Re: "You can't have a Superman without inherent kindness." YES, THIS.

Re: the Witcher - As a fictional world, it is not kinder or gentler than the one we live, that's for sure. But it's also not Game of Thrones, where they are bastards just to be bastards, and they are not particularly interested in Sooper Serprising Plot Twists that screw up the story they are telling. And if you like dragons, there are dragons.