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* RonTheDeathEater: Despite the fact that he is basing his portrayals on actual Marvel canon (though as the counter-argument goes, this is selective, to say the least), this is one of the other accusations made by critics of the story. Also, it turns out that a lot of the characters he's been accused of doing this to are secretly under a Hydra mind-control scheme, and thus are ''supposed'' to be acting out of character.
** Carol Danvers is a particularly egregious example, as she's apparently hooked on this drug and willingly distributing it to everyone else to continue with her fix. Not the best way to handle a character who has had and overcome addiction problems.
** Minor example with the Buffyverse characters being paranoid around Alex. While it is not unusual within the series for them to distrust newcomers into the group (and even long after they have become allies, this distrust still coming upfront occasionally), the way they treat Alex is UngratefulBastard at best and passive-aggressive IrrationalHatred at worst.
** Carol Danvers is a particularly egregious example, as she's apparently hooked on this drug and willingly distributing it to everyone else to continue with her fix. Not the best way to handle a character who has had and overcome addiction problems.
** Minor example with the Buffyverse characters being paranoid around Alex. While it is not unusual within the series for them to distrust newcomers into the group (and even long after they have become allies, this distrust still coming upfront occasionally), the way they treat Alex is UngratefulBastard at best and passive-aggressive IrrationalHatred at worst.
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* [[DesignatedHero Designated Heroine]]: Some critics of the story maintain that because of Alex's ruthless attitude toward those who threaten her loved ones and friends, she isn't actually a hero but a borderline villain. Alex's philosophy is pretty simple: threaten her, or even worse threaten those she loves and she takes you down as hard and as definitively as she can. And given that she's a Kryptonian, "hard and definitive" are pretty hard and definitive. It should be noted that she's not a bloodthirsty monster, though she may do a pretty good imitation of one on occasions. Its just that if you are a threat, she figures you've earned whatever pain is coming to you, not unlike Magneto or Wolverine. Nevertheless... Kryptonian PhysicalGod powers and Buffy-verse-style cold-bloodedness? Stuff of nightmares, InUniverse ''and'' out.
** This ruthless pragmatism has been shown in story to be a bit freak-inducing for the Scoobies. When Alex uses her heat vision to vaporize Ben Wilkin's dead body in order to not only make sure Glory is gone for good but to eliminate any evidence that could implicate Rupert Giles for Ben's murder (Rupert having smothered Ben to death), it ''utterly unnerves'' Buffy. But then again, Buffy was freaking over the fact that a flying woman punched Glory -- an opponent who was up until that moment pretty much handing Buffy her own ass on a silver platter -- into unconsciousness almost casually. Alex quickly realizes what is causing Buffy's freak-out and backs off as much as she can afford to.
** It should perhaps be noted that the only people to receive the full brunt of Alex's ruthlessness are themselves incredibly ruthless and perfectly willing to kill or harm Alex or her loved ones to achieve their ends, and she otherwise repeatedly tries to avoid or defuse conflict with those she comes across with. For example, in her second battle with the Thunderbolts, she makes a point of only killing those she knows to be murderers themselves. It's also only because SHIELD arrested and detained her without cause or charge, betrayed and railroaded her after she fully cooperated under the understanding that they'd let her go if she did, and then repeatedly wouldn't stop hounding or attacking her (via the Avengers and the Thunderbolts) despite her repeated pleas that she just wanted to be left alone that she decided to take the gloves off. While there may have been a mild element of JerkassHasAPoint to all of this, ultimately they could have taken a softly-softly approach at several points but chose to go all-in. So while Alex has definitely developed a ruthless streak, ultimately SHIELD only have themselves to blame.
** This ruthless pragmatism has been shown in story to be a bit freak-inducing for the Scoobies. When Alex uses her heat vision to vaporize Ben Wilkin's dead body in order to not only make sure Glory is gone for good but to eliminate any evidence that could implicate Rupert Giles for Ben's murder (Rupert having smothered Ben to death), it ''utterly unnerves'' Buffy. But then again, Buffy was freaking over the fact that a flying woman punched Glory -- an opponent who was up until that moment pretty much handing Buffy her own ass on a silver platter -- into unconsciousness almost casually. Alex quickly realizes what is causing Buffy's freak-out and backs off as much as she can afford to.
** It should perhaps be noted that the only people to receive the full brunt of Alex's ruthlessness are themselves incredibly ruthless and perfectly willing to kill or harm Alex or her loved ones to achieve their ends, and she otherwise repeatedly tries to avoid or defuse conflict with those she comes across with. For example, in her second battle with the Thunderbolts, she makes a point of only killing those she knows to be murderers themselves. It's also only because SHIELD arrested and detained her without cause or charge, betrayed and railroaded her after she fully cooperated under the understanding that they'd let her go if she did, and then repeatedly wouldn't stop hounding or attacking her (via the Avengers and the Thunderbolts) despite her repeated pleas that she just wanted to be left alone that she decided to take the gloves off. While there may have been a mild element of JerkassHasAPoint to all of this, ultimately they could have taken a softly-softly approach at several points but chose to go all-in. So while Alex has definitely developed a ruthless streak, ultimately SHIELD only have themselves to blame.
