HentaiElder wrote...
Ramsus
What I described does seem like rather normal behavior, doesn't it? That wasn't what I intended to express, but to work with it.. that's pretty much exactly what white knights are doing (acting normally.. or what should be normal). They're simply displaying common courtesy and attempting to do something nice/respectable in return for something. That something can be but is not always sexual.
I always looked at white knights as people who are berated for doing the right/moralistic thing. Not sure if that makes me a white knight myself, the fact that I'm partly in support of their behavior (naivety aside), but yeah...
p.s. Gambler posting is even more amazing. Lol. Had been wondering where he was.[/align]
Hmmm you make a good point, Hey Gambler what's up!?
Ok kidding aside I will now respond because you responded to me (oh fuck, infinite spiral of madness here we come).
I see White Knights defining people who will stick up for someone just because someone else said something "offensive" to them
even if that comment was warranted or not really offensive. In addition to that they have to be making comments that are lacking in intelligence and overly zealous.
If those conditions didn't exist I'd have to label myself as a white knight simply for the number of times I've defended people I thought were being insulted unreasonably (either because they didn't really deserve the insults or because the insulter was going a bit too far for what was warranted). This doesn't even count the times I've "defended" people just because I felt like messing with someone I'd seen "attacking" people too frequently. I don't think those occasions count as white knight behavior because I didn't actually care about the people being "defended" at all. (Keep in mind that many of those occasions were done primarily for the purpose of entertaining myself, the person I was "fighting", and the assortment of popcorn eaters we have here.)
gibbous wrote...
I politely disagree. A brief look at the circleje...errr, "post your pics" thread alone should speak volumes.
Admittedly I hear that a lot of drama happens in that thread (I try to avoid touching it with a 10 foot pole so I wouldn't know first hand). That being said, even if a lot of that kind of behavior does happen there, overall it's not a large percentage of what happens on the forums or even how those people usually act. It's possible that they're encouraged to act that way in that thread because that's part of the tone of the thread. This is just conjecture though and maybe you're right and there are a lot more asshats around than I notice.