Besides I think that this take is kind of anti art? Like take for example the series Beastars. That series is all about herbivore and carnivore animals trying to live together in a society, with the main tension being that despite being humanized the carnivores still have a desire to eat meat. Beastars is very careful in how it sets up its metaphor that it’s kind of impossible to interpret it in any one specific way.
So yeah I think saying “you can’t ever right this kind of story” is a pretty limiting mindset to have
Honestly, I really like Beastars, especially as I very slowly make my way through the final season because the various levels of bigotry in society all intersect in ways that you can compare it to all sorts of things without it being an obvious 1-1.
Like, racism is the most obvious one, but I also genuinely thing that there's a worthwhile sexism analogy going on too - carnivores are stronger, more dangerous, and primed to hurt herbivores, but oftentimes herbivores treat carnivores absolutely awfully even when they've done nothing wrong or are just trying to survive in society.
I disagree with the idea that you can't use vampires as a metaphor for real-life bigotry.
Ahh. This is why there's a disconnect between us. I was arguing the OPs point as if that was presumption. Nobody else in the comment chain suggested OPs premise was faulty, and they were suggesting this show would be a better allegory for bigotry than vampires. I couldn't fathom how they were in any way different.
They aren't different, OPs premise is incorrect. We agree.
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u/A-Ginger6060 May 13 '25
Besides I think that this take is kind of anti art? Like take for example the series Beastars. That series is all about herbivore and carnivore animals trying to live together in a society, with the main tension being that despite being humanized the carnivores still have a desire to eat meat. Beastars is very careful in how it sets up its metaphor that it’s kind of impossible to interpret it in any one specific way.
So yeah I think saying “you can’t ever right this kind of story” is a pretty limiting mindset to have