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Episode Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto • Secrets of the Silent Witch - Episode 7 discussion

Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto, episode 7

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u/myrlin77 Aug 15 '25

I can appreciate that ideal in theory But.....

In a society like that, as explained, they would not give 2 hoots about anyone not in their domain or beholden to them. Especially if they MURDERED a family member. Don't ever think nameless faces matter to even someone nowadays if it meant their own kin. Your neighbor would sacrifice your whole town if it saved his/her kid.

Also, that disaster would immediately be mediated by the king way before it actually happened. I would guess that little hoe's family would have to give up some land and other and lose a TON of social standing.

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u/towardselysium Aug 16 '25

Its all but certain to cause the house to fall to ruin. Poisioning is a cardinal sin to the aristocracy. Getting publicly outed in noble society that your a poisoner is no less than a death sentence

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u/ukezi Aug 17 '25

Also they invited her. Not only did she try to poison her, she violated the rules of hospitality. How can anyone ever trust her again? For the old Greeks that was not only a crime, it was sacrilege.

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u/edwardjhahm https://myanimelist.net/profile/lolmeme69 Aug 17 '25

That's how aristocracy worked in the real world - if you think of it, the feudal system ran on a complex system of nepotism. If there's one advantage to that, it's that backstabbing and murdering is a big, big, big no-no. The only reason we stereotype nobles as schemers is because the most interesting parts of history, where nobles acted contrary to how they normally were, are what we enjoy paying attention to. Everyone wants to see Count Blorbo backstab Count Florbo - no one cares about Blorbo's father, grandfather, and great grandfather being on good personal relations with their circle, because that's boring.

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u/LessInThought Aug 16 '25

A lot of these animes have some noblesse oblige situation where the nobles care for the people. In the real world that almost never happens. The peasants are there to work the land and generate income, maybe cannon fodder during war, no more.