I think most of the old darkness arose from MGE-as-corruption-porn that the setting was most likely conceived as, most obvious in a lot of the early works. Then for whatever reason (possibly being burned by chunks of his fandom, possibly influence from other softer monster girl works like monmusu, possibly just post-nut clarity, idk) he decided to build his porn setting into a utopian hugbox by sanding off as many edges as he could bear to. Story of changing priorities and a past thar haunts the fandom, I think.
I actually do feel kind of bad for KC, I will admit. Moreso than any universe I can think of, MGE has attracted an almost-hatedom of people who are absolutely determined to interpret it as negatively as possible. Undoubtedly, of course, there's DOTA to consider, and nothing should stop you from telling a good story, but I think there's a fundamental dishonesty in people insisting their grimdark stories are just as canon as the cutesy optimistic ones.
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