So, um, it's a spoiler, and it's kinda weird and complicated, but...
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They're actually not the bad guys at all, at least not historically--the humans are. But now the two sides are locked in a massive, age-spanning, incredibly destructive war in which both sides are the pawns of larger forces, though the humans are still cast as being on the "good" side of that larger conflict. But there are humans on the "bad" side and parshmen (aka Listeners) on the "good" side, and most of the parshmen (aka Singers--like I said, it's complicated) on the "bad" side are portrayed as good, ordinary people who are just caught up in the war.
What? No, that's not at all what I'm saying. The labels of good and bad don't apply to the people on the ground; they're referring to the larger forces behind the two sides. There are good and bad people on both sides.
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What I'm saying is, the parshmen/parshendi (regardless of which sides they're on) are not the Voidbringers.
And even though there are "good" and "bad" sides, the whole thing is really a lot more complicated than that; the people who are cast early on as the "bad guys" are portrayed with far more sympathy than you would probably expect, and their humanity is made very clear repeatedly. It's really hard to explain it all in a few sentences like this; I can only tell you that if you read the books, I think you'll find that you've mischaracterized them here.
I am saying there are no good guys on the side of kings that own slaves. The story says there are but you know :john-brown:
I think I left off mid way through waiting for future books. However as far as I hand gotten the story was still pro putting down a slave revolt and that felt bad.
So, um, it's a spoiler, and it's kinda weird and complicated, but...
spoiler
They're actually not the bad guys at all, at least not historically--the humans are. But now the two sides are locked in a massive, age-spanning, incredibly destructive war in which both sides are the pawns of larger forces, though the humans are still cast as being on the "good" side of that larger conflict. But there are humans on the "bad" side and parshmen (aka Listeners) on the "good" side, and most of the parshmen (aka Singers--like I said, it's complicated) on the "bad" side are portrayed as good, ordinary people who are just caught up in the war.
There being good slaves and then bad slaves does not generally address the issues I had with thr narrative
What? No, that's not at all what I'm saying. The labels of good and bad don't apply to the people on the ground; they're referring to the larger forces behind the two sides. There are good and bad people on both sides.
spoiler
What I'm saying is, the parshmen/parshendi (regardless of which sides they're on) are not the Voidbringers.
And even though there are "good" and "bad" sides, the whole thing is really a lot more complicated than that; the people who are cast early on as the "bad guys" are portrayed with far more sympathy than you would probably expect, and their humanity is made very clear repeatedly. It's really hard to explain it all in a few sentences like this; I can only tell you that if you read the books, I think you'll find that you've mischaracterized them here.
I am saying there are no good guys on the side of kings that own slaves. The story says there are but you know :john-brown:
I think I left off mid way through waiting for future books. However as far as I hand gotten the story was still pro putting down a slave revolt and that felt bad.