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Okay, since there seems to be some confusion. When I say "Death of Superman", I am not talking about Superman dying in general, I am talking about the story called Death of Superman, where he fights Doomsday. Superman dying and having successors is perfectly fine, but it should not be an adaptation of Death of Superman because that story is a terrible way to kill off Superman. The Death of Superman story could only ever work if Superman does not actually die.
No, I understand that perfectly well, and I agree that that arc was a bad attempt to kill him. Bad arc in general.
The reason All Star Superman is the best model to use for Superman's death is because in that story, his Death is one that reinforces the character's core theme.
But he DOESN'T die! You keep saying All Star Superman is the best model to use for his death, but he does NOT die in that story. It has him dealing with this notion of having one year left to live, then he learns he'll become a solar radio-consciousness and he goes and jumps in the Sun. He never even KINDA dies in that story.
Morally Grey Conflicts can exist, but Superman vs. Godzilla should not be one of them. That is a situation Superman is unambiguously in the right
You need to read more closely. I am not saying that the tropes is about Nature being evil. I am saying that if a Storyprotrays Nature as being in opposition to Superman, then Nature is evil in that story.
No, conquering the world is grossly out of character for Superman.
They not only can exist, that is what any real conflict actually is. Only in fiction can a true black and white conflict be shown, and even then that is the subject of discussion. I have argued on many occasions that the portrayal of Satan makes him sound like he's in the right, at least from a certain point of view. He sees this omnipotent being who claims to define what is right and wrong, and he thinks that being should be deposed. Some people would agree with that. Doesn't seem like you would, going off of what you're saying here. You seem to think Superman is some sort of Messiah who can do no wrong.
Opposing Superman does not mean someone or something is Evil. End of story.
1. Dying and Being Killed are different thing
2. Superman dying being a victory for Evil will always be a bad story
3. Again, dying and being killed are different things.
4. It's the same issue. The Death of Superman storyline just isn't set up to be an effective send off of the character
Trying to right that conflict so that they're both in the right is a foolish endeavor, and it is unnecessary. It's okay for Godzilla to be a bad guy for that story
And what I am telling you if that if Nature considered Superman to be a disruption, then Nature is evil. Superman is the quintessential. No one will read that and think that Nature has point.
Especially since there is literally nothing unnatural about Superman. Nature isn't limited to the Earth
You don't need to over complicate it. Godzilla is pissed off at humanity for hurting it, so he attacks. Superman is a superhero, so he defends.
Superman dying being a victory for Evil will always be a bad ENDING to a story, if nothing ever follows it up. Have you been reading our posts? The death of a hero is a great opportunity to elaborate on the motives of the villain and the rise of other heroes in the fallen hero's example. Dying is different than being killed, yes, but Superman cannot die of disease or age or poison. It's implausible to even suggest he could be overdosed on Yellow Sunlight, considering there's a story where he absorbs Blue sunlight and isn't harmed. He effectively becomes more powerful the more energy he absorbs, so the more energy he absorbs, the more energy he becomes ABLE to absorb.
We're not trying to write the conflict where both characters are in the right. They already ARE in the right. Because it's not a conflict of good and evil.
Superman is not unnatural on a cosmic scale, no. But he is unnatural for a Kryptonian, because their solar absorptive biology is not accustomed to having access to a Yellow Sun. Their sun had been red for a very long time. So it is not natural for him to have these powers, just possible because of his natural features. This would be like saying Magical powers are natural because a human's ability to learn them is natural. Humans can't naturally use magic, and Kryptonians don't naturally have superhuman strength. They just get it in the right conditions. More importantly, he's not natural to Earth, because he's not from Earth. Did you see the article about Rabbits infesting Australia? That's when you bring a 'harmless' bunny to another part of Earth, and that alone totally disrupted the ecology of that continent. Now imagine bringing this immensely superhuman being from another PLANET entirely. You'd be a fool to think that doesn't have a dire ecological impact.