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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1642050" data-attributes="member: 158">I'll tell you what I see that supports the style better than some other genres:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A recent global war that has changed the political and social climate. What the Great War did for the real world, the Last War does for Khorvaire. Pulp stories and noir film were born from the grittiness and horror that Global War (and later reinforced by the Great Depression) showed the populace, couple with a deep optimism about both the future and the need for new heroes to appear.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pulp heroes took dark steps at times to forge brighter outcomes. They knew the darkness of the world, and were not afraid to delve into it in order to conquer it. The restructuring of the role of alignment and religion in Eberron helps to let the same conditions to come about. The Cleric of the Silver Flame who isn't afraid to flame strike a cruel criminal and let him burn to death in the purifying burn of the Silver Flame evokes the same kind of dark bravado that the 1930's Batman used to do to make criminals rat each other out. (Remembers an early issue of Detective Comics where batman is pouring acid on a criminal's lifeline to make him talk)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pulp heroes were also characterized by unique qualities that made them above the common man - if nothing more than a willingness to roll up his sleeves and not stand for it. Eberron PC's are definitely characterized by the fact that they can and WILL rise above the other movers and shakers of the world.</li> </ul>The qualities I noted above - the Effects of the War and the Depression and the desire for strong heroes - is a powerful force to the success of the then-new medium of pulp adventure tales. Although I don't want to delve into it too deeply, some critics have said that the recent global recession of several years back coupled with world events was actually responsible for a mini-renaissance of the Pulp Heroic ideals - in this day and age, people want heroes who recognize the realities but still have the power to deal with them in a black-and-white way, just like the heyday of pulp and noir in the 20's and 30's. Read into it however much credence you wish, though - while I can see it, others will not agree. I won't deny that heroic and fantasy movies are currently experiencing a nice little rebirth, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It held my interest after the first five posts, and for my Attention-deficit little mind, that's saying something. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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