User blog comment:LucidPigeons/Category Cleanup/@comment-26884760-20160228104805/@comment-26884760-20160305170832

but that's impossible.. how can we honestly impose our modern standards of honor in a medieval setting or further? our "modern" honor system varies vastly from culture and age group as well.. honor is a complex thing and it is unfair when we judge a character set in prehistory, medieval times or an alien setting based purely on Western 21st century ideals of "right behavior" : an alien, caveman or knight will have vastly different ideas of honor from us, it doesn't make them any less "honorable" in their own society / setting.

I dare say the only way to truly be a dishonorable character is if your actions are stated to be dishonorable by your own society or peers.. like being a traitor etc..