Oh I forgot about that one... but you're right. The duel in the film -- from what I remember -- was very logically sound though, in terms of why it happened and what led to it. And in some ways, I was hoping it would because Lyndon was a right wanker.
In the Duelist, it was more-so that the man who was challenged had no actual alts with his challenger and had no reason to duel but was pulled into it regardless, which fits in line with the question you asked about a nutbag trying to pull someone into a duel with nothing to gain.
Then that's when social graces allow you to act to refuse the challenge the same way you'd refuse a challenge from a child.
The Germans also had an interesting manner of it. There's a million youtube slop videos on "Why German WW2 officers all had scars" which shows the german system of honour duels.
Oh I forgot about that one... but you're right. The duel in the film -- from what I remember -- was very logically sound though, in terms of why it happened and what led to it. And in some ways, I was hoping it would because Lyndon was a right wanker.
In the Duelist, it was more-so that the man who was challenged had no actual alts with his challenger and had no reason to duel but was pulled into it regardless, which fits in line with the question you asked about a nutbag trying to pull someone into a duel with nothing to gain.
Then that's when social graces allow you to act to refuse the challenge the same way you'd refuse a challenge from a child.
The Germans also had an interesting manner of it. There's a million youtube slop videos on "Why German WW2 officers all had scars" which shows the german system of honour duels.