Thread by @EpistemicHope

I just noticed that one of the things that I get from fiction is a kind of vicarious...pride? ...camaraderie? from competent people trusting each other.

In for instance, in urban fantasy, there's something that feels deeply Good about the moments when the wizard and the cop work together to get the job done.

Neither one fully understands the other's work, or the constraints that they work under, but they _do_ trust each other's expertise and each other's moral commitment.

When lives are on the line, they both move to save them, together, and depend on each other.

There's especially something about the cop who "doesn't belive in magic", but who somehow, respects the wizard, and has his back, in the heat of the moment.

Or the Catholic Paladin and the wizard.

Obviously, they have some differences, but they can identify and trust each other's basic moral integrity. They know each other to be good people.

I think maybe I generally have strong feelings about individuals stepping up to do the right thing, and the people who are doing that seeing each other in that and trusting each other for it.

There's something about good people seeing the goodness in each other, across divides of belief, or creed, or expertise, or tradition, that I get something from.

"I don't begin to understand how he operates. But I trust him to ante up when it counts."

In some fundamental way, "we're on the same side."

I think this maybe gives some important insight into my psychology / motivation structure.

It matters to me that all of the good people are on the same side, despite everything else. And it feels _right_ when they trust each other.

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