Family

[scarfman]

demiurgent recently wrote at Websnark about the financial crisis at Palladium Games, in part,

I put a quote up at the top of the screen, from a dedicated fan of Palladium products. "When your family needs you, you don't ask questions. You just lace up your boots and do what needs doing." Well, Palladium's a second cousin of mine ... If the game companies I love were in this kind of trouble, I'd want someone to let me know. So hey. I'm helping to spread the word, and raise the alarm.

Even second cousins are family, after all.

I commented:

The thing about family is the explanation why I continued to enjoy Star Trek beyond 1995 when so many others were abandoning it or, worse, sticking around just to kick it while it was down. But this is no second cousin, this is a brother. I've always wanted to quote The Search for Spock, "I'm talking about loyalty", when the arguments roll around; but you've said it much better.