Right? On one hand I feel personally attacked, but on the other hand “oh thank god it’s not just me”.

But next year I swear I’ll have the time and energy to actually build all those cool ideas behind the domains! I hope….

How very dare you.

Yeah, you’re spot on. It’s not heavy handed, but the eye color caste/class stuff is not supposed to be seen as a positive for sure.

If you like fantasy, he is writing some of the best out there right now. The Stormlight series is planned as 10 books, 5 so far, so if you want to “try it out” you might want to start elsewhere. His Mistborn trilogy is outstanding, and the first book can actually stand alone so you don’t feel like committing. It’s also got some good social commentary in the world building about class systems etc.

If you don’t like fantasy, then probably not worth your time.

If it were a glorification of that concept, then sure, but it’s not. Most of the time spent on that particular bit of world building it to point out what a stupid system it is.

I had to check if I was in the Lemmy equivalent to /r/cremposting… There is one but it’s dead, oh well.

For context, in the Stormlight Archive fantasy series, eye color determines social standing. Blue or green eyes are “light eyes”, and are like nobility. Whereas “dark eyes” are commoners, laborers, etc. There are quite a few few linguistic things related to that, so your thought could fit right in.

“Look sir, all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.”