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* Sam Starfall of ''[[Freefall]]'' seems to fall into this. He explains that, coming from a race of scavengers, morality on his homeworld is incompatible with that of human society—stealing, for example, is seen as an act of bravery necessary to help your family survive, especially if done from a stronger scavenger or a predator. But at the same time, he ''revels'' in breaking the law just for the thrill of it, so he may just be using the scavenger morality thing as an excuse. |
* Sam Starfall of ''[[Freefall]]'' seems to fall into this. He explains that, coming from a race of scavengers, morality on his homeworld is incompatible with that of human society—stealing, for example, is seen as an act of bravery necessary to help your family survive, especially if done from a stronger scavenger or a predator. But at the same time, he ''revels'' in breaking the law just for the thrill of it, so he may just be using the scavenger morality thing as an excuse. |
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** [Strip #2998]: "Until then, I'll just have to accept I'm at that socially awkward point between nemeses." |
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', we see Nale [[Completely Missing the Point]] of his [[Horny Devils|Succubus]] companion's [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0394.html displeasure], though he recovers quickly. Likewise, it never seems to occur to her that Nale might not like hearing about how she had sex with other people four times in a mere ''three hours''—she actually thinks that he is surprised by how ''few'' people it was, justifying it by saying that she "had errands to run, too." |
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', we see Nale [[Completely Missing the Point]] of his [[Horny Devils|Succubus]] companion's [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0394.html displeasure], though he recovers quickly. Likewise, it never seems to occur to her that Nale might not like hearing about how she had sex with other people four times in a mere ''three hours''—she actually thinks that he is surprised by how ''few'' people it was, justifying it by saying that she "had errands to run, too." |
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** There's also Elan's attempt to make a decision based on the principles of [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0068.html pure Law and Chaos]: |
** There's also Elan's attempt to make a decision based on the principles of [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0068.html pure Law and Chaos]: |
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** When we see the flashback of how Tedd got the transformation gun we learn a few interesting facts about Uryuom society. While it is not illegal to own a TF gun, their [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-16 manufacture is prohibited] due to [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-17 religious objections] to [[wikipedia:Object-oriented programming|object-oriented programming]]. |
** When we see the flashback of how Tedd got the transformation gun we learn a few interesting facts about Uryuom society. While it is not illegal to own a TF gun, their [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-16 manufacture is prohibited] due to [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-17 religious objections] to [[wikipedia:Object-oriented programming|object-oriented programming]]. |
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** Raven's mother (sometimes called Chaos, other times called Pandora) wants to help her son out, so she begins to instigate many magical incidents, such as granting powers to unaware people leading to near-disasters when they unwittingly use them. |
** Raven's mother (sometimes called Chaos, other times called Pandora) wants to help her son out, so she begins to instigate many magical incidents, such as granting powers to unaware people leading to near-disasters when they unwittingly use them. |
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