I can't help but feel like the Brimhats make very compelling points, but are constantly written to take villainous actions that don't necessarily follow from their core arguments. This undercuts their very understandable philosophy in order to make them more clear-cut antagonists than they would otherwise be.
It's similar to (but subtler than) when a movie villain reveals a sympathetic or even reasonable motivation and then does something needlessly evil in order to make sure the audience doesn't start thinking of them too positively.
Usually this leads to whatever worthwhile critiques the antagonists have of the prevailing state of affairs going unaddressed. It's often a way to maintain a fictional status quo that isn't necessarily justifiable or good, when you stop to think about it. In any case I love this series, so I hope it transcends that issue.
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It's similar to (but subtler than) when a movie villain reveals a sympathetic or even reasonable motivation and then does something needlessly evil in order to make sure the audience doesn't start thinking of them too positively.
Usually this leads to whatever worthwhile critiques the antagonists have of the prevailing state of affairs going unaddressed. It's often a way to maintain a fictional status quo that isn't necessarily justifiable or good, when you stop to think about it. In any case I love this series, so I hope it transcends that issue.
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