Kyuuketsu Hime wa Barairo no Yume wo Miru - Vol. 2 Ch. 7 - Eh? Are you asking for my help?

[BrownStorm]

A guy gets magically transformed/reborn into a vampire girl in another world and the intricacies of a fantasy fictional world's fantasy fictional government's fantasy fictional bureaucracy is where you lose your suspension of disbelief?

I mean no disrespect but you're probably a lot of fun at parties.

Just because it's fantasy doesn't mean there should be no logic, but that's not the point. When politics isn't the focus of a work the only reason to bring up something like Democracy is to have an easy Good (democracy) vs Evil (monarchy). It's boring

 

[MidnighTea]

Just because it's fantasy doesn't mean there should be no logic, but that's not the point. When politics isn't the focus of a work the only reason to bring up something like Democracy is to have an easy Good (democracy) vs Evil (monarchy). It's boring

If you value civil rights, then yeah, Democracy is pretty much always Good. Though still a frustratingly imperfect system in an imperfect world, but they're definitely a better place to live than dictatorships. CGP's Rules for Rulers covers all this nicely.

Sp yeah I don't mind fantasy authors using Democracy as a shorthand for "Good". Because "Good" usually does entail more freedom and happiness, whereas bad guys in fantasy stories usually want to rule with an iron fist.
Mind you, I don't mind if you find it frustrating how it's treated as an easy transition. Because that's really not how things are at all. But if you're reading slop like this manga, I'd assume you sometimes enjoy slop. I know I do.

 

[kwendy]

Damn social economy ruined my perception - i cringed a little when he said "democracy". Buuuut, it's fairy tail, so giving big discount is a given. It's not that kind of a story anyway.

 

[BULLETTIME11]

You know it WOULD bother me a lot more that genderswap is being used as bait, but... I remember what it was like being a fan of this genre 20-25 years ago. When adding genderswap to any work that wasn't Ranma pretty much would TANK it. It was treated as pure narrative poison. It feels like a small miracle that Kampfer and Kashimashi got published.

I never thought I'd see the day where it's not only not treated with disgust by general audiences, it's now bait material to get people to read something they would have otherwise passed up. So anytime I feel small irritation at being baited with a female protagonist whose genderswap aspect is a footnote at best, I'm like "wow, what a time to be alive -- my favorite thing is loved enough to be bait now."

At least the genre is making steps, I await the day it's treated normally and not used as bait or treated like trash just for its existence