"In the real world"

[last man of krypton]

One line that's been bugging me all week was when random thug #4 doused the house with petrol; "in the real world, heroes die."

In the real world, gangsters tend to shoot people in their way, not create a 60s Batman-esque trap that they could escape from. He may as well have tied an anvil above her head and let a candle burn through the rope.

[Matro]

Maybe he thought he was going to make it look like an accident? You're right though, in the real world they would have shot her, probably after abusing and/or raping her for who knows how long.

[Xanderman]

Shooting her's a given, not so sure about the "raping her for who knows how long" part though Matro....lol

[Matro]

Originally posted by Xanderman
Shooting her's a given, not so sure about the "raping her for who knows how long" part though Matro....lol

abusing and/or raping

[The_Frag_Man]

How do you know she wasn't raped?

[STFanatic]

The thug said they were being paid to burn down houses in the area.

Two birds, one stone.

[InLove_with_Chloe]

I'm more like a 'one bird, two stones' kinda guy, actually.....

[The_Frag_Man]

I'm glad to have both my stones.

[pycer]

Originally posted by Xanderman
Shooting her's a given, not so sure about the "raping her for who knows how long" part though Matro....lol

Watch the news in any crime infested city, such as near where I live. Rapes are, sadly, fairly common. Personally, I believe rapists should be tortured and executed, but thats just me.

[Drakaun]

So you just assume that every gangster is a rapist? lol j/k

[The Ninth Doctor]

Yes, realisticly she would have suffered a little more abuse than being tied up and sitting in the cold basement for a few hours. But the burn down instead of shoot thing makes sense, given the above reasons (accident, 2 birds 1 stone, etc)