Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Some people do, and those people are incorrect when they identify things as “not political.”Actually, people say this or that is/isn't political all the time.
Some people do, and those people are incorrect when they identify things as “not political.”Actually, people say this or that is/isn't political all the time.
Guess @Charlaquin is scary. Me also.Let's not go there again. People that believe that everything is political are scary.
No special attention is paid to it? Half the jokes in the show are about it!I am unaware that Brooklyn-99 for example got review bombed despite one of the main characters, or at least important side character, being a gay african american. Because in my opinion B99 does inclusion right. Its not hidden, but (apart from a few episodes in later seasons) him being gay is not the defining trait of this character. Its just something he is and no special attention is paid to it.
Politics isn't just about the state and state power. It may also be between groups in society.“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.”
It's more common than you think, and not only on the left. The last thing you ever want to reveal as a politician is a niche interest, but I remember Ted Cruz (of all people) having a number of Star Wars-themed campaign ads and quizzing Gorsuch about the Hitchhiker's Guide during his confirmation hearing.I've also been fortunate enough to meet and interact with some of the most successful politicians in America, of all political stripes. It is surprising how many of the younger ones appreciate nerd culture. Even so, I would similarly not be interested in what they had to say about games and gaming. I think the two fields attract people with perhaps the opposite skills.
This is such a great question it should be its own thread with the stories that would arise from such roleplaying experiences.Though it's got me thinking - has anyone here ever played, in good faith and not in an 'evil PC' game, a PC with political convictions and ideals completely opposite to theirs? How did it go?
I wouldn't go that far (unless you take the position that the artist's view doesn't matter, which some people do), but there are cases where there's more than we think, particularly where the politics have been lost to time. Michelangelo's David, for instance, was an anti-Medici piece, and Dante's Inferno is full of the local struggles between the Guelphs (pro-pope) and Ghibellines (pro-emperor) and then black (pro-landed nobility, still supporting the pope) and white (pro-merchant, now anti-pope) Guelphs.All art is political.