Quote Originally Posted by Papayatar View Post
And even if he did know the history of it, I wouldn’t be surprised if the attitudes about it were bitter, not just cuz it’s their only stable crop until we offer alternatives, but because it represents a false unity. I.e, they still live separated, still interact in secret (the aether current follow quests), and the Mamool Ja felt eugenics programs was still the right course of action despite that one day they all ate together :’/.
I'm aware it's speculation on my part, but my point is that Bakool Jaja already has a pretty rough background to, on top of that, being shown as someone who doesn't care enough about his people to know that the Ja tiika leaves are an important part of the mamool ja diet regardless of the existence of xibruq pibil... but also also being so desperate that he will cheat and steal to win the contest for his people.

It's flat out inconsistent, even if he is shown as this sort of simple minded musclehead.

I know I'm cherry picking when singling out how that particular case looks, but as I said, it's a matter that the more I pick at the writing, the worse it gets for me.

And that not even accounting for xibruq pibil being a "come together" dish that only one side can make.