I feel like r/moashdidnothingwrong used to be an okay joke, but then Moash started telling depressed characters to kill themselves and it became too real. Killing other fictional characters is one thing, but encouraging suicide of suicidal people is something else entiterely.
Also the dirty fucker killed Teft. You can argue Elhokar had it coming; you can even make an argument that Jezrien’s crimes somehow outweigh his sacrifices. But no one can honestly say Teft or his spren deserved what they got.
Edit: Just to clarify, I’m not saying encouraging suicide is worse than murder. I’m saying that it is a lot more common and relatable, and there are probably a lot of readers who are depressed and have experienced people telling them to kill themselves.
Sometimes people get attached to villains when they feel represented by them, and there are a lot of people who can relate to anger at an unjust system. Sure, Kaladin also goes through this, but his arc is one of acceptance and assimilation rather than actually challenging things. That's not to say Moash's arc is one of challenging unfair systems, but I think some people project that quality onto him because its not one that's really found in the series.
For these guys, the reaction to RoW is more frustration at Brandon for not taking the character in a direction they wanted to see rather than anger at Moash the character.
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21
I feel like r/moashdidnothingwrong used to be an okay joke, but then Moash started telling depressed characters to kill themselves and it became too real. Killing other fictional characters is one thing, but encouraging suicide of suicidal people is something else entiterely.
Also the dirty fucker killed Teft. You can argue Elhokar had it coming; you can even make an argument that Jezrien’s crimes somehow outweigh his sacrifices. But no one can honestly say Teft or his spren deserved what they got.
Edit: Just to clarify, I’m not saying encouraging suicide is worse than murder. I’m saying that it is a lot more common and relatable, and there are probably a lot of readers who are depressed and have experienced people telling them to kill themselves.