#or some takes I saw about vax in the latest lvm eps

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This rattles around in my head whenever we meet a complicated NPC or even hear about them, but there is frequently a chilling lack of empathy towards NPCs who are anything but complete and utter allies (or, funnily enough, complete and utter villains). This even at times spreads to PCs when they are not sufficiently kind to one's favorite, which is even worse.

The thing is, I like D&D villains, and I also like D&D complicated people with complicated relationships, but there's this excessive focus on only how one half of each relationship feels, or things are evaluated on a framework related to "who supports my blorbo/ship" rather than considering that other people have their own interests and priorities. Which is also why so much fictional war crimes/murders discourse is in such bad faith; it's judged on who is doing it and whether the judge likes their vibes, and not on any sort of consideration of the situation at hand.

#the relvin stuff and a good post about molly brought this up again but it's really an eternal mood #and it does feel more pronounced with specific characters #like. there's a contingent who grants otohan more leniency than relvin and it's like. hm. #or some takes I saw about vax in the latest lvm eps #cr tag