![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nahri's own experiences demonstrate that due to their strange appearance (and hers is closer to stock human than many of the others would have been) and their powers, the shafit and their mothers/parents, if they are of the second generation are likely to be persecuted by humans, if not outright killed. But at least they didn't abandon their half-blood offspring to the very limited mercy of human society. Even the Gezhiri tribe that Ali was living with didn't show themselves to humans, so it seems that their shafit members were acquired in a seriously problematic manner. Revelation that the djinn are normally invisible when among the mortals gives a very dark connotation to how they come to be. And then a pistol that could fire more than once without recharging made it's appearance, too! I mean, this is like, 1807? For that matter, is it even feasible for one from that era to fire iron bullets with any accuracy?Īnyway, to start with, what I had issue with, is the whole hypocritical and manipulative attitude the narrative has towards shafit. Yea, I was very disappointed when their visit to Egypt turned out to be both brief and completely disconnected from the historical setting. One of the weird things I found with the series is that it was set at such a specific and dramatic timeframe. ![]()
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