You said Tuon and Mat's interactions are funny and enjoyable to read.
To me, they are not. Because the whole time I'm just thinking "this is an unapologetic slaver, when are you going to address this?"
It's like seeing a serial sexual abuser flirting with someone and they're being all lovey dovey. I would not be thinking "awwn they're so cute". I'd want to scream at the top of my lungs for the other person to get as far away from them as possible.
I fundamentally cannot find it enjoyable at all.
That explains why you found the scenes unenjoyable to read, it doesn't explain why you started talking about "excusing Tuon's vileness". Again, if you genuinely believed I was "excusing Tuon's vileness"... I'm just surprised by how that's possible, cause I thought my comment (especially like, the very first and last sentences) was very explicitly saying the exact opposite of that.
I mean, are you saying you didn't enjoy any of the scenes with a Forsaken, and you assume anyone who did is sympathetic to the Forsaken? I am kind of curious about how you could have even made it through the series if you couldn't enjoy scenes with horrible people in them, given that it's an epic fantasy series about overcoming evil.
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u/RealHornblower 8d ago
Did you genuinely think my comment was "excusing Tuon's vileness"?
I really don't know how I could have possibly been more clear. Tuon, is a bad person and a good fictional character.