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Probably, I was giving value to both sides, just drawing a line at the more extreme views. Apologies if it came across as being a wanton devil's advocate.
TL;DR Diversity is good. Good storytelling can have diversity. Forced diversity tokenizes minorities imo, but I don't see diversity leading to any problems in this story. Runescape is far from Ghostbusters.
Probably, I was giving value to both sides, just drawing a line at the more extreme views. Apologies if it came across as being a wanton devil's advocate.
TL;DR Diversity is good. Good storytelling can have diversity. Forced diversity tokenizes minorities imo, but I don't see diversity leading to any problems in this story. Runescape is far from Ghostbusters.
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21-Dec-2016 06:46:30
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Hazeel said :
I have no qualms with this. With Armadyl it makes sense, you can sorta see it a mile away. I only didn't like it with Angof because it came out of the blue and feels like it was put there for the sake of "diversity" and nothing else.
I am all for having an accurate character cast that reflects reality, but feeding representation politics is something I cannot stand for.
I agree about Amradyl, but really? The shapeshifter of all things being trans was shocking?
Well a little surprising at the time, but that's not the issue. The issue is that Armadyl was introduced as a character and was later shown to be gay. It's just one of his character traits and that's it. That's fine.
Angof was introduced as a transgender character...and that's sorta what he's known for...just being that transgender elf. That's a poor way to handle it, I feel, I don't think someone's sexual status is one of the first things we should be introduced to.
Padomenes said :
So you admit having characters that are people of color, LGBTI or whom don't conform to gender role expectations "ruins everything"?
I did not say that and I'm not dealing with your closed minded SJW nonsense. Runescape doesn't need a hero...it needs a villain. An all encompassing force of evil that will remain ever-threatening and use chaos to make the peoples of Gielinor tolerate each other, grow strong together, and fight side by side against this evil. I am that villain.
Hazeel said :
I have no qualms with this. With Armadyl it makes sense, you can sorta see it a mile away. I only didn't like it with Angof because it came out of the blue and feels like it was put there for the sake of "diversity" and nothing else.
I am all for having an accurate character cast that reflects reality, but feeding representation politics is something I cannot stand for.
I agree about Amradyl, but really? The shapeshifter of all things being trans was shocking?
Well a little surprising at the time, but that's not the issue. The issue is that Armadyl was introduced as a character and was later shown to be gay. It's just one of his character traits and that's it. That's fine.
Angof was introduced as a transgender character...and that's sorta what he's known for...just being that transgender elf. That's a poor way to handle it, I feel, I don't think someone's sexual status is one of the first things we should be introduced to.
Padomenes said :
So you admit having characters that are people of color, LGBTI or whom don't conform to gender role expectations "ruins everything"?
I did not say that and I'm not dealing with your closed minded SJW nonsense. Runescape doesn't need a hero...it needs a villain. An all encompassing force of evil that will remain ever-threatening and use chaos to make the peoples of Gielinor tolerate each other, grow strong together, and fight side by side against this evil. I am that villain.
21-Dec-2016 07:01:54
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