Batman Grabs a Gun: Difference between revisions

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[[File:batman-year-2_2349.jpg|link=Batman|frame|You only went a year before you used a gun? Well, there's marriages that were shorter.]]

 

So you've got a hero. He's a really good hero, and [[Heroic Vow|he has rules]] (heroes often do, after all). Let's say, hypothetically, that one of those rules is that [[Doesn't Like Guns|he'll never use a gun]]. [[Death by Origin Story|Maybe his parents were brutally murdered in front of him with one, spurring him into heroism in the first place.]] Whatever. The guy doesn't use guns.

 

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash uses guns all the time. However, as a master of [[Improbable Aiming Skills]], he uses it solely for trick shots, and when in serious trouble, will at most shoot a person somewhere where they'll heal. He doesn't believe in a situation where you can't save everyone. However, {{spoiler|at one point, he is given a true no win scenario, where the villain sets up a situation that will result in the death of his friends, unless the villain is killed (he has... issues). After much hesitation, Vash kills him. He [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't take it well]]. Bear in mind that this was merely [[The Dragon]] he killed, and getting himself shot was the whole point.}}

* An aversion in the final issue of Richard Dragon's series. He's sworn off killing, and SPECIFICALLY sworn off using the deadly Leopard Blow, but resolves to kill one final time (specifically, to kill his love interest/arch enemy Lady Shiva) to save the life of a young boy. During the climactic battle with Shiva, {{spoiler|he has her set up for the blow, and attempts to deliver it, but is tackled away by her ninjas and killed shortly thereafter.}}

** It is worth mentioning that large parts of this series have been [[Canon Discontinuity|booted from canon]].

** He had to decapitate Baron Blood because it was the only way to stop a vampire. Cap was crying when doing it.

** To save innoccent lives, he killed an ULTIMATUM agent. The memory still haunted him when he faced ULTIMATUM again.