Noblebright

NobleBright is an adjective derived from the term often used to describe Warhammer 40k: GrimDark. Just as every hero has a "mirror opposite" version that is evil, it's supposed that there must be a mirror opposite version of the heroes of WH40k where everything goes RIGHT for a change. It can also be used to describe artwork that has a noble/bright feel, even if the setting itself would not normally be considered noble or bright.

Where the GrimDark tag usually describes a setting in a slow, painful decline, the NobleBright tag usually describes a setting emerging from a dark age returning to or in the midst of a golden age.

Canonical Example: WarHammer vs. BrightHammer

This alternate universe's game, BrightHammer40k, comes with the tagline "In the Noble Brightness of the far future, there is only HIGH ADVENTURE!" This is as opposed to the original tagline of Warhammer 40k, which stated, "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." BrightHammer40k's setting has strong 1920's-1940's pulp fiction themes, crossed with a an "age of myth" bronze age culture.

Differences between WarHammer 40k and BrightHammer 40k include:

• The setting is loosely divided into city-states united by race, religion, philosophy or just simple common sense, rather than singular empires defined by paranoia.
• There is a wide variety in the type of characters, nations, flora and fauna, and major characters in the setting.
• There is an overall "pulp fiction" feel.
• The universe is old, in the process of rediscovering a forgotten golden age.
• Low level conflicts such as raiding are considered common, but war is not.
• Everyone is in a perpetual cold war with everyone else, but almost never an active war.
• Technology is wildly inconsistent.
• Villains are over the top, campy, and rarely played seriously.
• Leaders are usually diplomats or wise "philosopher-kings".
• Heroes do most of the heavy lifting in society, and there are heroes, great and minor, at every level of society.
• There is a strong emphasis on individual strength.
• Good guys can be jerks, but are still good guys.
• Over the top heroism usually carries the day.
• Obvious, thinly disguised Secret Agents everywhere.
• The setting is entering a technological renaissance.
• Everything is bright or vividly colored.
• ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWA!

Compared to Warhammer 40k, Brighthammer 40k is generally brighter and a nicer place to live, but is by no means peaceful, always in a low level state of conflict, internal and external, never quite turning into war. The skull motif is replaced by wings, and colors are often brighter.

Stuff considered NobleBright

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NobleBright	...and GrimDark
BrightHammer 40k	WarHammer 40k
Exalted	Vampire:tM, Werewolf:tA (oWoD)
Changeling:tD (oWoD)	Changeling:tL (nWoD)
D20 Modern	Call of Cthulhu
Rogue Trader	Dark Heresy
7th Sea	Poison'd
Spirit of the Century	Don't Rest Your Head
Traveller	Eclipse Phase
Dragonlance	Dark Sun
Warcraft	Warhammer Fantasy Battle
Alara	Innistrad
The Elder Scrolls	Dragon Age
Final Fantasy	Shin Megami Tensei
Command and Conquer: Red Alert series	Command and Conquer: Tiberium series
Grand Theft Auto 1	Saints Row 1
Saints Row 3	Grand Theft Auto 4
Fable III	Dark Souls
Kid Icarus	God of War
Mass Effect 1	Mass Effect 3
Spore	Darkspore
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann	Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neo-Hunter Casshern	Casshern Sins
Mai-Otome	Mai-Hime (last 10 episodes at least)
Cardcaptor Sakura	Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Power Rangers in General	Power Rangers RPM
Super Sentai	Kamen Rider
Batman: the Brave & the Bold	Batman:TAS (first two seasons only)
Star Wars Episode I, IV, V, VI, and a decent portion of the Expanded Universe	Star Wars Episode II, III, and the other half the Expanded Universe
Star Trek	Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Little House on the Prairie	Deadwood
Full House	Married With Children
The Green Zone	The Hurt Locker
The Sarah Jane Adventures	Torchwood
Pirates of the Caribbean	Risen 2: Dark Waters
Justice	Watchmen
Planetary	The Authority
Cyanide and Happiness	pictures for sad children
Steampunk Genre	Cyberpunk Genre
The Silver Age of Comic Books	The Dark Age of Comic Books
Raspberry Pi	OpenPandora
South Korea	North Korea