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[justmath]

[Oh hey, look, it's a (fairly) new kid on the network. And he has a question for y'all.]

Hey, everyone. My name's Alvin Draper and I'm pretty new here, so I apologize if this is a question that's been asked before, but it seemed ... relevant, given some of the more recent discussions here.

[I.e., that whole "should we kill Delight" poll, which Tim is still actively side-eyeing the hell out of everyone here over. Except Lance. Lance is the only sane person here and has the correct opinion on murder.]

I'm just curious - [because he wants to know exactly what kinds of psychos he's landed with] - under what circumstances do you believe it's acceptable to kill someone, and why do you believe that?

[Please cite your sources using MLA format, thanks!]

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[justmath]

[Well, it's slightly more sane response than "all/most of the time," which is honestly what Tim expects to hear from the majority of people who respond.]

So what criteria do you use for that assessment?

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[hardwearing]

[ That's a difficult question. Wash has never had to break down his thought process like this before, and he usually only has a few moments to make the judgment call. It happens fast. This whole thing with Delight is very different. ]

It depends on the situation. Sometimes it's simple, kill or be killed during a fight. Even if everyone's just following orders, people where I'm from mean business. If you give them a chance to stand down and they don't stop coming, they've probably just gotta go to be safe.

I've spared enemies before and it's always bitten me in the ass. Eventually, you stop making that mistake. I'm not saying killing is ever right but containment isn't always an option.

[ He goes quiet, thinking of Carolina. How hard she tried to spare Sharkface. All the times they didn't check that an enemy was really dead, and it cost them somehow later. They've discussed packing it in after this war. No more fighting, no more killing. Wash isn't sure that it's even possible, with how trouble seems to chase them. ]

You do what you have to, to protect your people.

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[justmath]

So you're used to fighting. Military? [He's guessing, by how Wash talks of following orders and enemies.] Do you ever consider nonlethal methods of incapacitating your opponent?

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[hardwearing]

Yes. I'm a soldier. [ That's pretty much how he defines himself, too. Before anything else, he's a soldier. Fighting has been his life for a long time. Killing. Surviving. ] I've considered them. Tried them, before... like I said, it's only ever gone bad for me later.

You're obviously against killing, but what kind of opponents have you faced?

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[justmath]

[Tim's not quite the same kind of soldier - not the way Wash probably is, not the way Kate Kane is, or her father, or any of the Colony's followers. He believes in the mission of Batman's war on crime, but he's been allowed to make and follow his own path, to some degree.]

A lot of them. Dangerous, violent criminals, mostly - the city where I'm from has one of the highest crime rates in the entire country.

[But there have been others. International terrorists, like Ra's al Ghul and the League of Shadows. Secret military groups, like the Colony. Metahumans and aliens - the list goes on.]