I agree. And I don't really have a problem with those 2 directives, as they are. (A few little qualms, but those are more about my kinks than what's good for the never-ending nature of the *story*.) However, there are a million ways DC could have accomplished this that *didn't* waste characters.
That's exactly what I had a problem with. Its not the directives for change that bother me as much as that it came at a cost of a really important character that will NEVER bounce back from this storyline. Any writer or fan who believes that are fooling themselves. What she did is murder.
But that's hardly a new concept in the Batverse and I've been trying to wrap my brain around why this whole thing bothers me more than any previous storyline. On another board, someone mentioned the hypocrisy of Batman "attacking" Leslie for taking life when he himself allies his cause with murderers [Azreal, Huntress, Cass, etc]. Which was my thinking at first, yet this feels different. More horrific.
When I think of Steph's last moments, I imagine a young innocent girl being tortured to death, who got away and was fighting to survive. Who wanted to live and had that hope stolen away from her. For some reason, Leslie's monstrous decision enrages me more than any villain Batman has come across.
No doctor, without an intent to harm or kill, would make a decision not to treat someone that is treatable. Which is why there is no reasonable or noble or even understandable argument that Dr. Thompkins can make for her actions, and with that, no logical explanation as to why her character would turn in such a direction.
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That's exactly what I had a problem with. Its not the directives for change that bother me as much as that it came at a cost of a really important character that will NEVER bounce back from this storyline. Any writer or fan who believes that are fooling themselves. What she did is murder.
But that's hardly a new concept in the Batverse and I've been trying to wrap my brain around why this whole thing bothers me more than any previous storyline. On another board, someone mentioned the hypocrisy of Batman "attacking" Leslie for taking life when he himself allies his cause with murderers [Azreal, Huntress, Cass, etc]. Which was my thinking at first, yet this feels different. More horrific.
When I think of Steph's last moments, I imagine a young innocent girl being tortured to death, who got away and was fighting to survive. Who wanted to live and had that hope stolen away from her. For some reason, Leslie's monstrous decision enrages me more than any villain Batman has come across.
No doctor, without an intent to harm or kill, would make a decision not to treat someone that is treatable. Which is why there is no reasonable or noble or even understandable argument that Dr. Thompkins can make for her actions, and with that, no logical explanation as to why her character would turn in such a direction.