The Frieren demons are as close to ontological evil as you can get while still having some of them be characters.
You understand that that’s also a pretty good description of the way colonial powers depicted indigenous people, right? Like it’s the real world way that people were convinced to commit atrocities against actual minority groups.
As I’ve said, it’s possible to read this as war propaganda internal to the story. I don’t think that’s the authorial intent at least with where the story has gone so far.
Of course critiques can go beyond authorial intent.
You understand that that’s also a pretty good description of the way colonial powers depicted indigenous people, right? Like it’s the real world way that people were convinced to commit atrocities against actual minority groups.
As I’ve said, it’s possible to read this as war propaganda internal to the story. I don’t think that’s the authorial intent at least with where the story has gone so far.
Of course critiques can go beyond authorial intent.