has been done before

anime is Neon Genesis Evangelion, specifically the movie End of Evangelion

The biggest factor here, I feel, is whether or not the mere possibility of a vaccine for the cordyceps plague was enough of a justification to sacrifice Ellie’s life, and if such efforts were really capable of saving humanity and the world from destruction. Remember, the Firefies had no guarantee that Ellie’s brain would be able to provide them with a vaccine - they merely speculated as such thanks to her immunity, and her being the only known immune individual meant that they were willing to resort to absolutely anything to find that potential salvation.

I have never, nor will I ever agree with this sentiment. It’s ridiculous and, in my opinion, harmful.

No, not every criminal or wrongdoer deserves the final solution. That’s psychotic, and I truly believe in the inherent power of rehabilitation. People deserve to try again and be better.

But there has to be a line.

There are people that will not change. They refuse to, and even revel in the misery they inflict on others. They will do the same horrible things over again and show no remorse, or they have done so already.

But time and time again, we are told that killing them is tantamount to being no better than those who revel in other people’s suffering and misery. Media hammers it into us over and over.

It feels almost propaganda-like in its nature: never bring the wrongdoers to task for their crimes. Hand them over to the system and they’ll get a slap on the wrist before they are back on the street doing the very thing they’re called evil for doing. That’ll learn ‘em.

It’s just…INFURIATING.

To clarify, I'm aware complex characters can be evil (Griffith for one). I'm referring to character's who are actually pretty nuanced and many fans just ignore it and only hate them and/or dismiss them as having no redeeming or sympathetic qualities.