In our popular culture, we don’t hesitate to glorify the killing of people who deserve it. The good guy almost always kills the bad guy. Thanos gets snapped, Sauron gets melted, John Wick kills the guy who killed his dog, and that guy’s dad, and maybe one third of New York City who got in his way. That’s just how movies work. In fact, when the bad guy is not killed, when they’re merely captured or arrested, the entire theater knows: “Oh, they’re setting up a sequel.”*
