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Historical accuracy

vkdif June 25, 2026 5:21 am

This is an analysis of history accuracy of the setting Songs of the Waste Land since a lot of people seemed to be confused on some parts of chapter 1 this is not a meant to be an attack or defense for this manhwa. Please correct me on any mistakes I make. Chapter 1 starts off with the introduction of Gerald who comes from a wealthy family the phrase Blue-Blooded means some who comes from nobility descent or is high class. When the civil war started Gerald join due to his father pressuring him into it. This was common at the time as many sons went to war for a sense of duty, maintain the constitution, or in Gerald case his father wanted to gain economic and political advantages. Its important to note that despite Illinois being a union state its economy still relied on slave labor from the south and had Black laws/Codes(discriminatory legislation towards POC) The Ranch that Gerald inherits is located in Arizona/Utsh Monument Valley which is in the South its important to note Arizona was not a state at the time but a southern territory I bring this up because by this time in the story slavery is already abolished nationwide with the ratification of the 13th amendment but many southern states still had slaves due to legal loopholes, discriminatory laws, suppressing the news of slavery abolishment, lack of funds to travel, or deep family roots in Gerald case it seems many of them stayed due to lack of funds to travel and choose to stay at the Ranch. Also calling Gerald young master is history accurate as even with the abolishment of slavery some POC still called white people master out of habit, fear of retaliation or economic necessity. With the introduction of Ezra it is mentioned that he is a mixed race Native American Cattle Worker and is referred to as a cowhand, this is historically inaccurate as Cowhand is used to for white workers while cowboy at the time used used as a derogatory slur used to describe POC cattle workers. His name Ezra comes the biblical name azaryahu which means help, helper, or gods helper which fits his character as shown in the trailer of Ezra helping Gerald cope with his ptsd. While we don’t know the exact ethnicity of Ezra given the time period and location he is most likely from the Navajo tribe and is half white which is extremely sad because it heavily implies that Ezra a product of as it was common for white men at the time to SA Native American women and black women and if they were pregnant the child was sold into slavery or they were accepted members of Native American tribes. It’s important to note after the civil war the western indian war started which was the American government wanting to expand their territory into Native American land which resulted in the massacre, mass displacement, and cultural erase of native americans which heavily implies this happen to Ezra and he wants revenge on Gerald for inheriting his stolen land considering the revenge tag on manta

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    pseudo-sacred June 25, 2026 5:34 am

    Thank you so much for this

    Sad new account June 25, 2026 6:38 am

    Please note I don't think the author is mean but why did they name The mix Native American a biblical name when Erza is from Native woman and product of to boot. Maybe I don't know that much of Native American besides the school. What is they thinking???

    vkdif June 25, 2026 7:44 am
    Please note I don't think the author is mean but why did they name The mix Native American a biblical name when Erza is from Native woman and product of to boot. Maybe I don't know that much of Native American... Sad new account

    Because the name Erza(which means help,helper,God's help) fits his role in the story from what I have seen in the preview trailers. It's heavily implied that Gerald plans on committing suicide after selling the ranch due to his ptsd and grief over losing his family as a result of the Civil war. Ezra choices to stay with Gerald not because he's Gerald "slave" but because he wants revenge on Gerald family for take his ancestral land but despite this we see him soothe and help Gerald whenever he is going through his ptsd

    Sad new account June 25, 2026 7:59 am
    Because the name Erza(which means help,helper,God's help) fits his role in the story from what I have seen in the preview trailers. It's heavily implied that Gerald plans on committing suicide after selling the... vkdif

    It's doesn't fix my point, and it's my ultimate fear this the "Magical Majority Trope" please note the character doesn't have to be have magical power to fix the white MC he just have to be conveniently help him about his situation. Maybe way worst it goes "Not all white people are bad" trope in real historical event is not good either literally the Hidden Figure a movie about real life people. The scene where one of the worker destroyed the restroom. That didn't happen in real life and main reason it's there because the director feel bad

    Sad new account June 25, 2026 8:03 am
    It's doesn't fix my point, and it's my ultimate fear this the "Magical Majority Trope" please note the character doesn't have to be have magical power to fix the white MC he just have to be conveniently help hi... Sad new account

    Please note I don't think the author is horrible. I personally think she get all the setting right but the attention wrong and her Twit of her cover art of this Manhwa doesn't help either

    Her twit said "People confused me with offense and defense" Girl there is no defense there not defense either

    Sad new account June 25, 2026 8:04 am
    Please note I don't think the author is horrible. I personally think she get all the setting right but the attention wrong and her Twit of her cover art of this Manhwa doesn't help either Her twit said "People ... Sad new account

    *there's no Offense there's no Defense either
    God I hate myself