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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8347803" data-attributes="member: 7025997">I don't want to get into the is-itart debate as most people here are fans of genres (TTRPGs at the least and likely some variety of fantasy as well) that are not considered art by, say, the New Yorker or Harvard--you won't see the 1e cover of the PHB at the Met. (I think there's more artistry in a tricked-out lowrider than a Pollock canvas, but that's just me.)But I do think Sword &amp; Sorcery vis-a-vis, say, Lord of the Rings is considered 'trashy' (and this is my opinion and mine alone) because it was historically enjoyed by the blue-collar consumers of the pulps and, now, is seen as too much of a right-leaning genre. (Ironically Howard, despite his racial views, was actually something of a feminist for his time and most of the sex in his stories was requested by the publishers.) Of course, you can definitely write a game about swordslinging queer people of any ethnic background (Thirsty Sword Lesbians anyone?), but I think that's a big part of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8347803, member: 7025997"] I don't want to get into the is-itart debate as most people here are fans of genres (TTRPGs at the least and likely some variety of fantasy as well) that are not considered art by, say, the [I]New Yorker[/I] or Harvard--you won't see the 1e cover of the PHB at the Met. (I think there's more artistry in a tricked-out lowrider than a Pollock canvas, but that's just me.) But I do think Sword & Sorcery [I]vis-a-vis, [/I]say, Lord of the Rings is considered 'trashy' (and this is [B]my opinion and mine alone[/B]) because it was historically enjoyed by the blue-collar consumers of the pulps and, now, is seen as too much of a right-leaning genre. (Ironically Howard, despite his racial views, was actually something of a feminist for his time and most of the sex in his stories was requested by the publishers.) Of course, you can definitely write a game about swordslinging queer people of any ethnic background ([I]Thirsty Sword Lesbians[/I] anyone?), but I think that's a big part of it. [/QUOTE]

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