• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I look forward all of this scholars writing “Rule-of-Law” fanfiction where the protagonists and antagonists live and interact in a society with a system of mostly reasonable laws and law enforcement. Definitely now categorized as Speculative Fiction.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Lol I see all those “honor codes” in movies and TV and I’m like… why doesn’t the villian just ignore it? Like… just sneak attack against the protagonist, fuck the rules lol. If they are dead, there’s no one to report you for breaking the rules anyways.

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        Not everyone will be dead, because the villain himself lives and when he breaks the honor code he will be ashamed of himself for his hole life, always haunted by the memories of his disgrace and his lack of honor. Or any other bullshit explanation like that…

        Yeah, the evil villain should be evil and ignore all the honor code rules.