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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8349888" data-attributes="member: 67296"><p>I believe you should allow yourself the option of doing it yourself. [edit] I'm not saying you should do it, but that you shouldn't dismiss the possibility of doing it yourself on grounds that it is not your native culture.</p><p></p><p>For one, you don't have to run headlong through the minefield with your eyes closed; you can educate yourself enough to make conscious decisions about where you are going, or as [USER=6947639]@Casimir Liber[/USER] say, go with a guide that knows where the landmines are. As with <em>any </em>learning experience, you will walk on a mine and get burn at one point, if only because your guide/counselor/consultant cannot vouch for all the landmines in the field. Heck, it's virtually impossible to write about your own culture without offending a portion of it. The point is to then readjust your course rather than keep going as if nothing happened.</p><p></p><p>Because ultimately, the alternative is to play and create only what you know most intimately, in your part of the world, and only about people you know best. At the very least, you should allow yourself the opportunity to play or create content about the opposite sex, or a different social class. Taking inspiration from other cultures is no different. It's a bigger step, but it's the logical continuation. It can and must be done respectfully, but we also must allow ourselves the possibility of being wrong. The trick is to recognize it or admit it and act on it, which I give you, is harder to do than say. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8349888, member: 67296"] I believe you should allow yourself the option of doing it yourself. [edit] I'm not saying you should do it, but that you shouldn't dismiss the possibility of doing it yourself on grounds that it is not your native culture. For one, you don't have to run headlong through the minefield with your eyes closed; you can educate yourself enough to make conscious decisions about where you are going, or as [USER=6947639]@Casimir Liber[/USER] say, go with a guide that knows where the landmines are. As with [I]any [/I]learning experience, you will walk on a mine and get burn at one point, if only because your guide/counselor/consultant cannot vouch for all the landmines in the field. Heck, it's virtually impossible to write about your own culture without offending a portion of it. The point is to then readjust your course rather than keep going as if nothing happened. Because ultimately, the alternative is to play and create only what you know most intimately, in your part of the world, and only about people you know best. At the very least, you should allow yourself the opportunity to play or create content about the opposite sex, or a different social class. Taking inspiration from other cultures is no different. It's a bigger step, but it's the logical continuation. It can and must be done respectfully, but we also must allow ourselves the possibility of being wrong. The trick is to recognize it or admit it and act on it, which I give you, is harder to do than say. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't try. [/QUOTE]
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