I can't be the only person who has noticed that some fictional hero character make some absolutely horrible decisions that seems more like a malicious move that the villain makes. Usually, the heroes regret these horrible decisions, and they learn from them, and other times...well... A few examples come to my mind. When Harry Potter uses the Sectumsempra curse on Draco Malfoy, even though he doesn't know exactly what the curse does, just that it's labeled 'for enemies'. I know that for sixteen year olds, 'enemy' is a pretty good definition of a school bully, but there is defending yourself, and there's accidentally nearly killing somebody because you're messing around with things that you shouldn't. The example that ticks me off the most though is from The Flash. Iris West, resident damsel in distress, supposed good guy, and my least favorite character in the show for this exact reason, says to another character, Leonard Snart, "Everyone in this room has had a rough childhood. Get over it." You don't just go around saying that to people! Especially when you know perfectly well that they were abused as a kid. And I'm sympathetic that Iris' mother was never around and she was raised only by her father, but I really don't think she should go around comparing her 'rough' childhood to that of a man whose father was so abusive that he threatened to kill his own daughter just to manipulate his son into doing what he wants. Just...don't do that.
