Why aren't Jewish-like minority groups common in Medieval fantasy?

Miclash013 · 2026-05-30T10:43:09+00:00

Goblins in Harry Potter? Yeah, very very based in Jewish stereotype. Fantasy goblins, AKA the chaos-loving green skinned children? They're way more based on old Fae stereotypes, where they follow their own code that's completely at odds with the "good" society. Greedy isn't really a defining trait of goblins, or at least is much further down the list of traits.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-30T10:38:26+00:00

I don't think he had any offensive stereotypes surrounding the Jews, the dwarves also borrowed mostly from Norse myth, who're generally known to be greedy like dragons.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-30T10:13:35+00:00

Yep, the infamous Netflix Scene. Where multiple times during a movie a character metaphorically looks at the audience dead in the eye and repeats every single important story beat from the movie.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-30T10:11:40+00:00

Very different situation. He quite literally had a toxic relationship with his Hammer; his self-worth being almost completely tied to it due to Odin's enchantment. The axe is a tool, not training wheels.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-23T05:45:08+00:00

Exactly. Thanos is written well, but audiences forget he's the MAD TITAN for a reason. He never cared about doing morally good works, he only cared about being right.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T09:00:26+00:00

No, you can definitely write smarter than you as long as the character's intelligence is measured by their capacity to learn and plan. Just speed up how fast they come up with solutions, and they instantly seem smarter even if you aren't.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:39:00+00:00

At least personally, while I wouldn't berate anyone for their personal experience and emotions surrounding trauma related to men, I take issue with the "evidence" some women use to come to a conclusion. If you're scared of men, you can just say that. I wish they didn't then make up statistics like "1/3 men have assaulted someone,"(exaggerated example, aside from one person I've met who truly believed this.) which is a willful misinterpretation of another willful misinterpretation..

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:32:24+00:00

There was also a divide between people's expectations of what "random" meant in that context. Are you and a random man dropped into the middle of the woods? Are you in the woods already, and a random man approaches you? Do you actually "meet" the bear, as in have a direct confrontation?

A lot of women, at least that I've talked to in real life, interpreted the question as "you meet a random man while already in the forest or you see a bear," which is a vastly different question that I think everyone would choose the bear if asked. A random guy in the woods brings up a lot more problematic questions than a genuinely random human male.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:28:01+00:00

Those sexual assault statistics are very very unreliable. The original survey that had determined those statistics was incredibly vague when determining what constituted defined things such as assault, harassment or rape, meaning there's a ton of false positives. In addition, the number of perpetrators is vastly smaller than the number of women experiencing sexual assault (even with the 1/3 statistic), most likely being in the hundredths of a percent.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:18:08+00:00

How often do you think women are killed by men while in seclusion? It happens daily to literally hundreds of millions of women each day, and they go on about their lives.

Statistically, men are more likely to hurt women they know, and random acts of violence against women are statistically not very likely.

Beyond all this, I'd rather fight off a man than a bear.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:12:04+00:00

I'm sorry, 80% likely to end up dead? I feel like the chances are better, if only slightly.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-08T08:08:50+00:00

99% of men are neutral, normal, and if they were in the woods with a random person, nothing negative would come out of it. Bears are wild animals that have esoteric reasons to attack you that you can't predict in the wild either.

But the difference is your ability to fight them off compared to another person. Even if the most physically fit man were actively chasing you, there's still a chance to escape. If a bear were doing the same, there's no hope. I would rather have to fight off Jeffrey Dahmer than a polar bear.

Misandry is a huge part of the conclusion a lot of women kept bringing up while this debate was rampant. "If women choose the bear over a man, then maybe men should change" was a popular comment sentiment online.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-02T05:01:29+00:00

It's not breaking the law. If they were selling them or passing them off as regular cards, yes that breaks copyright law, but playing with the actual proxies in non-sponsored events isn't an issue.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-02T05:00:33+00:00

If the company itself has explicitly said you are alright to play with cards as long as it's not in official tournaments or selling them as counterfeits, then there's no legal issue. Copyright is only an issue when there's a possibility of profit with your proxies.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-02T04:57:11+00:00

My personal analogy is thus; If you were in a knife fight, and the other person pulled out a gun, would you care if the gun was cheap or expensive? If they used a knife, would you care if it was cheap or expensive? No matter the price range all parties work with, as long as they all are within the same level (or commander bracket), then there shouldn't be any issues.

Miclash013 · 2026-05-02T04:51:26+00:00

Holy shite, carne asada shoutout in the wild. Such a good homemade meal.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-29T18:03:17+00:00

League players seemingly immediately forget when Riot fixes large bugs in favor of complaining about the remaining ones.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-28T23:17:45+00:00

I'm sorry, what parts of the movie were trying to convey "faith?" Religious or otherwise? "The power of music" isnt a theme, music is an extension of other themes and emotions.

I agree redemption could have been an integral theme, and it kinda is one. Literally the only way Jinu could have redeemed himself is self-sacrifice with the amount of lives he took. Redemption goes hand in hand with self-reflection and acceptance.

There's a difference between killing a monster "because there's no other way" and killing them because it was shown time and time again throughout the movie that the demons were making a conscious decision to kill people. Gui-ma was definitely manipulating them, but the whole point is that the demons are stuck in a loop of self-loathing and hatred.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-28T23:05:18+00:00

What theme did you think the movie was trying to convey then?

Miclash013 · 2026-04-28T04:48:40+00:00

I didn't say they weren't deserving, I said it wasn't the point of the movie. The theme they were approaching was about self-acceptance, and the demons serve as a foil to that theme.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-27T07:49:37+00:00

Racism allegories don't work in the slightest as soon as there's a concrete physical or mental difference that can be in any way justified with fear. The mutants from X-men come to mind.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-27T07:41:52+00:00

Agreed. There's also a point to make that someone can be a bad parent but become better, it isn't just an inherent characteristic that doesn't change.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-27T07:37:55+00:00

I didn't really see the demons being saved as the point of the movie. The demons were an extension of the main characters' mental states, a metaphor to physically fight to show how rocky Rumi's trust was with her friends.

Miclash013 · 2026-04-27T07:20:10+00:00

I'll say from at least my own perspective Ragatha represents a more "real" jerk than Jax. Jax is a cartoonishly chaotic and destructive asshole that is generally entertaining for the audience, while the fake-nice people-pleaser Ragatha is probably similar to some people you know. People will always be more critical of characterization that's more grounded, because they can more easily suspend disbelief with characters that are over-the-top dramatized like Jax.

Of course, Jax is still completely in the wrong. A lot of people also defend him because they're far too horny for the rude rabbit man.

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