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Darknight613 said:
Um...I think we're having two separate conversations here...
Nope. Myths of the old days can be compared (in a reasonable way) to modern pop culture (not all of it, but some of it). A myth is just a story if you don't have the facts and the interesting history to make it real. What were knights, really? They were brutes. They were young men from German Tribes used to a society of Feuds utilized to expand land grabs and protect against invaders like the Nordics and the Huns. The myths and chivalrous code was made, in some ways, to give an example to these men on how to behave more civilized. There was nothing to stop these men from taking any woman they wanted, hardly anyone could fight against a man supplied by the King - so the idea of courtly love was introduced. The historical aspects of stories is what makes them important. I just used movie examples because I have a wider knowledge-base for them.
It wasn't using modern pop culture that I was questioning. Merely the logic you were applying, which took me a few tried to figure out.
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