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That's why back in my day we called em traps

isnt asmongold known to be a right winger.

Option 1. Be popular streamer.

Option 2. Be able to read what's on the screen.

You can pick only one.

You can be trans in BG3??? Perhaps I should try finishing act 2 after all …

Wokeness by itself has never been an issue for me but the people who believe it's profitable to "be woke" often miss the point. I don't want a black character in place of an established white character. I want new stories that have that diversity from the foundation. I don't want things to be replaced, I want them to be phased out gradually by the introduction of more "woke" things seperated from current things.

Overcorrecting can be as bad as the problem originally was and in doing so can garner hate from an otherwise neutral party.

You literally described the opposite of wokeness. To be "woke" is to hold the belief there are systemic injustices in American society, and a need to address them.

Pretending that these injustices didn't (and don't) exist isn't woke.

If you're describing "colourblind casting" then I actually really like that, because it's like peering through a mirror brightly, where our ancestors somehow got it right.

I don't know how to explain it, but there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. Does that make sense?

Not every show set in the past aims or needs to be historically accurate. Our Flag Means Death, for example, takes some pretty big creative liberties in that regard, but without those liberties you wouldn't have a show.

If historical shows stuck to realism while being inclusive, that would mean a lot more sad, depressing stories that are difficult to watch. And there's absolutely a time and place for those sorts of stories, but practically speaking it's more likely that the show would simply chose not to include those characters at all, or if they did, then few people would watch it. Even marginalized people would often prefer to see a somewhat romanticized version where the character isn't defined by their race, gender, or sexual orientation.

To say it's trying to erase historical prejudices is a very surface level critique. When I see, for example, Watson from Sherlock Holmes reimagined as a woman or a person of color, the idea that the producers are trying to convince the audience that racism/sexism didn't exist at the time wouldn't cross my mind at all and sounds absurd. I don't think anyone's watching it and taking that away. If a show doesn't show people needing to use the bathroom, I understand that it's because of a mutual understanding that the writers don't want to show that and the audience doesn't want to see it, and if a show doesn't want to show racism/sexism, it's from a similar mutual understanding.

There are exceptions, where a show does aim to be (or pass itself off as) historically accurate, and when it's reasonable to expect it to handle those topics, then maybe. The one that comes to mind is Hamilton, which does whitewash certain things but even then I would say that having a diverse cast that doesn't personally experience racism is not the problem.

its just straight up disrespectful to those who had to face those horrors to try hiding it because people today wouldnt like it. people need to be made uncomfortable by the actions of the past or they have no reason to be better in the future

"Forgive me father, for I have sinned. I have thus sheathed mine sword in yonder field hand."

"That will be 1 Groschen, my son. Did you enjoy it?"

"Yes, Father"

"That will be 2 Groschen, then."

sometimes people just choose whatever the speech check is

i didnt know the confirmed bachlor perk in new vegas was making me gay i just took it for the damage buff and new dialogue options 😂

I get that you probably just didn’t think about the implications here, but this would mean there were no bigoted straight people.

On the surface I agree with everything you said but I do think this is a conversation worth having.

Sexual repression is a real thing and personally I do think a large amount of the people that align with the character in the OP are upset because it makes them feel a certain way and that scares/upsets them.

Conservatives really do believe that things can "make you gay". Seems to me that people who think that external things can make them gay, might just actually be gay.

So I guess the focus might need to be more focused on the fact that video games can't actually make you gay.

Maybe the conversation just need more nuance.

Yup. These people are bi and/or pan, but choose to have straight relationships. They think that because it's a choice for them, that it's a choice for everyone else too. Doesn't work that way.