Paul Farquhar
Legend
This is a misunderstanding of history. There have always been people who played D&D X way and people who played it Y way*. But in the past those groups were isolated, so when people who only ever played X way first came into contact with people who played Y due to increased connectivity it created the illusion that something had changed. You can see this in the FR novels, with different authors tackling alignment and free will in different ways.
But for the underlying feel of the setting, remember that it was created by a Canadian hippie (whereas Greyhawk was created by a wargamer from Wisconsin). They were influenced by the culture they were raised in just as the drow are. Not that you have to follow the original authors of course.
*Note: I am not suggesting there are only two ways, there is also A, B, C, D etc.
