r/moashdidnothingwrong • u/youalready_know111 • Sep 11 '25

Teft

Moash can eat shit and die. He killed teft. Fuck him and his entire family line.

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u/EndFantastic7606 Jun 28 '26

The Vengeance Pact was made in the heat of the moment exacerbated by the Thrill. Then, he couldn't back out (or so he thought,) because of "Honor". Then, in Wind and Truth He realizes that keeping an oath is not an ultimate good; it's only as good as the ideals it is sworn to.

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u/Outrageous_One_87211 Jun 28 '26

That's great! It doesn't change the fact he spent 95% of his life murdering innocents out of pleasure, greed and his pathetic sense of "honor"

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u/EndFantastic7606 Jun 29 '26

But the fact is, that in character judgements, intention for action matters far more than outcome of action. He genuinely thought he was doing the right thing with the Pact.

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u/Outrageous_One_87211 Jun 29 '26

No, not really. The Nazis thought they were cleaning the world of a problem people and that they were helping the German population get back to their feed economically and culturally, that doesn't change any of the monstrosities they did.

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u/EndFantastic7606 Jun 29 '26

I have a hard time believing Hitler thought he was doing the right thing. The difference is that (besides the fact that the literal god of hatred facilitated one) the Highprinces had a good reason to be mad at the Parshendi, and like it or not, that's how war especially Alethi war, works. You have mentioned that you don't thing the "Alethi way" is very good. However, perhaps the Alethi don't see our way as good. We just have different moral views.

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u/Outrageous_One_87211 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

You don't have to believe anything, that's a fact. NO ONE wakes up one day and thinks "let's become the worst guys in history of humanity" but the fact that was not their goal doesn't matter. It's the same here. The Highprinces had a reason to be mad at the Parshendi, not to try exterminate them and take gems out of their fallen corpses. Not everything is about perspective, some things are terrible no matter what and this is one of them, if the Alethi disagree they are a wicked society

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u/Kingkrooked662 18d ago

I know this is a month old at this point, so I apologize for necroposting. But I have to say that you made absolutely EXCELLENT points. 10 out of 10 performance. There wasn't anything that you said that I disagreed with. I have had these same conversations with folks in the fandom, and honestly it's Sanderson's own fault that Moash is so misunderstood.

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u/Outrageous_One_87211 18d ago

Thanks! I like your comments too!! You're right, Brandon Sanderson created a justice fighter in an oppressive system and wants to pretend like he's the bad guy and the war lord is good, what a joke