Line #4 PlayingWith/BlueAndOrangeMorality


1	'''Basic Trope''': Characters or societies whose ideas of right and wrong seems totally alien or even downright silly.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** [[InsaneTrollLogic Singing at night is an indication that you are a priest]], even if you don't want to be one. Few want to be a priest because everyone listens to you. Having others listen to you is considered to be very wrong. If you are a priest, everyone will respect you while also ridiculing you for doing wrong things. Doing wrong things may make you lose your title as priest, but you can easily have it reinstated by singing at night. Publicly getting into fistfights is normal, but only bullies kick each other. Insulting a stranger is fine and dandy, but only behind their back. If you insult someone to their face, you're considered an utter jerk who nobody would ever want to be friends with. [[TrendAesop It is illegal to live behind the times]]. Divorce is very common, but voluntary termination of friendship is extremely rare; friendships nearly always end with either the death of one party or an accidental loss of touch. Betraying a friend is considered to be ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor worse than murder]]''. Eating in public is generally frowned on, with the obvious exception of restaurants. Tipping in a restaurant is regarded as an insult to the quality of the food. Skipping any meal is illegal, unless for medical reasons. Weight loss does not count as a "medical reason"; it must be a matter of life and death.
4	** Tropetanian society divides people into "bacon" and "necktie" and judges them accordingly. "Bacon" people are those who enjoy their dinner, and by analogy those who [[TheHedonist prefer to enjoy life]] without having too many cares. "Necktie" people, on the other hand, dress for dinner, and by analogy are more concerned with appearance and status. Neither is considered objectively "good" or "bad" by society at large - indeed, Tropetanian culture lacks conventional notions of "good and "bad" - but "bacon" people look down on "necktie" people as killjoys whilst "necktie" people equally look down on "bacon" people as licentious and unwilling to take life seriously. In both cases, this is considered SeriousBusiness.
5	* '''Exaggerated''':
6	** Same as the first example above, except if you lose your title as priest, you will be forced to sing at night. This will [[HereWeGoAgain reinstate you as a priest, even if you don't want to be one]].
7	** There are many fictional societies in the work, each with a different shade of morality.
8	** The characters are humans living on Earth in the present day, and yet [[AlternateUniverse their standards are the exact opposite of ours]].
9	* '''Downplayed''': It is normal to publicly hug and kiss one's friends, but holding hands with anyone other than a LoveInterest may result in accusations of cheating. Everyone goes to extreme lengths to return lost property; "finders keepers" is unheard of. Among loved ones, white lies are openly encouraged as a way to avoid conflicts. However, false advertising is considered to be the worst possible crime other than murder. Table manners essentially don't exist, but it is considered rude to watch someone else brushing their teeth. In short, the fictional society's norms and values are somewhat strange but mostly comprehensible.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** The less human the characters, the more justified.
12	** The character is an alien from another planet/dimension, or even an EldritchAbomination.
13	** [[TruthInTelevision Most cultures are like this to one another]].
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Good and evil are much more clear-cut]] than in RealLife.
16	** Human morality is applied to a work set on another planet that has never had contact with Earth; that is to say, aliens act like humans for no apparent reason.
17	** The story takes the POV of an EldritchAbomination who is confused and IntriguedByHumanity's moral code.
18	* '''Subverted''':
19	** A character claims this, only to be shown that they have a poor understanding of morality instead.
20	** What seems like a nonsensical superstition is literally true and thus the behavior fits in with normal morality given the circumstances. Eating the dead causes reincarnation into the bloodline of who ever ate the most of them which makes eating someone after they die the right thing to do.
21	** While the moral conclusions are deeply non-intuitive and potentially offputting given a complete understanding of the context they make perfect sense within the conventional framework of morality. It just appears that way due to being a GuideDangIt equivalent.
22	* '''Double Subverted''':
23	** But for a few issues they act less human.
24	** The other characters teach the “proper” morality, which is every bit as incomprehensible.
25	* '''Parodied''': When a non-human explicitly points out they are who they are and not human to another of their kind (even when humans are unknown to them).
26	* '''Zig Zagged''': Recently transformed humans have to decide whether to act like humans or follow the instincts they have obtained and change their minds every day in accordance with the new morality.
27	* '''Averted''':
28	** Only real human behavior (past or present) is dealt with in the work.
29	** The alien characters have [[AliensAreBastards absolutely no sense of morality]].
30	* '''Enforced''': By having non-humans not act like humans, you can justify the actions they make more easily, allowing for more plot flexibility.
31	* '''Lampshaded''': "Many humans would have objections with eating each other's flesh as a sign of friendship." "Maybe, but we're not humans. Duh!"
32	* '''Invoked''': A group of civilized people are shipwrecked on a desert island. They end up GoingNative in order to survive, and develop their own set of norms in the process.
33	* '''Defied''':
34	** Human morality [[HumanityIsInfectious rubs off on the aliens]].
35	** [[UnitedSpaceOfAmerica An intergalactic government]] passes a universal set of values, which conveniently happens to correspond with human morality.
36	** "[[BlackAndWhiteMorality Being good is good. Being bad is bad.]] And people who give you the whole "[[WhatIsEvil the world is complicated]]" spiel tend to do it to try to swindle you. [[SimpleMindedWisdom You don't need a thesis to figure it out]]."
37	* '''Exploited''': The character transforms into something to avoid the moral implications involved with an action they are taking.
38	* '''Implied''': A character claims that they once visited an alien society with buzzard laws and values, but [[TakeOurWordForIt never describes them in detail.]]
39	* '''Discussed''': "What if their social norms are completely different from ours?" "That's ridiculous! They just live in the next town. It's not like they're from another planet or something."
40	* '''Conversed''': "Finally, a fictional society with its own culture. I can't tell you how tired I am of seeing aliens act like humans, even when they've never had contact with us."
41	* '''Deconstructed''': [[CultureClash The characters' cultural differences lead to a series of misunderstandings.]]
42	** In the context of the work, morality is treated as objective or universal. Those espousing BlueAndOrangeMorality do not actually hold onto an alternative view of morality, but [[WhatIsEvil lack moral]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood intuition altogether.]]
43	** There are practical reasons for morality, like social cohesion, group survival, promoting good health, sanctifying that which should not be trifled with, and building trust between individuals. Thus the vast majority of any society's rules and laws are based off of a universal moral code, the only real difference being application and context. There is no practical purpose behind blue and orange morality, thus any society that espouses it tends to not last very long, and individuals who espouse it tend to be marginalized, due to developing a reputation for being untrustworthy.
44	* '''Reconstructed''': [[TheFace There's a person in a group who navigates this sort of thing.]]
45	* '''Played For Laughs''':
46	** A human tries to raise an alien as human and teach it human values.
47	** The aliens are embarrassed about the implications of their value system.
48	* '''Played For Drama''': In a foreign land the characters are subject to laws they don't think are right.
49	* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':
50	** The writers [[AuthorAppeal like the challenge of wildly different moralities.]]
51	** The characters it applies to are the gods of the series, and the writers don't buy into the "good or evil" that they think RealLife religion is trying to sell.
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53	If you don't return to BlueAndOrangeMorality, you're guilty of misappropriation of state funding! [[{{Unishment}} Which is punishable]] [[IWasToldThereWouldBeCake by eating cakes]]!
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