Actually burning is only painful for like 2 minutes. Then you die a painless death but that's besides the point. Yes he should have freed that and exposed his mother's madness.
How do u know it’s exactly 2 minutes? Also, having your flesh, muscles and nerves melted for this amount of time cannot be considered a quick of painless death anyways. And agreed, he could’ve told the emperor or smth, either way, I feel bad for the siblings and I don’t think he made the right decision here. It was cruel either way
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in the case of the children in the cage, death seems like the right thing for them, to deliver them from their misery. and so i personally don’t find it cruel because there seems to be no other solution for them
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He could try to free them? Or at least kill them in a less cruel manner?
honestly i don’t even think they cared about the brutality of their death, being burned alive, because they were basically walking corpses so fjord just killing them is the most merciful thing he could do for them. he could’ve done it in other ways other than burning them all alive at once, both in a less cruel manner and a more cruel manner
Freeing them would’ve been far more merciful if u ask me. I think he could’ve at least try to come up with a plan of how to free them. At least consider it, honestly I don’t think that would’ve been impossible, maybe they could’ve been even useful in taking his mother down. If not, killing them in more humane manner would’ve been also more merciful. Do u consider Lirica getting burned alive in such positive light too? I don’t think any of the readers do. The truth is, they were victims, similar to him at that, and I find it crazy how many people are totally supportive of him suddenly burning them alive
I gave it a thought. And I take back what i said earlier. Killing them was a mercy. We don't know at what state they were. They could have been extremely mentally or physically disabled beyond repair on top of that put in an extremely unfavorable environment. Even if he had saved them, they were doomed to begin with. So yes i think it was the most reasonable and merciful choice Fjord could think of
Going with that logic they could’ve also been in perfectly fine state, just desperate to survive and get out of there, no? Tbh, I don’t really get why so many people are defending this
As you can see his mother said they were failed experiments. So I guess that they weren't functioning human (or even human at all) or they're in extreme pain just to exist like those failed experiments in movies yk. So killing them would be better of than letting them live since they wouldn't be able to survive on their own nor would they want to honestly. Tho yes buring them is not the way to do it since it's not very swift, let's just assume it's magic fire that burns instantly or smth. And I don't think they really do have a conscious other than feeling pain because they're all depicted as red dots as eyes like theyre collectively broken, so I think they don't really have an individual conscious.(I honestly don't even know if I make sense or not )
Failed experiment by her standards could easily mean that they aren’t her perfect little porcelain dolls. You really think she would consider them successful if they were normal human beings? That woman is batshit insane, I don’t think her standards equal our standards. And we also don’t know if they could or not survive on their own and whether they wanted to. I think the should’ve at least be given the chance. Let’s be honest here, a lot of people defend it, but if one of those kids was the MC and situation was described from their point of view, Fjord would easily be the villain and that would most likely be a revenge story. I doubt anyone would consider him to be “merciful” in that situation. Honestly, I just find people to be hypocritical about this situation. Truth to be told, with the facts we have been given, what he did was messed up and people only defend it cause it’s him and they like him.
Truth be told if this was any other manga I wouldn't defend this behavior but obviously the author didn't write it with any intention for it to be cruel they probably really did make all the "failed experiments" basically non livable human. I don't think you should take this too seriously cuz in the end it's still considered quite a bright story so I doubt the author would really make him that cruel (since he's the male lead and all). I think you just are taking things a little too seriously, maybe you're just reading in between the lines way too much, the author probably wrote that in a righteous view. Maybe it's not morally correct to you, but you aren't the person who wrote the story so who knows what the author real intention for that scene was. I'm not defending his action at all, I even felt like there could have been a more merciful way than to kill them than with fire, but I can also see that the author wanted to convey that for them it is freedom that they can die and that if they were to live it would be living hell.(By the scene of one of the "sibling" smiling)
They're basically zombies at this point
Are YOU the author? Did author post anywhere explaining that? If they didn’t then it’s just your interpretation, just like this one is mine. Also, I don’t need to be the author to consider something immoral. For example, there’s tons of stories which portray abusive relationships as “love”, doesn’t mean we can’t call it out for being messed up. You’re kinda talking like your opinion is a fact and mine is wrong cause im apparently seeing something that isn’t there. Im not sure if this was your intention but the way you’re talking to me is a little condescending (like u look down on me or think im stupid). Im also not taking this seriously, Im simply sharing my opinion on the story and events I’ve read. It’s fiction, it’s not that deep, but I like getting engaged with the story and share my feelings about it. The fact is, your opinions is also just that, an opinion. You’re not right about what is happening, because opinions can’t be facts unless you can prove them. So please don’t give me that “know it all” attitude and talk like I can’t read the story properly. You have your own perspective and I have mine, that’s it. Sorry if I came out rude, but I hate when people talk down to me.
If I remember correctly, that wasn’t proved anywhere in the story. It can be your interpretation, but there isn’t any proof of that being true. Those kids were barely shown and we don’t know much about them or in what state they were.
that's a stupid excuse, i don't think he actually care about freeing them he's not the perfect character and he's not a character that supposed to be all good just getting rid off them i think since it's traumatizing or maybe having them is threatening
exactly but he's not the perfectly good character now his priority is protecting her, it's not like he have the time to hang them one by one to be more merciful he wanted to get rid of them maybe he see their existence as a threat or as a burden easiest way to get rid of them
Exactly, it’s a stupid excuse. He clearly didn’t care about even trying to free them
Am I the only one who thinks that Fjord burning his siblings is just cruel? Why would he do that? Why not try to free them instead? And if u gonna kill them as an act of “mercy” then try to do it swiftly at least. Burning someone alive is one of the most painful and cruel deaths u could give. Lirica was literally burnt on a stake before, and we don’t consider her death to be done in a merciful manner, do we?