Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-2175012-20160323030814/@comment-2175012-20160408163056

OK, so I have a few problems with Expanded Universe!Luthor, mostly because of the massive collatoral damage that had occurred in Man of Steel; in Batman v. Superman, Lex stages a bombing in the Capitol killing millions, and then creates Doomsday as an attempt of having it kill Superman. However, I can't say that he didn't know that Doomsday could potentially kill other people, as he did remember the collateral damage that occurred in the previous film, so he's certainly not stupid. However, it's debatable on whether or not he merely crosses the MEH, though I would say that threatening to have Martha Kent be burned alive and ultimately creating Doomsday catapults him a few tiers above the MEH; it's just that Zod killed more people when he tried to recreate Krypton on Earth, and there is the chance of Darkseid himself coming at some point by judging Luthor's words.

There's also the fact that he also has Batman to compete with; to be honest, I think that Batman does more than him. Not only does he kill criminals, but he also has the habit of branding them with his bat-symbol, which marks them for death if they were to be sent to prison. Therefore, Batman also indirectly kills criminals by branding them. I'm pretty certain that he had been doing this for years.

Luthor does have somewhat of a freudian excuse in the form of his father being abusive towards him, but that's not enough to justify anything he does. In addition to this, he is really, really annoying. He is comedic, but he does aslo have a few moments where he is serious, an example being when he held Mrs. Kent hostage, and when he had Superman under his thumb. If anything, he might be a "wait and see case."