I wish to subvert the cliche of "If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!" with "If your more focused on killing him than saving a life, You Will Truly Be Just Like Him!"
How I was going to go about this is that there people that are about to die if my character doesn't save them, but if they go to save them, the person lets the villain who wronged them get away. So, they have to make a choice to either take their revenge or save their lives.
What I was going for is to go against the standard "the hero will be just as bad as the villain if they kill the villain" and more for something that goes along the lines of, "The hero will be just as bad as the villain if they prioritize their obsession and desire more than doing what is right"
What do you guys think? Do you have an alternative?
u/MRUNKNOWNTHEGREAT — 2 days ago