LesserThan
Explorer
Sorry, Bea Arthur will always be Maude to me no matter what other characters she played.
We are off topic.
D&D (2024) Comeliness and Representation in Recent DnD Art
We are off topic.
LesserThan
Explorer
Yet us fat nerds began playing hulking fighters and bewitching mages not trying to reflect ourselves. Gamers have changes a lot in recent years. I cant see why when the vast options one can only imagine simulation. I would just play the devil character for interesting roleplay, not some sort of empathy with it. It is not me after all, just a pawn in a game.
Debbie does not die because Blackleaf did.
Scribe
Legend
Yep, there is that. Not that I agree clearly, but yes.
Thomas Shey
Legend
Sure. But in the end, it isn't your bottom line to worry about.
Ah, but taken naively, that is an excuse for oppression.
Spock applied that phrasing when justifying choosing to sacrifice his own life for the lives of the entire crew of the ship - his need to live vs their collective need to live. Especially when, if he did not act, he would die anyway too.
Spock would certainly realize that not all "needs" are the same. If you said you had a "need" to see scantily clad women in your game books, he'd certainly quirk an eyebrow at the questionable logic behind that assertion.
Warpiglet-7
Cry havoc! And let slip the pigs of war!
I have player three “fat characters” previously. I wish I could get minis to reflect their appearance!
Nothing like a fat priest laying the beat down on evil with a mace!
I am not doing it for social points—-human diversity is interesting and helps create characters.
A belly, and eye patch, a limp…
All cool things for D&D characters. I think it is simply interesting…
Nothing like a fat priest laying the beat down on evil with a mace!
I am not doing it for social points—-human diversity is interesting and helps create characters.
A belly, and eye patch, a limp…
All cool things for D&D characters. I think it is simply interesting…
LesserThan
Explorer
The needs are the shareholders, not the players, in the case of games.
"Give the people what they want", versus "Let them eat cake". Which of the people making these quotes lived longer.
But, Spock would have also persecuted the foolish humans for being illogical, and this is not a Star Trek Vulcan philosophy thread, but a "What number represents my beauty" Kardassian, not to be confused with Cardassians, rating system thread.
Fifth Element
Legend
You shouldn't try to speak for gamerdom as a whole, and the assertion that they can "only imagine simulation" is baseless and condescending.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Well, some do. My mother is a fat gamer, and she has expressed dissatisfaction at the lack of fat representation in miniatures and art. A lot of people like to be able to see something of themselves in the media they enjoy.
It’s not really about simulation, it’s about relatability. It’s a very natural human instinct to like things that remind us of parts of ourselves that we like, or that are important to us.
There is a lot of daylight between “my character is me and I die if they die” and “I don’t care if I can relate to my character’s experiences or not.”
Fifth Element
Legend
He would have done what now? By 'persecuted' do you mean 'attempted to explain the flaws in their thinking'?
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