Preach!
100% agree
I partly agree with you but just because someone saved you and gave you safety and a place to live it doesn't mean you deserve to lose your humanity and your rights, to be treated like cattle and tip toeing around without being able to breathe. Sure, both are evil, both plot murder, but in this setting it's understandable. But yes, they are also incredibly stupid, but I understand the need to rebel and don't shame them for that. Imo the author made them too npc brainded :c
Bro they all literally have loved ones that died because of Guwon before they came to that town. Yes it is hypocritical, but that’s just how humans are, and the villagers also admitted that. Also the villagers shows survival bias yk, the ones living there are people who are completely scared of Guwon and the hounds, and Teach just gave them courage to rebel. Yes the plan is dumb, but not every revolution is perfect, most of revolutions just happens because of courage and impulsivity of people. It’s just like saying “why do people rally in this current world or throw their government out when they were already given a lot of things?”. It’s because they dont want to live under a life full of injustice.
Mostly agreeing with the two replies above me.
Because yeah, it was a bad plan and they are hypocritical and I personally believe that the rebellion was, in part, to ease their own survivor's guilt. But that doesn't mean it wasn't at least partially justified.
Yes, Guwon & the Hounds provided for them and kept them safe but they also brutally and mercilessly killed their loved ones with no remorse or guilt and the townspeople are 100% valid in wanting them gone bc of that, especially since the rules (or at least the penalty for said rules) are insanely oppressive. They're not wrong for wanting to actually live safely & without fear.
I honestly do favour the Hounds and characters and I will call the townspeople stupid til the ends of the Earth but I don't they were wrong for wanting to revenge and wanting to not live under such oppressive leaders.
At the end of the day, it's far more nuanced & complex than "The villagers good; Guwon & the Hounds bad" or "The villagers bad; Guwon & the Hounds good" because both parties had some level of reason for how they operated: Guwon only took in people who would be of some use to the Town and had such strict rules as for there to be enough supplies for everyone and, while wrong, killing outsiders reduces competition for supplies, food etc. At the same time, having to live under & rely on the people who killed your loved ones for little to no good reason, and abide by oppressive rules, would fucking suck and it's perfectly reasonable to want to find a better, more fair way to live.
I’m gonna be so fr, I don’t give af about ANY of the villagers whatsoever. (Except for the kids). From the moment they decided to plot and try to kill guwon, I was never on their side. It was always such a stupid plan. They fr thought they had the ability to beat the hounds who are trained to skillfully kill EVERY DAY. They thought killing the leader would solve everything- but it obviously made it worse since the leader was the one holding them back.
I also think that the villagers have always been very hypocritical. Of course the hounds and guwon have cruel/merciless behavior- but for all of the villagers to have zero guilt casually plotting their deaths makes me certain that their mentality is not that different from them. The reason all of them are alive in the first place is because of the hounds/guwon. They didn’t want to do the work in making their own safe place but wanted to take over their area instead. None of these villagers have the skills to kill zombies, fight against other towns, scavenge food, supplies, etc. They had the leisure to hate the hounds/guwon for not liking how they rule things, but also enjoying the safety within the walls and the items they receive from them.
In my opinion, I hate the villagers more than the hounds as characters- because at least the hounds openly show how cruel they are and are aware of it. The villagers on the other hand act like they’re some heroes of justice, and don’t realize how dumb and similar they really are. Honestly I wish that the hounds and guwon just kicked out all of the villagers and let them fend for themselves. See how long that lasts LMAO.