Talk:Wandering Scholar/@comment-31655597-20171124121407

To continue the discussion from the Lamia page.

Yes, I normally hate inconsistencies. But in this case its OK. And there is a reason for that. The MGE was not written by KC, but rather by the wandering scholar (WS). And that explains many inconsistencies.

The WS is a human and he probably comes from the areas of the Order. That means he has learned to hate monsters. This is reflected in the descriptions. He describes virtually all monsters as sex-obsessed rape machines. Which can not be true, because then Zipangu could not exist. The demonic energy is too aggressive for that.

More about this I write on the Demon Lord page.

This raises the question why there are inconsistencies. The answer is, he's only a human scholar. Scholars usually do not get their information directly from the source, they ask people and they tell them then what happened. So the information is almost always second-hand. In the best case.

When he says that Lamas kill cheating husbands, it's because someone has told him that story. It does not have to be true. The story is even probably wrong because the Demon Lord ordered his subordinates not to kill humans.

But that does not mean that monsters never kill humans. Such a thing can happen during a fight. Though not on purpose.

In this way many inconsistencies can be explained. They are wrong because the WS used wrong information without checking it. Of course, that does not excuse any contradiction. KC must be careful not to contradict too often.