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@Sunny said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

@Kestrel said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

I happen to think that rape, sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and the like make for great storytelling — this coming from someone frequently derided as a SJW — so I tend not to understand why anyone would want to exclude these themes from their story where they should realistically apply.

Some people do not enjoy having to same fight they have to fight in their everyday lives in their pretendy-fun-time games, don't enjoy exploring trauma that they have personally experienced. It's not really a hard concept to grasp even if you don't feel the same way. Empathy is awesome.

Yeah. I don't see why it's exactly hard to understand. People can like all different aspects of a historical time period that are unrelated to specific discriminations that also existed then.

@Misadventure said:

Imagine a team throwing a veto the day AFTER launch.

I DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE THAT

@Derp said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

@Roz said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

@Sunny said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

@Kestrel said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

I happen to think that rape, sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and the like make for great storytelling — this coming from someone frequently derided as a SJW — so I tend not to understand why anyone would want to exclude these themes from their story where they should realistically apply.

Some people do not enjoy having to same fight they have to fight in their everyday lives in their pretendy-fun-time games, don't enjoy exploring trauma that they have personally experienced. It's not really a hard concept to grasp even if you don't feel the same way. Empathy is awesome.

Yeah. I don't see why it's exactly hard to understand. People can like all different aspects of a historical time period that are unrelated to specific discriminations that also existed then.

But the point is, they exist whether they are pleasant or not. Pretends fun times doesn't necessarily take a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to the fact that there are horrible things in the world. Any world.

No, they don't necessarily. But some people would indeed like to take a magic eraser to them in their hobby time. You don't have to be 100% historically accurate for fun to exist. Like, are you objecting to the purity of people's RP experience or something? People who bend settings are generally fully aware of those unpleasant things. They just maybe prefer making a space -- or playing in spaces -- without them.

@deadculture said in RL Anger:

@Roz said in RL Anger:

@deadculture said in RL Anger:

As for #notallmen, that came out after Elliot Rodger killed many people in Isla Vista, since #yesallmen was a hashtag that a subset of social media feminists used to say all men are responsible for his actions, et cetera.

That is incorrect for both of those hashtags.

Really? Hm.

https://tagdef.com/yesallmen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings - May 23th, 2014

I'm confused. Those don't support what you were saying? #NotAllMen existed for years before the shooting, but had a resurgence in popularity because of the cultural reaction to people trying to talk about the depth of misogyny in the shooter's attacks. Which was followed by #YesAllWomen to talk about how all women have faced sexism and/or harassment, which was followed by #YesAllMen. You claimed that women started #YesAllMen to blame all men for the shooting, yet the page you just linked says the tag is about what men can do to combat sexism and misogyny.

@Gilette said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

Anyway, as far as cultural/political/religious aspects goes... I teach history. It's probably why I take these things seriously. If you're going to set a game in the 40s, then I better see the cultural context. If you're going to set a game in the 40s and tiptoe around issues of race and gender then, hey, don't bother.

Or you can just not bother playing that game because it's not for you.

@Kanye-Qwest said in Good TV:

@Arkandel said in Good TV:

@Lithium said in Good TV:

There's a high probability that if Supergirl gets dropped, CW will pick it up. So I am not worried.

You still should if you like the show. It'd mean a move to Vancouver (most likely), budget cuts (definitely) and quite possibly cast changes since say, Flockhart might not want to move.

Well, she already can't move her face, so I'm not sure that's a huge loss.

Whether or not we want to make fun of her for plastic surgery, she's fantastic on the show and her role is awesome.

@surreality said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

@Thenomain said in Sensitive cultural/political/religious aspects of game themes.:

If you're not going to change history, then you are, as the back and forth between @Pyrephox and @Ominous concluded, allowing the hand-waving the RP of certain things. The only thing I can see that you can do is approach them with respect and I'd imagine that you'll say what is not okay for your game.

Here's the thing, though: I'm not saying 'those things don't exist, and people will not encounter them'.

Other people on the thread are, though. Both of these options have come up, so I think that Theno has just been responding to both and not just your system that you've decided on. (Which I think is cool!)

@Gingerlily I LOVE OUTLANDER.

