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Weabooribs I won't deny social commentary is part of it (it always is) but pretty sure there is more to it, though I admit I mostly go by how monsters handle humans.
For being supposedly the peaceful party they take a special kind of glee in talking about how they want to divide a child for eating in front of it. Different species or no, I would assume a intelligent "peaceful" being would show some hesitation before making another sapient their dinner but they handle humans like some rare delicacy. I bet my ass on it some monster already ate humans back then which worsened the relationship with those that didn't (which didn't help that Humans distrust anything they don't understand).
Of course I can be completely wrong about this
It's all my guess after all.