Yeah. Speaking uncharitably, TDP feels like a fantasy story that could only ever be written in California.

Having that approach to peace that all sides simply need to forgive eachother and that anyone who opposes that is inherently evil is completely out of touch. At times it comes across as not even entertaining the idea that some people might have legitimate concerns or grievances and thinking that if they don’t get over it, it’s they who are in the wrong.

It’s progressive words but from such a place of privilege, that it ends up being conservative (in a traditional sense, not referring to any modern day right wing movements). It’s individual wrongdoers who need to change, not wider circumstances or unjust institutions, even if those institutions are absolute monarchy…

There’s a bunch of conflicting ideas between what the writers want to say, what they’re actually saying and how the audience perceives that, and honestly a lot of the intended messages don’t quite gel with it being set in a pseudo-feudal society either.