@Thenomain You didn't ask for clarification, though? You assumed that by "problem player...who clearly wants the game to be something different than it is" I apparently meant "anyone who criticizes the game." As opposed to...a problem player (AKA a player who has caused problems) who cannot reconcile what the game is with what they want it to be. Which is your assumption to make, but it was incorrect, and it's disingenuous to say that your response was one that was asking for clarification.

@WTFE said in RL Anger:

It's a problem. It's in the first world. (Purportedly.) By definition that means it's a first world problem.

Sometimes phrases have meanings within a language that are not necessarily a strict literal definition. Magic.

I'm actually not surprised to see any weddings yet. People generally want to get a good feel for another player before they hitch their wagon to them, and then the IC stars also have to align.

TRYING TO SCHEDULE FUCKING MEETINGS.

@TNP Jasher was one of my favorite rosters @saosmash wrote

I've also seen sentiment that people don't actually care to wait and say. That is, they're not interested in the story full stop, even predicting some sort of time travel wonkiness, hidden reveal, etc. It's just not a fake out they're interested in seeing, that it reads like just a play for controversy and attention. There are certain types of stories that go too far against the grain for what people are interested in with a character, and I think this is one of them.

I haven't read much by Nick Spencer, the writer, to have an opinion of his history, but I already dislike the editor, Tom Brevoort, for lots of various reasons, and they've both had a sort of gleeful reaction to everyone's issues that puts a bad taste in my mouth. It's this sort of "hah hah look at all the people we're making mad, we must be doing something right!!" thing. Sometimes, yes, getting divisive reactions to something might mean that you're doing something right, you're building something thoughtful that people can have strong and varied reactions to. But there does exist situations where you just piss people off and it's not because you're building a great story. Brevoort has a long history of being wildly dismissive of any and all concerns addressed to him regarding his books, though. I've seen enough of his stuff over the years that I'm just really unimpressed with his work and his reaction to criticism.

@FiranSurvivor said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

@Cupcake said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

There are definitely a few bisexual men on the grid.

Yea I watched as two made out in the Murder of Crows... that was an amusing scene. Though they probably weren't bisexual and just did it to impress an elf.

Lol I can tell you definitively that both of those characters are bisexual, although one more comfortable with it than the other.

@Thenomain I mean, as a comics reader that's never really something I've felt as a plus. It's a reality of the fandom, because there are so many stories going on and characters change hands so much, but I don't know if people are attracted to reading comics because of it.

And as much as it's a reality with so many cooks in the kitchen, it's still natural for people to be attached to their favorite characters and feel frustrated when it seems like the writing and editing really fails them. I mean, I love a lot of Kieron Gillen's work, but I was wholesale not interested when he decided to do a storyline that necessitated Tony Stark having been secretly adopted. Like, that doesn't even make sense! He's always drawn as looking exactly like Howard and people comment on the resemblance all the time! But when I dropped the book, I didn't think, "Man, it's a good thing I have other options," I thought, "This was a really dumb move and I'm dropping the book."

@Arkandel Similar to how it's egalitarian about gender, it's totally egalitarian about sexuality. I don't even think there's regional differences there (like how Thrax still has sexism issues that everyone else has moved past). Of course, nobles are still going to be generally expected to marry where they're directed, which are going to be matches capable of producing babies. (Hopefully they can agree on a marital contract that allows both parties to seek sex outside the marriage.) But even same-sex marriage has come up as a topic a lot as a thing that's possible. (Commoners are often in the equivalent of common law marriages, so it doesn't make a difference at all, but I know staff has said that it might be wingable for certain nobles far enough away from importance/inheritance.)

@Thenomain I mean, maybe I'd feel that way more if I didn't always have -- uh -- a good number of books on my pull. So it's not necessarily that I drop a book and look to replace it with something specific; I just try to pull books I enjoy reading in general. If I drop a book, it's not a chance to look at something else, it's just losing out on a story I was once interested in but am no longer for whatever reason. Maybe if I had a set budget and only let myself subscribe to a certain number of books.

@Thenomain My only point was that you were being rude. You clearly have a lot more feelings about it than I do.

@somasatori said in RL Anger:

@Roz said in RL Anger:

Hello, anniversary of my brother's suicide. Fancy seeing you again this year.

I'm so sorry, @Roz. I can kind of empathize. The anniversary of my wife's suicide is on the 30th of this month. All of my condolences for you.

Man. Condolences right back at you. It's an awful club to be in.