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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7820238" data-attributes="member: 6704184">[USER=22779]@Hussar[/USER] Spider-Man absolutely has a code. It’s a rather solid through line. With great power must come great responsibility. This is the primary tenet of his code. What it means is that because he has the power to help, he must do so. It also informs the rest of his code. Don’t hurt people if it can be helped could be said to be the second tenet. Spidey is incredibly dangerous. He could kill much of his rogues gallery with fairly little effort. He doesn’t because being more dangerous means he has to use his power to subdue, not maim. Sounds a lot like “do as little harm as possible while doing as much good as possible”. His third tenet, and the one I’ll close on, could be worded as, “See the good in people, even when it’s hard, and try to inspire them to walk toward their better self.” He also perfectly fits the whole “don’t let your own light dim” or whatever tenet of the Ancients Paladin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7820238, member: 6704184"] [USER=22779]@Hussar[/USER] Spider-Man absolutely has a code. It’s a rather solid through line. [I]With great power must come great responsibility. [/I]This is the primary tenet of his code. What it means is that because he has the power to help, he [I]must do so. It also informs the rest of his code. [/I] [B]Don’t hurt people if it can be helped [/B]could be said to be the second tenet. Spidey is incredibly dangerous. He could kill much of his rogues gallery with fairly little effort. He doesn’t because being more dangerous means he has to use his power to subdue, not maim. Sounds a lot like “do as little harm as possible while doing as much good as possible”. His third tenet, and the one I’ll close on, could be worded as, “[B]See the good in people, even when it’s hard, and try to inspire them to walk toward their better self.”[/B] He also perfectly fits the whole “don’t let your own light dim” or whatever tenet of the Ancients Paladin. [/QUOTE]

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