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<blockquote data-quote="alleynbard" data-source="post: 4758850" data-attributes="member: 16220">What doubly angered me about the destruction of the books were primary their origin.&nbsp; My grandmother had purchased those books for me. She encouraged my interest in D&amp;D because she saw it as venue to channel my creativity, which at the time I got involved was getting me in trouble at school.&nbsp; Every Christmas from 1984 onward she bought me more books and miniatures.&nbsp; Next to He-Man, Star Wars and the D&amp;D action figures/playsets were rulebooks, adventures, and supplements to satisfy my voracious appetite for all things D&amp;D.&nbsp; After I started high school, I began buying my own stuff and even filled in my collection with stuff predating 1984.My grandmother died shortly before my D&amp;D stuff was purged.&nbsp; Those books had a connection to her and I am still rather angry (16 years later) about their loss.&nbsp; Their destruction was the last of many purges in my life.&nbsp; My mother threw away all of He-Man and D&amp;D action figures (same reasons as the D&amp;D stuff).&nbsp; She threw out my Star Wars action figures (Force=evil).&nbsp; If it looked &quot;demonic&quot; or was something condemned by the pastor or by one of her favorite authors it was destroyed.To say I have never really forgiven her would be an understatement. I know she thinks she had my best interests in mind.&nbsp; But she never really understood me and I think that scared her more.&nbsp; Of course, she also never took the time.Sorry about the therapy session there.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I think I was mostly illustrating how truly bad it can be.&nbsp; Fortunately, very few people are as extreme as my mother was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alleynbard, post: 4758850, member: 16220"] What doubly angered me about the destruction of the books were primary their origin. My grandmother had purchased those books for me. She encouraged my interest in D&D because she saw it as venue to channel my creativity, which at the time I got involved was getting me in trouble at school. Every Christmas from 1984 onward she bought me more books and miniatures. Next to He-Man, Star Wars and the D&D action figures/playsets were rulebooks, adventures, and supplements to satisfy my voracious appetite for all things D&D. After I started high school, I began buying my own stuff and even filled in my collection with stuff predating 1984. My grandmother died shortly before my D&D stuff was purged. Those books had a connection to her and I am still rather angry (16 years later) about their loss. Their destruction was the last of many purges in my life. My mother threw away all of He-Man and D&D action figures (same reasons as the D&D stuff). She threw out my Star Wars action figures (Force=evil). If it looked "demonic" or was something condemned by the pastor or by one of her favorite authors it was destroyed. To say I have never really forgiven her would be an understatement. I know she thinks she had my best interests in mind. But she never really understood me and I think that scared her more. Of course, she also never took the time. Sorry about the therapy session there. ;) I think I was mostly illustrating how truly bad it can be. Fortunately, very few people are as extreme as my mother was. [/QUOTE]

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