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[dark_puck]

Speaking as a writer, I have no respect for anyone who writes any group as Always Chaotic Evil (Warning: TV Tropes).

Before you ask:

Yes, I am including Tolkien in this one.

So when I run into shit such as: Nobility are evil, except the ones that pal around with commoners. Commoners are nice, except the ones that pal around with nobility.
I pretty much have to pause to side-eye the writer.

1. It shows that the writer is pretty much an idiot.
2. It shows that the writer has no idea how nobility even works.
3. It shows that the writer doesn't stop to think about potential exceptions, such as:
   
   • Commoners that get adopted into the nobility
   • Commoners who marry into the nobility
   • Illegitimate nobility, also known as bastards
   • The children of a noble and a commoner who might have been raised on either side of the family line
4. It shows that the writer doesn't consider the inherent contradiction in their own rule: if the noble is paling around with the commoners, that means that their commoner friends are evil!
5. It is the oldest, cheapest writing trick in the book.
6. It shows that the writer is pretty much an idiot.

It frustrates me.

EXPAND YOUR FUCKING HORIZONS

This has been a public service announcement from dark_puck.