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splodeymissile posted...

Here, however, Worf is a victim of his own values. He's incapable of ignoring this problem and he suffers because of his own decision. This is the kind of tragedy I like.

The great irony of Worf is that he's a Klingon raised by human parents. Those parents cared enough about him to make sure he learned as much about his culture as possible, but he never actually had any Klingons around to learn how that culture works in real life. It's like a human child was adopted by aliens and was raised solely on stories of Golden Age Superman and Captain America.

The result is that Worf, raised on the myths and legends of his people, is more-or-less the exemplary Klingon.