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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3139407" data-attributes="member: 158">For some reason, my mind screamed &quot;Warhammer&quot; when reading this paragraph, because of the discussions I was having in another thread. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> But while it's true that fairy tales of the last 150 years are a LOT cleaner/happier than the original versions, I don't feel like there's a connect between the modern versions of fairy tales and the Paladin dilemmas on the table. Also in modern stories, Dirty Harry blows away the bad guys in vigilante-style, Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon is suicidal and a bit nuts but still a hero, and Captain Malcolm Reynolds kicks a stubborn lackey into a jet intake. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> While a paladin should have higher standards, those standards I don't feel should be counter-intuitive to &quot;kicking unholy butt.&quot; The fact that others have a different definition of &quot;righteous butt-kicking&quot; I'm fine with.I do agree it should be sometimes lonely to be a paladin, but I also believe he shouldn't have to be all cop; I like him better as a little bit cop, and a little bit Dirty Harry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3139407, member: 158"] For some reason, my mind screamed "Warhammer" when reading this paragraph, because of the discussions I was having in another thread. :) But while it's true that fairy tales of the last 150 years are a LOT cleaner/happier than the original versions, I don't feel like there's a connect between the modern versions of fairy tales and the Paladin dilemmas on the table. Also in modern stories, Dirty Harry blows away the bad guys in vigilante-style, Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon is suicidal and a bit nuts but still a hero, and Captain Malcolm Reynolds kicks a stubborn lackey into a jet intake. :) While a paladin should have higher standards, those standards I don't feel should be counter-intuitive to "kicking unholy butt." The fact that others have a different definition of "righteous butt-kicking" I'm fine with. I do agree it should be sometimes lonely to be a paladin, but I also believe he shouldn't have to be all cop; I like him better as a little bit cop, and a little bit Dirty Harry. [/QUOTE]

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