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And please, don’t start with the “Isha Khan was a sl*ve so this story is racist” argument. My dear friends, there are thousands of webtoons written by Koreans where white women or main characters are sold as sl*ves—have you ever seen even one comment accusing those stories of being racist?
For everyone’s information: historically, white people were sold as sl*ves by Arabs, Asians were sold as sl*ves, and Black people were sold as sl*ves. Does that mean we’re all supposed to be angry forever and never stop talking about racism? At some point, we have to look at the story as it is, not force an interpretation that wasn’t intended.
I was thinking the exact same thing as you! the Kukrans that are supposedly "savages" or "barbarians" are the most civilised ones there and are just superior in general.
Yeah like this is definitely different than something like Kidnapped Bride. It still comes from a fetish, but plot wise it's not that bad and the racism plot line serves the plot. If anything they are literally about to go an defeat an oppressor.
I get where the initial commenters are coming from, but considering they haven't read the story at all this feels like the wrong place for a tirade.
i dont have a problem with the dark skinned vs light skinned dynamic in this story, i think the author is making a commentary like you highlighted. my main critique is actually about how they scapegoated the Rom (to represent the Roma people irl) as the bad bad villain and played up every g*psy stereotype to move the plot along :/
Are we actually reading the same webtoon? Because I’ve seen some people say that the FL is portrayed as the savior. Like, what? The real savior is Isha Khan—he saves the girl he loves and his people.
I think the whole point of this story is to highlight what stereotyping people looks like and how wrong it is. Am I the only one who noticed how the author shows the Kukrans as an advanced society? They have gender equality, they’re the best warriors, they have a rich culture, and they enjoy luxuries that even the Estians envy.
Meanwhile, the supposedly "superior" Estians can't even manage their own internal issues and still treat women like marriage material. Don’t you see who the author is actually holding in higher regard? And who’s portrayed as the true hero in this story?