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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6471823" data-attributes="member: 6779310">No, I'm not kidding. Many of the minor characters in pulp genre material are motivated primarily by racism, religionism (especially death cultists), and even sexism. Hell, so are some of the majorsBarsoom without the sexism isn't Barsoom; Deja Thoris in clothes and in chanrge just ain't the same. (Hell, her marriage to John Carter is predicated upon gender issues. She must needs have a king to reign on Mars; a queen isn't a queen without one. That she also loves him is almost irrelevant - it's clearly a political move that happens to also be pleasant.)There's nothing wrong with leaving the genre for another; but the awareness of it is important.And pointing out that several oriental cultures have extensive historical documentation of honor-driven behavior isn't racism in any practical sense. It is history. Of course, the "Japanese" honor code is most properly the Late Shogunate Samurai honor code, and is noted best not for observance by the lesser samurai by by the breaches and their results...As a game mechanic, Honor Codes are appropriate for several genres, including western depictions of high-samurai culture.</blockquote>