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How did Frieren get CO-OPTED by the Alt-Right?? (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Pretty much. It can be coopted because fascists love extrrninationist ideologies, but it's closer to a world where a Venus flytrap or other predator that uses guile to entrap prey evolved beyond humans. I haven't seen anything in the lore to suggest otherwise. They aren't ontologically evil they are literally "evil" like a tiger in the jungle.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    What about the demon kid that kills his family because he's a demon?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago*

    That makes plenty of sense in the whole "they are some sort of fey predator with completely alien morality" angle: the "adopted" demon knows that another family is angry because it killed their child during the battle; it understands this as having destroyed a possession of theirs, and views the situation as a threatening community figure having a grudge over property destruction which could endanger the demon; it attempts to smooth this conflict over by replacing the child with another, not understanding the social ties involved, and kills that child's parents to stop them from seeking revenge for this.

    It's an alien, might-makes-right sort of morality where the demon, finding itself in a subordinate role, tries to placate threats because its entire social framework revolves around dealing out casual violence when possible and trying to avoid suffering the same.

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