I'm about to go OFF right now so sit down with me because SOOOO many things are wrong with this. Firstly we all know that authors tend to to make the main characters attractive. Can I point out that, the black background characters have regular curly hair and her comes the cow boy with straight hair. Personally it was an infuriating sight to see and before you say " oh Cresent it's not that deep! " IT IS. I would have preferred if all the background ppl had straight hair, I'm not saying it's better(so don't put words in my mouth) but if I had to unfortunately choose, I would rather all of them have straight hair than the cow boy being the only one have straight hair compared to the rest of them. Secondly....are we mad????. I am the first in my bloodline to witness a bl about slavery between the slave Master and a slave. This is literally like that one gacha vid and bro was FLAMED for it and you really picked yourself up and said yes! Let's do this! This is horrible and to anyone defending or dismissing it( I'm talking about you " I LOVE FEMBOYS, mody_k6, 7y_0x1, Trashpandaaa, Sora, ZAVISI, Bjj_bunny, Chacco, mgdae, I live for yaoi, Rilka and many many more" ) and saying don't judge it by the first chapter. The moment slavery was brought in, wrap it up. The cruelty they have lived through for years and you are going to make a bl to what? Water it down, make it seems like even in the dark there was some light? H*L NO. I was actually so excited thinking it was going to be like Dead or Alive just to get shot in the face and up my a*s by a rocket launcher. This needs to go on a never ending hiatus. Right now. I was actually so shocked and I have never messaged my friend so fast.
Comment by CressentM00n on Song of the Wasteland - Chapter 1
I have been alive since the first dawn and I will be alive to watch the last sunset.
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@CressentM00n i agree with you that its not ok to like make a bl like slavexmaster cuz its a serious topic an stuffs but tbh if you read a bunch some peopol dont rlly think about the topics too much and thers lowk a bunch of ones like this(i am not saying that its ok to make the topic seem less serious ok)
@CressentM00n Excuse me, could you clarify have you figured out the protagonist's nationality and origin yet, and what his hair should be like? Am I correct in assuming that the author will be at fault for drawing both straight and curly hair? What's the correct approach then?
@CressentM00n I am responding to you—since I did write about judgment in my comment—just so there will be no misunderstandings. I wrote that I will postpone my judgment (and therefore my opinion) not because I don't have one, but because I don't want any arguments to happen. I never actually said what my judgment was. So, if you wrote that part taking my comment into consideration, please understand that I never said whether this is right or wrong; I just wanted to avoid discussions or insults from people. If it wasn't about my comment, then you can just ignore this.
@OAO Thank you for your reply. I read your CressentM00n's comment and wrote a question only because I was wondering what was the right (or acceptable) way to do this, and whether there was a right (acceptable) way.
I couldn't find an answer for myself on how to do this in a way that would be appropriate for others, so I left a comment with question.
@ItsNotOverYet If 100% assuming his race to be of African descendant for two main reasons (1 is logic and time lines don't add up and the second is more of a preference). One, even though he called them "laborers" you must be under the impression that this is after the salves were emancipated however the time line wouldn't match up. The northern salves should have been freed around the late 17th and early 18th hundred I believe ( please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm going based on world/Caribbean history) and the war which I don't believe was the American revolution war because we still clearly see nobles/ maids. I'm about 85% after America can indepence they dropped that system as it was an England system. The fact that he had to pay them and for their freedom was something only slaves had. Freed people were free, indentured laborers were free the only one I could think of that would somewhat apply to this is the apprenticeship system but it still wouldn't apply as the cow boy Era happened in the late 18th hundreds.
Secondly as I stated in my rant, the main characters all tend to be attractive. My issue is the fact all the background people had short curly hair and across while the " attractive love interest " has pin straight hair. That's my issue, I could have been less mad if they all had straight hair but nope. They singled out the only one to have straight hair.
@OAO I'm not sure what you comment is but I'm sure I will find it soon but you said you will hold onto your judgment but can I just say something(I think I will say something). Yes let's say, don't judge a book by its cover, what we can judge so far is the setting ( makes no sense) and the love interests. So far it has started out as the classic white savior, who didn't like slavery and he was a good slave Master and yadayada...wrong! Secondly this is clearly during the slavery Era yet still we are having cow boys? The timeliness don't match up, nothing. If Jaxx really put effort into his research and understood what actually happened. I'm about 80% sure that they would have canceled the idea and stuck to a cowboy theme. WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT BY THE WAY!
Just those few things I pointed out alone clearly shows the inconsistencies and lack of actually effort put into studying such a heavy topic
@CressentM00n Thanks for the reply! I'm asking just for clarification.
I got the impression that ML's race could be Native American descendant. I don't know how likely that is. And based on this, I thought ML's straight hair made sense.
I apologize for any mistakes; English is not my native language.
Spoiler!
I'm not from the USA, and my knowledge of it's history is superficial. I come from a country whose history, unfortunately, also included slavery, where whites (and other nationalities) were slaves and whites were masters, divided by origin and birth. And from my own country's history, I know that more than one nation (but many) experienced slavery, and that emancipation from slavery didn't happen instantly. I can assume that in these respects, the histories of different countries are similar.
Ah, I understand, the timeline is inaccurate! First, there should have been emancipation in a northern state like Illinois, then a military conflict, and then demobilization (and the cowboy era is very roughly ~1865-~1890). And it was at this point (1865-1866) that MC arrives in the wasteland.
Honestly, I got the impression that MC didn't give money as a way to free the slaves. There was a promotional video for this story on social media, and the video described the subsequent events: MC selling everything he owned, paying off all his father's debts, and giving away all his money because he was going to end his life. So, perhaps this gesture had that meaning. (But this is speculation; we'll never know, so it's just speculation.)I got the impression that ML's race could be Native American descendant. I don't know how likely that is. And based on this, I thought ML's straight hair made sense.
I apologize for any mistakes; English is not my native language.
@ItsNotOverYet I see the point your making and your English is quite fine. You pointing out the speculation oh him going to end his life could change the the meaning but ut still doesn't change the lack of research that went to making this. Such heavy topics should never be written about unless you have done extensive research and fully understand what went down. I am the author has decided to cancel this and revise everything but all he really needs to do is just remove the slavery part. I'm telling you people would eat up the cow boy Era.
@CressentM00n Thank you. Yes, I understand what you are talking about. I also have the impression that author could have taken the same historical period, the same main characters, the same "start" events from MC's life, but NEVER mentioned slavery or slaves, NEVER showed people in slavery, NEVER even mentioned the word "slavery," and the story would have been perceived as more acceptable and wouldn't have faced much criticism.(Personally, don't really like this decision (but it seems acceptable for the release of such a story, especially since it is a commercial entertainment project))
Perhaps the author meant well in the sense that if you write about this time, you can't keep silent about such important events and people. But here, as in the saying: "We meant well, but it turned out as usual."
Hope the author comes up with another interesting story and releases it. (I'm not sure they'll be able to reboot this particular story.)