Markup View

Author: dragonslip

Aug 5th 2012 at 8:58:05 AM

"There are justifications for this in real life and in fiction" since when do we try and figure out ways for tropes to not apply,in my experience they tend to get the benefit of the doubt?

"1.A strong military can be seen as a defence in and of itself. That is, the stronger your military, the less a potential enemy is likely to act" isn't it difficult to maintain an inactive army?

"2. Even a country with no enemies will have allies that do. Military support is often part of mutual protection treaties, etc" I didn't address nations that have no enemies but do not rule the world

"3. A governing body that has control of an entire planet, continent, etc. often uses the military to keep that control" I know, that's why I chose the example I did, the the Telmarines are one totally united people who all have a common ancestry, there's no subjugated people for them to control 
Also don't armies tend to deteriorate if all they have to do is maintain control, I remember somebody once told me that's what happened to British empire's troops befor the world wars?

"The description seems to be a bit confusing. Bullet points, comparisons, contrasts, etc. may help" comparisons and contrasts to what?

"Other than that, I'm not sure how this trope would work. The necessity of the body's military may depend on how one reads it. Given all this, stressing in-universe examples only may help" doesn't that defeat the point of a trope?

"It feels like a very subjective trope" aren't a lot to an extent?