The experiences of the child thus far, in the single episode she's been in: - was injured terribly in a wagon crash - main character healed her - she now works for the main character (she is a child and should not be working. The main character is an adult.) - the main character took only her and her maid on an important business trip. The child has parents. The parents were not invited. - the main character bisected a bandit and killed several others in front of the child, then told the child that bandits are not people. - the main character scolds someone else for having blood on them in case they "terrify the child" - the child is then made to drive the wagon. - when the child expresses discomfort at staying in a fancy hotel, the main character acts as if she is an idiot for acting this way - the child's use as an assistant immediately is made obsolete by the appearance of one of the main character's old butlers who is returning to her service. ... Why...? Why do they treat the child like this? This fully makes the main character out as the bad guy. If that was intentional, I'd be intrigued, but everything else in the story tells you that the main character was wronged and her judgement is perhaps overkill, but is ultimately justified. What is going on. What kind of choice was this? #lockanime #abuse #child-abuse #fictional-not-real
the young typically arent treated as or seen as people.
... You aren't wrong, but also... Within stories like this, generally the main character would only pick up a young charge to show that they're "generous and kind", and they would be very sweet to the youth. Alternatively, perhaps this kind of treatment would happen, but it would be for the sake of showing how flawed a character is. In this case, the character is, in all other ways, treated as if she is Correct and Just. This is what makes it so very jarring.
this is likely because women can never do anything wrong ever (joking).
Hah. Something something I support Women's Wrongs. No, it is... This is unusual for this subgenre. It caught me so strongly off guard. I was expecting poor writing but this... Really feels like the author simply hates children and it bled through. I do not like wrigglers myself, but I respect them. They'll become adults one day too. If you don't treat them well, they'll end up broken like the rest of us.
probably something of the author then, yeah.
It is... Its too offputting. I'll find something else to watch. It isn't as if I am giving them any money from watching on "totally legal" websites, but... I don't want to bother giving them pan space either.