Comment on Who is Granted Personhood? Frieren’s demons and the trouble with the “inherently evil race” trope
razr_fox@ani.social 3 months ago
“Why aren’t my Fictional child murdering, magic nazi monsters depicted as cutie-patooties?
Seems kinda racist, bro.”
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
This isn’t what the article is saying at all. Just that they lack complexity, and it was a missed opportunity to make them more interesting.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 3 months ago
But they are quite complex. The article seems to be saying that they’re just evil for the sake of evil, but they’re not.
anyhow2503@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s a bold claim that they would become more interesting by making them more human.
razr_fox@ani.social 3 months ago
It would instead make the story more bland imo if everyone were a nice guy with feelings.
Rather I like the way the show depicts these demons as forces of nature that don’t care for silly human emotions. Even someone like Himmel let his guard down against them because he too is human and makes mistakes.
astraeus@programming.dev 3 months ago
If they want a series where everyone is really just a good guy watch Ranking of Kings