Now that I think about it, wouldn't the logical conclusion to a strange winged creature, even one as cute as Myrrh, be to uh, stab it? Continent overrun with monsters and all. o_o
I think the main sticking point with Ike is that the prejudice against laguz is so normalized and constant just about everywhere else, so it's a little hard to swallow. It was one of my main hangups on him at first, but when I looked at it again, it makes sense given the rest of him - not really apt to judge individuals based on factors like bloodline or race or social status.
I actually like that Tellius doesn't universally equate racism with "bad guys", though. I mean, Shinon's overblown about it, but it's still there, even though he's also got sympathetic points to him. (Though his main character trait is uh being a jerk, so, there's that.) And as Ammie said, there's Micaiah's passive attitude, and Soren's rather virulent stance (even if there's reasoning behind it that isn't just fear or "otherness"). And on the flip side, you have the laguz kind of talking down to a lot of beorc characters, or being outright condescending and snarky at them like Lethe. It's still cartoony racism, sure, but that's one element I found effective about it.
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Date: 2012-01-28 08:12 am (UTC)I think the main sticking point with Ike is that the prejudice against laguz is so normalized and constant just about everywhere else, so it's a little hard to swallow. It was one of my main hangups on him at first, but when I looked at it again, it makes sense given the rest of him - not really apt to judge individuals based on factors like bloodline or race or social status.
I actually like that Tellius doesn't universally equate racism with "bad guys", though. I mean, Shinon's overblown about it, but it's still there, even though he's also got sympathetic points to him. (Though his main character trait is uh being a jerk, so, there's that.) And as Ammie said, there's Micaiah's passive attitude, and Soren's rather virulent stance (even if there's reasoning behind it that isn't just fear or "otherness"). And on the flip side, you have the laguz kind of talking down to a lot of beorc characters, or being outright condescending and snarky at them like Lethe. It's still cartoony racism, sure, but that's one element I found effective about it.