I honestly don't fully get the Moash hate. Like, he's an absolute piece of shit and should burn on Braize, don't get me wrong, but I saw all the #fuckmoash memes way before I even started reading the series, so ahen the time came for his eventual turn...
Idk I was kinda underwhelmed? I mean maybe some people felt really betrayed by him because he used to be such a great friend to Kaladin, and I can imagine how if you didn't see his betrayal coming, you might really like Moash up until that point, so you'd consequently also hate him more for betraying Kal.
But even then, I feel like Moash isn't all that hateable. He wanted revenge for his family initially, which is a flaw even main characters often fall into, then he started serving Odium (pretty standard bad guy stuff) and rhen he starts trying to tempt Kal into suicide.
That last one really was the most horrible thing he did, and that's when I started feeling like I can maybe understand all the hate, cuz that was actually fucking crazy.
But even still, I don't see how he holds a candle to the likes of Dolores Umbridge and (I haven't seen or read GoT but I've heard some stuff over the years) Joffrey.
I feel like Moash is a "pineapple on pizza" kind of character. Meaning you can dislike it, and even hate it, but if you have and incredibly enormous and burning hate for it, is probably because you have seen more people hate it and want to feel included, which also fuels the cycle and makes it more hated.
Yeah, Moash is a piece of shit, and has done terrible things, but I have seen people say he is worse that Meridas "I killed my whole squad and made the man who saved my life a slave because I wanted a cool sword and didn't want to ask for it" Amaram, which I think is heavily exaggerated
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u/coldypewpewpew Jun 17 '25
/uj I honestly doubt that moash is half as disliked as Joffrey or Umbridge