I know this might start war in the comments so please chill people, I don’t want to get 20 reports from this single post.

  • interurbain1er@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    104·
    10 days ago

    Complaining about “the way it’s included” has been a trick to try to gatekeep minorities that dates back from to the origin of time.

    For those people always pretend it’s ok to include X except in “that particular context” or “in that particular way” and unsurprisingly enough it’s never the right context or the right way. Unless of course the context is out of their way.

    I’ve seen the same boring argument repeated for every single minorities over the last 50 years.

    • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      42·
      9 days ago

      Did you read the article? I found it pretty convincing, as an example “non-binary” is not a word I expect to be said in a fantasy setting. The author also mentions a fantasy book where it’s done much more naturally.

        • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          9 days ago

          OK you guys sure seem to take your pandering really seriously, so here you go: I’m sorry, this scene is peak writing and a major step for inclusivity. EA is a true champion of the LGBT community, and certainly not a bunch of soulless businessmen driven by profits and focus groups.

      • interurbain1er@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        33·
        9 days ago

        Did you write a guidebook of acceptable words and concepts in fantasy ? I ask because if you’re so bothered by the introduction of new words into fantasy literature I’m assuming you don’t read anything with any words invented after the release of the Epic of Gilgamesh sometime in 1155 BC.

        It’s a violently stupid argument.

        • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          32·
          9 days ago

          I’m not bothered at all lol, I would have already forgotten about it if you weren’t so bothered yourself :) But yeah, IMO it would have been better if they had used a less “modern” word. You did notice that fantasy characters usually don’t speak like they’re from the 21st century, right?

              • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
                1·
                9 days ago

                Sith are a fictional sect of religious space wizards from a space opera. While they may have inspiration from religious sects of reality, they are very much not real. So, whether or not they deal in absolutes has absolutely no consequences to reality outside of the Star Wars fandom.