Hello my comrades, this is my last week in uni before the 2 week vacation 
Remember no crackers 
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Frieren's author(s) I think got too far into the meta. They were trying to subvert tropes in other series where demons can be good/be redeemed by returning to classic "Our demons are just evil, actually."
No matter what your intentions, though, as soon as you make a "race" of ontologically evil, sentient beings, it will devolve into racist stereotypes. Tolkien fell into the same trap. I think the worst was Gary Gygax. He had colonialist, white supremacist, genocidal beliefs and he incorporated those beliefs into a game that became synonymous with fantasy. After decades, these tropes have spread, been subverted/remixed/parodied/etc. to the point people no longer recognize where these tropes originated. Unless you're among the groups targeted by these tropes. Then it's abundantly clear where these ideas came from.
Russians have been experiencing this with people calling them "orcs." Jews are constantly subjected to the blood libel, then people go further by claiming Jews are goblins/faeries/small evil kidnappers/etc. Black and brown people are depicted as being humans mixed with animals or monsters, which is used to dehumanize us as feral, pagan savages. Israelis straight-up call Palestinians devils, so we know the impact fantasy tropes have on supporting genocide.
Personally, I don't understand why it's so difficult for people to admit there's problematic content in the media they consume. Maybe it's conditioning from being a leftist? We're used to everything having reactionary, liberal bullshit, so it's easier for us. Chuds, on the other hand, don't want to expend the mental energy thinking about what they enjoy. They just want to consume.
Well said. Its everywhere, hell look at the whole no kill rule in comics... That suddenly doesn't count when it comes to sentient aliens for some reason
then they ofcourse apply it again to aliens that look human but the others regardless of sentience? Nah fuck em.
Then the attack on titan for example where good lord..... There were some jewish folks who have a problem with it and I can see why.
The various media influenced by the guy you mentioned gygax who assign negative traits to certain races and we're just meant to accept it as how it is just move on. But in real life I've seen way to many people use the same critical thinking on real life groups and traits.
Great way to put it, I'm very aware of Gyagx and his rhetoric of killing 'evil' races when they're babies. It still happens among leftists I feel because they have just taken the story on face value and also don't wanna look deeper. As a show I quite like frieren up until that point, the animation and score is amazing but then it just hits a wall for me there. I finished the anime and felt eh about it. Honestly wasn't long since I finished dungeon meshi and made me appreciate it much more afterwards with how demons are portrayed there.