SUPERHEROES: Is Breaking Character A Good Or Bad Thing?

Hello boys and girls niklander here with an editorial. This editorial will cover if some of the choices our favorite superheroes make in comics animation and in live action will affect our love towards them.

OK so this editorial is made because I saw MAN OF STEEL (Great movie IMO had some issues but not really a big deal much better than Returns). So the big controversary surrounding the movie is the ending where Superman has to face Zod in a mano a mano fight leaving Superman no other choice but to kill Zod(For a PG-13 movie that was pretty hardcore)

But even though Superman did kill Zod he was still the same character or technically the Superman we will know to love. I mean the controversary might have been truth or at least legit if Superman reacted like it was not a big deal. Fortunately Superman cried at the moment he did the action(I mean he just lost any ties with his Kryptonian heritage).

Let's look back at other superhero movies in the 1989 movie Batman directed by Tim Burton Batman killed Joker to avenge his parents death(In this version Joker before he became Joker killed his parents). In 2005's WB reboot of Batman titled Batman Begins our hero who doesn't kill thugs so as to prove that there is still hope in a rotten city as Gotham BUT he kills Ras Al Ghul he leaves him to die before the train crashlands to the streets. Now that the Batman trilogy is over did anyone feel betrayed that Batman killed Ras Al Ghul!?My answer from my view is no because Batman left him to die and he knew that Al Ghul would never change his beliefs towards people. Did that break the character of Batman we have come to love!?! HELL TO THE NO.

Same goes to Superman in MAN OF STEEL. Even though he killed Zod, he still might have issues with taking a life (Which I believe will be explored in the sequel).

There are so many writers in comics,movies who have taken our beloved characters and changed their style their ways of thinking towards real life. One example is Marvel's Civil War written by Mark Millar. That comic book series was heavily inspired in the wake on 9/11 and The Patriot Act. To me that was something unique as a reader because to me comics in general are participating through their stories to us and made us reflect to our decisions. What do we want as people in general freedom or security?! That was beautifilly executed in the comic book and that was the ultimate test of characters where we see Captain America who is against superheroes revealing their identities while Iron Man wants the world safe.

My point is that sure superheroes have been faced with many changes in their lives but yet they are still the same characters we know and love they havent changed a bit no matter how hard the obstacles are.

So what if Superman killed in MAN OF STEEL?! Did that changed your love towards the character?!Did you feel betrayed?!

Same thing in comics same thing in comic movie adaptations the characters will always be the same no matter what happens. Keep that in mind and enjoy the awesomeness for may years to come.

As usual you can share your thoughts below in the comment section(But please no trolling be adults over this ladies and gentlemen).