Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20151204153148/@comment-26205772-20160117050201

"Violence is never the answer, truth always prevails" is a product of idealism. It's, at best, a subjective concept at best, and what evidence you've provided proves it to be hypocritical in some circumstances as well.

It's a philosophy that'll hold true in more optimistic/family-friendly media; Friendship is Magic only goes the "violence helps" route with villains explicitly shown as irredeemable in-show (Tirek, Chrysalis, and show!Sombra are the biggest examples; virtually every other major antagonist has been redeemed) where as that kind of talk has just about no place in more down-to-earth, realistic shows like Breaking Bad. You've got to suspend your disbelief with shows that use that kind of morality, because chances are that speaks volumes about the nature and mood of the show itself. After all, you don't want to watch the average Pixar film a deadbeat cynic, do you?