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Who is Granted Personhood? Frieren’s demons and the trouble with the “inherently evil race” trope
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this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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"Why aren't my Fictional child murdering, magic nazi monsters depicted as cutie-patooties?
Seems kinda racist, bro."
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.
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. Do they need to be more human in order to have complexity?
It's a bold claim that they would become more interesting by making them more human.
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.
If they want a series where everyone is really just a good guy watch Ranking of Kings