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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4861011" data-attributes="member: 54846">Not really. I acknowledge it, but I don't agree with it.In any action sequence where the protagonist is fighting something Small and Fast, it's always a struggle to win, becauae the things are always fast and dodgy. Something is &quot;skittery&quot;. The &quot;Whack-a-mole&quot; issue has always been present. If for instance you had to fight a bobcat, it would be hellishly hard to kill it because cats (especially small cats) are fast and very nasty in close quarters. I wouldn't think fighting off a possessed cat would be comedy, it'd be painful.I don't see it as &quot;comedy&quot;. If you called them demons, instead of mini-lizardmen, would that help your sense of heroism? IMHO, kobolds/goblins have always been treated with a level of comedy. They're presented so pathetic that they aren't seen as a&nbsp; legitimate threat. Like fighting eight year olds with pocket knives. So fighting them has always been a joke. That is not heroic to me; fighting rats and little joke humanoids is not heroic. No hero in a greek sense ever fought a few rats and called it a battle, even when he first started out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4861011, member: 54846"] Not really. I acknowledge it, but I don't agree with it. In any action sequence where the protagonist is fighting something Small and Fast, it's always a struggle to win, becauae the things are always fast and dodgy. Something is "skittery". The "Whack-a-mole" issue has always been present. If for instance you had to fight a bobcat, it would be hellishly hard to kill it because cats (especially small cats) are fast and [I]very[/I] nasty in close quarters. I wouldn't think fighting off a possessed cat would be comedy, it'd be painful. I don't see it as "comedy". If you called them demons, instead of mini-lizardmen, would that help your sense of heroism? IMHO, kobolds/goblins have [I]always[/I] been treated with a level of comedy. They're presented so pathetic that they aren't seen as a legitimate threat. Like fighting eight year olds with pocket knives. So fighting them [B]has always been[/B] a joke. [B]That[/B] is not heroic to me; fighting rats and little joke humanoids is [I]not[/I] heroic. No hero in a greek sense ever fought a few rats and called it a battle, even when he first started out. [/QUOTE]

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