[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Like... people are morally dubious sometimes. If we can't forgive people when they've made an honest attempt to change and grow -- if we can't see beyond someone's earliest mistakes -- then we're all kind of screwed?

I guess to be specific, the equivalent of what I said is also about sparing villains to not resort into killing, of which actually it frequently happens without them regretting and making that honest attempt (though I guess Vice's honest attempt to change was him warning about Kagerou in ep. 8?), but just people having blind faith that they won't do bad (to "see the best on people").

I actually hate blind faith on people being used to show how someone is a beacon of moral justice. You can be kind while being wary of people. That'd be still be nice too if it's meant to prevent someone bad from cooking up things (but not going overboard as just offing anyone who you're wary of). For my example above, I mean that not resorting to killing doesn't mean that they should be put in a position where they can't harm anyone (which does involve wariness).

I think there's a difference between mistakes or from deliberately harming others (including in retaliation). I mean would you really think someone who accidentally drops bookshelves is the same with those who deliberately vandalizes? I think mistakes are the accidental and unintentional ones, not on purpose. I mean everyone has capacity to do good and bad, but I don't like if this is used to lump everyone as just the same (which often happens in "it's not black and white" talks, but the "only grey exists" is going too far on the opposite direction); character/people should be looked as a whole of their good deeds vs their bad deeds (and then factoring in WHY they did bad things). It's context that really weighs the scale in either direction.