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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

the impression i get is more 'entirely different thought processes and values than humans' and not 'pure evil,' though it is still a strange turn for things to take. some of the 'heh, these people are so stupid, only i know better' *frieran is completely right* is very.. right-wing political cartoon. that said up to now it's been fairly thoughtful so im willing to give things a shot.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Mulva posted:

Counter-point: It's ok for loving demons to just be evil.
'this race of sentient beings is inherently evil' is both boring writing and also is super easy to slip into racism. for instance, hooknosed goblin bankers that control all the money in the world and are insanely greedy.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Mulva posted:

This land of magic and magical beings in which the central conceit is that Frieran was part of a group that went to kill the demon king because the demons were getting up to all the cliche murder poo poo they always do in fantasy stories, and in which literally every single demon we've met has been an absolutely monster. Walks like a duck and all that.....

I mean this is exact the dynamic that just came up in the story: "They look and sound like us and we can communicate, surely there must be a better way!" *demon absolutely brutalizes people, laughs about it, actively says every single thing it did was just the most crass form of manipulation* "Well, poo poo. Guess not?".
yes. im saying thats really boring if every demon in the world is like that because there's no room for growth and im not especially interested in a story where a wizard goes around telling people to be more racist

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Nobodys saying you literally cant have that, but that they dont like things that have that. That shouldnt be hard to understand.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

well this was a good 13 chapters, unfortunately,

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