Quote from: Kradan on May 29, 2022, 04:30:34 PMI'm not from States and I wasn't particularly keen on it either. Their portrayal felt off for me, in over-the-top bad guys way.
Just a few days ago i was thinking to myself about how much i liked the evil midnighters squad. They're a wonderful fun element in it.
And also, i recently started following a lot of "soldier of fortune" types on twitter and... the somewhat sociopathic "sports attitude" they can have when talking about war... i saw one of them wishing he could get away with murdering civilians from the "enemy" sides... [thankfully this weirdo isn't on a battlefield atm]; one american guy in Ukraine went full paranoid in a hotel and almost killed two ukrainian soldiers [before an old lady intervened and put a stop to their standoff].
The midnighters in Charybdis are portrayed in a very melodramatic exaggerated fashion (the marines in Aliens are a bit cartoony too) but sadly Alex nailed some aspects down from the way the more weird, sociopathic military people behave.
Extreme professions attract extreme unhinged people.