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<blockquote data-quote="Professor Murder" data-source="post: 9445970" data-attributes="member: 6991813"><p>So for context, I am a fan of Lovecraft. Got to attend Necronomicon in providence and even presented for the Armitage Symposium, dealing with Lovercraft's cosmicism as TTRPG narrative backdrop. When we appreciate the work of &quot;problematic&quot; artists, we can feel a need to defend our appreciation, and that can lead to us defending the object of our affection. That DnD rises out of poisoned roots, containing racism, sexism, ect isn't just on Gygax. Its on the whole genre of western fantasy. As TTRPGs grow and expand, there will be more and more calls to examine these roots plainly. I don't have much regard for Gygax as a person. I didn't know him. I can't even claim to really know what he created, because his exact role in the creation of our hobby is quite frankly murky. Like Stan Lee or Bob Kane. You can make the argument that Gygax was part of a movement and made it a point to center himself as the spokesman for that movement, which transformed into making him the father of that movement. I also think that if I was a diehard Old School fan and not just an old fan, I would feel more kinship to him and the other creators of the hobby. But for me, I care more about where the hobby is going, both in terms of design and culture, than where it came from.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Professor Murder, post: 9445970, member: 6991813"] So for context, I am a fan of Lovecraft. Got to attend Necronomicon in providence and even presented for the Armitage Symposium, dealing with Lovercraft's cosmicism as TTRPG narrative backdrop. When we appreciate the work of "problematic" artists, we can feel a need to defend our appreciation, and that can lead to us defending the object of our affection. That DnD rises out of poisoned roots, containing racism, sexism, ect isn't just on Gygax. Its on the whole genre of western fantasy. As TTRPGs grow and expand, there will be more and more calls to examine these roots plainly. I don't have much regard for Gygax as a person. I didn't know him. I can't even claim to really know what he created, because his exact role in the creation of our hobby is quite frankly murky. Like Stan Lee or Bob Kane. You can make the argument that Gygax was part of a movement and made it a point to center himself as the spokesman for that movement, which transformed into making him the father of that movement. I also think that if I was a diehard Old School fan and not just an old fan, I would feel more kinship to him and the other creators of the hobby. But for me, I care more about where the hobby is going, both in terms of design and culture, than where it came from. [/QUOTE]

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