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I was talking context to history not to the series itself. But the series borrows from history. Magic and women gaining ownership/power aside.
You don't have to like it, but you can't close your eyes and pretend killing to consolidate or solidify power never happened because it did. Still does today to a certain extent in some countries. I wasn't condoning the killing of a child. I was pointing out the fact that it was common and it happened.
You can't compare modern day society's views on historical views because the past was a completely different world. If you have issue with it go read something else. The past is riddled with really messed up stuff.
Welcome to the world of nobility and monarchy of the past. This shit was common. It happened. Yeah it is the easy way out because it cost less in the long run to their family and they did it any way.
By acknowledging that bad things happened in the past and understanding that it existed, we can actually move forward to prevent the same thing from happening. By pretending it never happened is asking for the same horrific things to happen again. If you can't stomach the cold, hard truth that horrific things happened in the past then move on and read other things. The series more than blatantly screamed politics and power struggles from the beginning.