Also just the way they write is like a reddit forum post.
"Nah, its just some forgotten crap".
They aren't even trying to write it like fantasy characters speaking. I have expect them to say some shit like Rizz or sigma or something. It's so modern.
I think the best way I've seen it described is as them writing themselves in cosplay. Like them playing D&D and not bothering with in character and out of character talk, just vaguely imagining that they look like a fantasy character while still being exactly the same.
I agree. I can buy ninjas who don't hide and succubi who don't have sex, but I can't buy thieves who don't steal, which is about as dumb as (if not dumber than) pirates who don't touch another pirate's treasure.
(I'm just trying to be funny here, apologies if it comes off as me being a smartass)
Pirates not wanting, as a general rule, to in-fight other pirates (and instead only hunt merchant vessels) makes sense. It's like how lions generally hunt antelope for food, not other lions.
which is about as dumb as (if not dumber than) pirates who don't touch another pirate's treasure.
That's easy to justify with a single word: hatred. Someone who turns to piracy because they hate the Spanish might not be interested in attacking anyone else, even if they aren't explicitly sanctioned as privateers by Spain's enemies.
The history of piracy is actually pretty interesting to dig into. They had a whole quasi-state going in the Carribean and were just as likely to recruit you as kill you, so there was definitely a moral code of some sort. From what I recall there wasn't a whole lot of inter-pirate competition and the closest you got was arguing about what to target during a particular season since a pirate ship was closer to a democracy in many cases than one might imagine.
"Don't worry, we only go on ETHICAL tomb raids."
These people are actually insane. Their inability to distinguish fiction from reality is terminal.
we only raid huwite patriarchs' tombs
Also just the way they write is like a reddit forum post.
"Nah, its just some forgotten crap".
They aren't even trying to write it like fantasy characters speaking. I have expect them to say some shit like Rizz or sigma or something. It's so modern.
I think the best way I've seen it described is as them writing themselves in cosplay. Like them playing D&D and not bothering with in character and out of character talk, just vaguely imagining that they look like a fantasy character while still being exactly the same.
I agree. I can buy ninjas who don't hide and succubi who don't have sex, but I can't buy thieves who don't steal, which is about as dumb as (if not dumber than) pirates who don't touch another pirate's treasure.
(I'm just trying to be funny here, apologies if it comes off as me being a smartass)
Pirates not wanting, as a general rule, to in-fight other pirates (and instead only hunt merchant vessels) makes sense. It's like how lions generally hunt antelope for food, not other lions.
That's easy to justify with a single word: hatred. Someone who turns to piracy because they hate the Spanish might not be interested in attacking anyone else, even if they aren't explicitly sanctioned as privateers by Spain's enemies.
The history of piracy is actually pretty interesting to dig into. They had a whole quasi-state going in the Carribean and were just as likely to recruit you as kill you, so there was definitely a moral code of some sort. From what I recall there wasn't a whole lot of inter-pirate competition and the closest you got was arguing about what to target during a particular season since a pirate ship was closer to a democracy in many cases than one might imagine.
Some pirates dont do anything at all