In writing a short story for the book of khad'dans project (BTW we have some awesome material submitted for that thank-you to the contributors) I was revising my story and added the phrase, "because the yazirian of all the races in theFrontier loves a tragedy" I had not planned to say that nor thought about it before actual watching my fingers type it. I had also been using a tenant from the honor code in the story, "A great hero without ceremony, poetry or song is a tragic hero, a dutiful youth learns the old songs." An honor bound race that has an honor code is probably prone to identifying with tragedic heroes because sometimes honor causes you to do something the will have a negative impact on yourself but because of honor you carry through. I suspect that all the clans have songs and stories of tragic but honorable heroes and perhaps a few have tragedic anti-heroes whose honor was besmirched but the story/song is such a powerful lesson or teaching tool for the young that it persist in the popular consciousness. That said I think that yazirians would absolutely get off on Hamlet and Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet would be viewed as a cautionary tale for the young about the tragedies that can ensue when you go against the clan. In particular Juliet will be villainized by yazirians since Romeo kills a member of her clan and she cares not for it but persists in trying to be joined to Romeo and his clan. Plus the end where to two clans end their clan war after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet will smack of a trite fairy tale -ish ending to the yazirian.
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