#Like hello? The Cosmic Order murdered his 8-year-old daughter to enforce their bigoted hierarchies of the world with violence. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

wishesofeternity · 5 months ago

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My problem with The Dragon Prince is that while it preaches about "breaking the cycle" and "choosing love", it repeatedly does so in a way that echoes the age-old idea of telling victims to passively accept their lot in life and the injustices inflicted upon them while their perpetrators never have to acknowledge their wrongs or face consequences for their actions. This is the kind of narrative they follow on both a personal and systematic axis, and it's exactly why the show will always frustrate me.

#oh also their hero-centered morality is blatant and exhausting #if you disagree pls don't interact on this post. I'm genuinely happy you have a different interpretation but I have no energy to argue.#tdp critical #anti tdp #this is so painfully obvious in the way they depict Viren and Claudia and even Ziard in that flashback #I am also...very concerned with how they're going to deal with Aaravos #currently I'm baffled at the way his justified anger and desire for revenge against Sol Regem for Leola's murder #is being framed as a Bad thing by the narrative via its moral mouthpiece Terry #Like hello? The Cosmic Order murdered his 8-year-old daughter to enforce their bigoted hierarchies of the world with violence.#Whatever you think about his methods being extreme and what he deems collateral damage being unjust is another thing altogether #But basic idea of him wanting revenge against the Cosmic Order and Sol Regem is perfectly justified in itself imho?

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