Quote Originally Posted by Brinne View Post
So it's always been frustrating for me to see others completely miss or reject that idea, and actively look for ways we didn't actually have to feel bad about putting the nail in the Ancients' coffin. Searching for ways the Amaurotine society was obviously creepy and alien, even though it was clearly framed - just listen to the music! - to be a gentle, kind place, filled with all manner of human beings. Some more gentle, some stricter, some more passionate, some more relaxed. Some utterly terrified at the news of the Final Days, and some having firm faith in the Convocation to find a solution. Claiming that, well, we take priority because we're the present and the Ancients are in the past - when the entire premise of Shadowbringers depends on a person rejecting their present/our future, and seeking to change it and restore things to how they were because of a calamity. Arguing that, and actively searching for evidence that, well, they MUST have done this to themselves somehow, therefore we have no culpability in our choices regarding their fate.
That's an excellent point and I honestly think it's a problem that in itself is stripping a lot of the fantasy out of the fantasy genre. There's an unfortunate trend of late where the only acceptable approach for some is for even non-human races to simply be little more than a bland copy and paste of real world modern day humans complete with the same speech patterns, behaviour and moral compass. With the latter element being exceedingly hypocritical in how it is applied. Namely through the matter of 'rules for thee but not for me!'

It reminds me of the scenes in the Azim Steppe where Y'shtola inexplicably decides to insult the proud traditions of the Xaela who I will happily consider to be inherently more interesting than a generic pseudo-sassy cat girl who can't even maintain a consistent stance on whether or not tribal societies should be protected or attacked.