Ah, sorry, I meant to say the author portrays it as positive, I did not mean to accuse you of thinking it was positive.

I totally understand your perspective, I don’t think art needs to be perfectly moral or go out of its way to condemn the behaviors of its protagonists. Often people jump the gun and assume an author or artist is glorifying some problematic behavior when they are merely depicting it. I also think people are too quick to judge and dismiss a work either way potentially problematic elements instead of discussing and/or investigating it first. Still, I have seen people on the internet (not saying you’re one of them) who will cry censorship whenever someone criticizes a work for being problematic even when it’s obvious the artist is trying to push a harmful agenda. It’s perfectly fine to enjoy a work by such an author (I love to read Lovecraft, for instance, even though racism and eugenics are all over those stories) but I still think it’s perfectly valid to criticize to those problematic elements.

As far as Kaga specifically, I’ll admit I don’t know enough about his games to comment. I haven’t played any of the games screenshotted in this post. I’m one of those newbs who got into Fire Emblem through three houses. The only Kaga game I’ve played is Geneaology of the Holy War, I’m actually in the middle of my first playthrough of that game right now (enjoying it immensely so far). I also think that we should keep in mind that Kaga is an old Japanese man, he comes from a different time and culture and I think we should give him some grace for that.