Lady Eboshi is Wrong (Public Post)

This is in close contention for my favorite essay in any medium. Thank you Ian, I will try.

Extremely good video. I’ve found myself very frustrated by ‘I can see their point of view’ being used as a thought-terminating cliche, and I think I understand why a bit better now. Also, the graphic you used to explain how Disney movies expect you to feel about a character vs ghibli was SO excellent! Simple but effective. Caring for someone should not be predicated on sufficient knowledge of their personal suffering! This is what leads to people feeling like they need to disclose their trauma/disabilities/problems they’d prefer to keep to themselves, to earn sympathy they’re otherwise denied. The moral of the Disney-scale is that the person you didn’t know was deserving of kindness the whole time, but the structure accidentally reinforces the opposite lesson.

Really, really glad you reposted this here. Loved being prompted to review this. Sorry you aren’t on Nebula but glad to support you here.

Thank goodness you' e still got it!

I'm so glad i can watch this video again! It was one of a few that helped me deconstruct my faith back in 2016. I never learnt much about non-christian moral systems cuz My mum, who chose to homeschool, is a devout Lutheran; any such discussions were framed like "this is interesting but not worth your time because it's Wrong". Honesty Avatar the Last Airbender was more educational in that regard, and it's hardly a good depiction of Eastern cultures! anyway i'm psyched. thank for making it so accessible!

Sometimes it's really hard not to cast a villian. I can understand compassion for a wrongdoing side in the conflict the video probably alludes to (at least that was my impression), but with some other things it's way more difficult. It's very difficult to feel true compassion for certain dictators, for example, when they're hurting so many people with their descisions seemingly based on nothing but Anyway. It really is a great video! And the presentation is also awesome. I didn't care much for iambs and trochys in school, but this time it was really fun to learn. There is a certain cast of writers, people so well-versed in writing (probably from writing, writing and writing for decades) that people say they'll watch anything they make and it's true. Any topic can be interesting and I think it's not only the style of the prose (which obviously is top notch here), but the fact that the person actually cares about what they're talking about. Anyway, I'm probably reading too much into it again

Its serendipitous that I just watched this movie last night and now this video popped up.

This is, in my opinion, one of those essays literally everyone should watch. It permanently changed the way I view these kinds of conversations for the better when I saw it as a teenager. Thank you so much for making it, and thank you for putting it back up so I can share it with everyone I know again.

You make a critical mistake; morals are not & cannot be real things. There can be no logic proof that can be given for right & wrong, without accepting the more its justification is sophistry; & when one accepts it its justification is self evident. Ethics are a matter of faith & self-struggle. We create our own mores through our contact with the world. Iboshi is only wrong because our eyes are placed in ashitaka (would ashitaka not see similar friction between the human & divine in the hall of Heorot where the human din perturbs the Kami that is Grendel? Iboshi's behavior is not itself unnatural. If anything it is the highest expression of Human Nature; it guards & cares & exalts in dignity; it plumbs the world & wonders marvelously. Her vice is a wolf like distemper, a reckless hunger that knows no bounds, & seeing in her pack only her kind. It is no mere aesthetic choice that she is in rivalry with a wolf. They are the same creature in different guise.

Yep, still good.

i remember this one; it is good, and it is true

First time I have watched this video, and I'm going to share it with all my friends. Now more than ever, Lady Eboshi is wrong.

Very lovely. A good defence of moral judgement in a uncertain world.

Shared this in the group chats a decade ago and ever since "Lady Eboshi is wrong" has been our conversational shortcut to express that in a given situation or debate moral relativism does not apply 💖

Ian I just wanted to say I loved this video so much I have it recorded to VHS from a couple years back. Thank you for making it available to others. I would also definitely recommend mirroring it on archive org.

Such a good breakdown of the movie. I love it, because you've done an amazing job of showing why the movie is so good and why she is wrong, and we so rarely see that described well.

I LOVE this video. Thanks for making it accessible again. Ever since I watched this years ago, I can't watch Princess Mononoke without looking at it through this lens.

Thanks for the re-share! Such a shame that you're not anymore on Nebula, though. May I ask what happened there?

Hey, I missed this one, thanks for bringing it back

This is my #1 short video of all time. Everyone should watch this. Thanks Ian.

This is my favorite video of yours and specifically, one of my favorite of all time. Helped me understand that I can be empathetic while still having convictions. Thank you for making it

You’re right to be proud of this one. It’s one of the best video essays I’ve ever watched, and I’ve shared it so many times. I’m so glad I have another way to share it.