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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3302746" data-attributes="member: 43146">dcas: &quot;I understand the &quot;alpha male&quot; concept as it relates to animal behavior, but I was just curious as to why it was being applied to barbarians. Sure, Conan was an &quot;alpha male&quot; -- but he was also a king.&quot;The barbarian personality is one which is always trying to be the top dog, falling in line only for a short time, until an opportunity presents itself to move up and dominate, (just like real male wolves).&nbsp; This is the brutal &quot;animal kingdom&quot; coming out in them.&nbsp; A first level barbarian may not be the alpha male of the group, but that would be his goal...so he's the alpha male personality.&nbsp; At least when it comes to women, food, weapons and treasure, they might not want to be in a position of leader over such weaklings).&nbsp; And surely the barbarian wouldn't want to be told what to do by someone they percieved weaker then themselves (basically any civilized man).&nbsp; This brings to mind a Savage Sword, where conan found swiming out in the open ocean is picked up by a passing ship.&nbsp; The captain after saving his life and allowing him to work on board, and treating him kindly, is eventually killed by Conan, who wants to be leader of the crew and ship.&nbsp;&nbsp; If anything, Conan was more brutal and alpha attitude when he was younger.&nbsp; Having title as king isn't the issue, its the attitude that counts.EDIT -In advertising, Alpha Males are not typically the ones that have title (often just the opposite).&nbsp; Marketers follow these alpha males around to determine what the next trend is going to be (knowing good and well what they start wearing and what they listen to will be immitated).&nbsp; Conan is a natural leader, not because he chooses to lead, or because he has rank, but because others want to follow due to his confidence and magnatism.&nbsp; I don't think title and position have anthing to do with it (real power glows from the inside). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3302746, member: 43146"] dcas: "I understand the "alpha male" concept as it relates to animal behavior, but I was just curious as to why it was being applied to barbarians. Sure, Conan was an "alpha male" -- but he was also a king." The barbarian personality is one which is always trying to be the top dog, falling in line only for a short time, until an opportunity presents itself to move up and dominate, (just like real male wolves). This is the brutal "animal kingdom" coming out in them. A first level barbarian may not be the alpha male of the group, but that would be his goal...so he's the alpha male personality. At least when it comes to women, food, weapons and treasure, they might not want to be in a position of leader over such weaklings). And surely the barbarian wouldn't want to be told what to do by someone they percieved weaker then themselves (basically any civilized man). This brings to mind a Savage Sword, where conan found swiming out in the open ocean is picked up by a passing ship. The captain after saving his life and allowing him to work on board, and treating him kindly, is eventually killed by Conan, who wants to be leader of the crew and ship. If anything, Conan was more brutal and alpha attitude when he was younger. Having title as king isn't the issue, its the attitude that counts. EDIT -In advertising, Alpha Males are not typically the ones that have title (often just the opposite). Marketers follow these alpha males around to determine what the next trend is going to be (knowing good and well what they start wearing and what they listen to will be immitated). Conan is a natural leader, not because he chooses to lead, or because he has rank, but because others want to follow due to his confidence and magnatism. I don't think title and position have anthing to do with it (real power glows from the inside). ;) [/QUOTE]

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