Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
That's an excellent point and I honestly think it's a problem that in itself is stripping a lot of the fantasy out of the fantasy genre. There's an unfortunate trend of late where the only acceptable approach for some is for even non-human races to simply be little more than a bland copy and paste of real world modern day humans complete with the same speech patterns, behaviour and moral compass. With the latter element being exceedingly hypocritical in how it is applied. Namely through the matter of 'rules for thee but not for me!'

It reminds me of the scenes in the Azim Steppe where Y'shtola inexplicably decides to insult the proud traditions of the Xaela who I will happily consider to be inherently more interesting than a generic pseudo-sassy cat girl who can't even maintain a consistent stance on whether or not tribal societies should be protected or attacked.
What fantasy are you reading? Genuinely curious. I rarely encounter the writing you speak of outside of YA dreck, and horrors that wear the flesh of an existing IP.