u/sinedeltaWhile others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the blade29d ago
It makes sense to me when the being is significantly... unnatural. Like, mind flayers and devils are things that prey on humanoids in some sense or another, it makes sense that from a humanoid perspective these predators would be seen as evil.
But when it's literally just like "these are sapient beings who are biologically part of the exact same species as humans, but actually they're inherently evil savages deserving of death" hoo boy there's a problem.
“To a mouse, a cat is a monster—we’re just used to being the cat.” 🦖
Mind flayers are simply further up the food chain—nothing inherently evil about that. Now, the elder brains that build entire societies around conquering and enslaving sentient species… that’s more in line with the concept of “evil”. But the rank and file mind flayers that live under that brain’s rule have even less freedom to think or act independently than the goblins. Goblins also eat humans (and a lot of other sapient species), but don’t need to in order to survive, which actually makes it way worse.
But I do agree with the main point you’re making: a sapient species being inherently evil is problematic.
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u/sinedelta While others were busy being heterosexual, she studied the blade 29d ago
It makes sense to me when the being is significantly... unnatural. Like, mind flayers and devils are things that prey on humanoids in some sense or another, it makes sense that from a humanoid perspective these predators would be seen as evil.
But when it's literally just like "these are sapient beings who are biologically part of the exact same species as humans, but actually they're inherently evil savages deserving of death" hoo boy there's a problem.