#this kind of nauseabond discourse isn't only about a fictional game

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Because a mutual shared with me some #Nemesisdidnothingwrong2023edition I felt like I had to vent here :

What's the bonkers reasoning that goes "well he had some followers so obviously what he did wasn't that bad/the person he trounced and the race he genocided weren't free of blame"???

Regardless of real life events because that's going to be depressing, can we say the herons got it coming when Lekain spearheaded their massacre in Serenes, because Lekain managed to get the backing of "many followers" so those pesky pointy eared subhumans weren't loved, and it must be for a reason (since so many brave people went to slaughter them!) so they were BaD ?

What next, FE8's Gheb is a bright and thoughtful commander, because while he might seduce prisoners using force from times to times, he was a Grado commander and had many soldiers who followed him*? The prisoners being seduced weren't that loved, since the soldiers didn't move a finger to stop Gheb, so it means those prisoners were BaD, thus Gheb might not be utter garbage?

*oh shit, I remember it's the exact same line Seteth gives when he pours you a cup of tea in SS - Izuka has many people working with him and he leads a certain number of men, so maybe his cause is just/his ideals aren't utter garbage?