"Escapist Fantasic" or "Why Seil Apparently Wants To Be An Asshole"

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Originally Posted by Seil

I like knights. More accurately, the knights depicted in The Death Of King Arthur.

I like the tale of Sirs Balin and Balan because it exemplifies how pointless most of the round table's quests were and how up-their-own-asses its members were. For those of you who haven't read it, it's about Balin going around killing people for no reason, apologizing every time and making pointless oaths he never has an opportunity to act on, his brother Balan hangs out for a bit, then they kill each other in a tournament and everyone is sad and makes them a neat grave. Killing each other is about the only thing leaning toward good either of them ever does.