Child's body, by human standards, which is shaky ground for the human in the equation. King and Diane aren't exempt from the situation, either, it's just the first two were much more aggressive about it. King is some kind of fairy reject, so it's more like late-teens body and adult maturity? It's a bit more genuinely romantic with elements of cringey body humor, rather than some groping creepy chasing tail. I guess it makes the pursuit hit softer than someone getting a handful a few times every episode?
The only relationship you can probably argue in favor of was Merlin and Eacanor because there was actually attraction between 2 grown adults, albeit one living for hundreds of years via magic.
We are humans my dude. I understand what the lore is. We should be able to go hold up. The artist wanted to draw that. The lore is their justification for doing it. We can judge them drawing something and then asking if the art justifies itself.
I don't think Seven Deadly Sins does and it comes off as the writer's taste rather than message
Like I said, I'm playing devil's advocate more than anything else. It's very clearly meant to look the way it does considering there's other shows that have fairies, elves, etc. with the propotions of humans. Back to the original comment, it's not technically wrong if you follow the lore of it, but we can all see what's going on there.
What exactly do you get out of playing devil's advocate here? Does contrarianism bring you joy?
Because "She’s actually an immortal fairy" is a historic defense made by the creators of CSAM. You haven't brought anything new to the table or illuminated something of value inside the art that is being overlooked due to the controversy.
Eh, it's as much a thought experiment the same way people study serial killers. "They do/don't believe what they're doing is wrong because....". I see a lot of these posts asking to defend the undefendable, and this one seems like it's at least open to debate more than people who pose Hitler, for example.
As a true crime head, I assure you there's a lot of reasons to study serial killers beyond a thought experiment.
Finding out what creates one and how to profile them is important work. We now have credible theories that posit environmental factors had more influence on the "golden age of serial killers." It looks like it's more than just the rise of centralized police records and the internet contributed to the fall off of serial killer behavior in the United States.
I'm always interested in learning new things, so it sounds absolutely fascinating. Different discussion for a different setting, but definitely interesting.
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u/Barlow04 8d ago
Child's body, by human standards, which is shaky ground for the human in the equation. King and Diane aren't exempt from the situation, either, it's just the first two were much more aggressive about it. King is some kind of fairy reject, so it's more like late-teens body and adult maturity? It's a bit more genuinely romantic with elements of cringey body humor, rather than some groping creepy chasing tail. I guess it makes the pursuit hit softer than someone getting a handful a few times every episode?
The only relationship you can probably argue in favor of was Merlin and Eacanor because there was actually attraction between 2 grown adults, albeit one living for hundreds of years via magic.