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* [[DesignatedHero Designated Heroine]]: DesignatedHero: Some critics of the story maintain that because of Alex's ruthless attitude toward those who threaten her loved ones and friends, she isn't actually a hero but a borderline villain. Alex's philosophy is pretty simple: threaten her, or even worse threaten those she loves and she takes you down as hard and as definitively as she can. And given that she's a Kryptonian, "hard and definitive" are pretty hard and definitive. It should be noted that she's not a bloodthirsty monster, though she may do a pretty good imitation of one on occasions. Its just that if you are a threat, she figures you've earned whatever pain is coming to you, not unlike Magneto or Wolverine. Nevertheless... Kryptonian PhysicalGod powers and Buffy-verse-style cold-bloodedness? Stuff of nightmares, InUniverse ''and'' out.
** This ruthless pragmatism has been shown in story to be a bit freak-inducing for the Scoobies. When Alex uses her heat vision to vaporize Ben Wilkin's dead body in order to not only make sure Glory is gone for good but to eliminate any evidence that could implicate Rupert Giles for Ben's murder (Rupert having smothered Ben to death), it ''utterly unnerves'' Buffy. But then again, Buffy was freaking over the fact that a flying woman punched Glory -- an opponent who was up until that moment pretty much handing Buffy her own ass on a silver platter -- into unconsciousness almost casually. Alex quickly realizes what is causing Buffy's freak-out and backs off as much as she can afford to.
** It should perhaps be noted that the only people to receive the full brunt of Alex's ruthlessness are themselves incredibly ruthless and perfectly willing to kill or harm Alex or her loved ones to achieve their ends, and she otherwise repeatedly tries to avoid or defuse conflict with those she comes across with. For example, in her second battle with the Thunderbolts, she makes a point of only killing those she knows to be murderers themselves. It's also only because SHIELD arrested and detained her without cause or charge, betrayed and railroaded her after she fully cooperated under the understanding that they'd let her go if she did, and then repeatedly wouldn't stop hounding or attacking her (via the Avengers and the Thunderbolts) despite her repeated pleas that she just wanted to be left alone that she decided to take the gloves off. While there may have been a mild element of JerkassHasAPoint to all of this, ultimately they could have taken a softly-softly approach at several points but chose to go all-in. So while Alex has definitely developed a ruthless streak, ultimately SHIELD only have themselves to blame.out.
** This ruthless pragmatism has been shown in story to be a bit freak-inducing for the Scoobies. When Alex uses her heat vision to vaporize Ben Wilkin's dead body in order to not only make sure Glory is gone for good but to eliminate any evidence that could implicate Rupert Giles for Ben's murder (Rupert having smothered Ben to death), it ''utterly unnerves'' Buffy. But then again, Buffy was freaking over the fact that a flying woman punched Glory -- an opponent who was up until that moment pretty much handing Buffy her own ass on a silver platter -- into unconsciousness almost casually. Alex quickly realizes what is causing Buffy's freak-out and backs off as much as she can afford to.
** It should perhaps be noted that the only people to receive the full brunt of Alex's ruthlessness are themselves incredibly ruthless and perfectly willing to kill or harm Alex or her loved ones to achieve their ends, and she otherwise repeatedly tries to avoid or defuse conflict with those she comes across with. For example, in her second battle with the Thunderbolts, she makes a point of only killing those she knows to be murderers themselves. It's also only because SHIELD arrested and detained her without cause or charge, betrayed and railroaded her after she fully cooperated under the understanding that they'd let her go if she did, and then repeatedly wouldn't stop hounding or attacking her (via the Avengers and the Thunderbolts) despite her repeated pleas that she just wanted to be left alone that she decided to take the gloves off. While there may have been a mild element of JerkassHasAPoint to all of this, ultimately they could have taken a softly-softly approach at several points but chose to go all-in. So while Alex has definitely developed a ruthless streak, ultimately SHIELD only have themselves to blame.
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** Carol Danvers is a particularly egregious example, as she's apparently hooked on this drug and willingly distributing it to everyone else to continue with her fix. Not the best way to handle a character who has had and overcome addiction problems.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A meta-example: When the writer was asked why he portrayed the antagonists in his story as such unlikeable, awful people when -- in the comics -- while they might have made some questionable decisions they weren't fascist monsters, his response was a quote of this trope title. "SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped. Marvel took a bunch of wonderful characters and turned them into anti-American [[UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy McCarthy]]-style dicks who advocate things like throwing people in prison for life with no trial. Marvel tried to soft-pedal that sort of Nazi bullshit. I felt the need to drive the message home just how badly Marvel fucked their own comics up by doing that."
