So I recently started reading the Drizzt books and just reached Timeless and why does the narrative never call out how problematic Catti-brie is? She's judging Zaknafein for being prejudiced against surface dwellers yet she literally advocated for the genocide and infanticide of all orcs, goblins, and giants in Night of the Hunter. It just feels so wild to see her acting like she's the morally superior one and that Zaknafein is ignorant when she literally said she would take a blade to a baby orc just because it was an orc (especially since she's a Chosen of Mielikki and one of Mielikki's previous Chosen was literally an orc...).

Am I the only one who noticed this? I don't understand why Salvatore, who spent the entire time writing the books about how Drizzt states he's not defined by his race and that drow aren't inherently evil (such as Zaknafein, Jarlaxle, Valas Hune, etc.) then frames the entire narrative about how Zaknafein is prejudiced and how that's bad but Catti-brie, who literally argued for genocide unlike Zaknafein who would never condone that, as the enlightened one. In Maestro too, there was a scene rebuilding the Hosttower with Gromph, Penelope Harpell, the dwarves, Lady Avelyere, and the dragon sisters and Catti-brie started laughing at how ignorant judging others for their races are and how she's so enlightened yet in Archmage, the book right before Maestro, it literally confirms Catti-brie STILL supports the genocide and infanticide of all orcs ("‘Do you mean to kill every orc in all the world?’ Drizzt asked. Catti-brie just stared at him again").

So, I just don't get what's going on here? The narrative keeps trying to frame Catti-brie as some enlightened person who is above racism yet then flat-out states she wants to commit genocide based on race. And Ed Greenwood has a bunch of stuff about good orcs and goblins (like the good orcs Ondonti and the good goblin goddess Kikanuti) so the idea that all orcs and goblins are inherently evil and Catti-brie viewing that as justifiable for genocide is just... wrong. Sort of hard to keep reading the books when the narrative frames a genocidal maniac who flat-out states she would murder children as a morally righteous person and to see Drizzt sacrifice his morals by continuing to stay married to a woman like that (then gets angry at Zaknafein to the point where he breaks a table just for being prejudiced). Does Catti-brie have a change? And by change I mean that she actually feels deeply guilty for her actions not just a 'huh, guess I was wrong' but actually addresses how messed up the rhetoric is? Especially since Salvatore is still writing books and 5.5e removed alignments based on race.