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<blockquote data-quote="Le Noir Faineant" data-source="post: 7664683" data-attributes="member: 30898"><p>Like the long discussion about sexism in gaming we had on here a few years ago, this is the sort of debate that is bound to be held between the overzealous and the less politically concerned. That waters down the discussion of the issue in general, and turns the issue at hand even more towards absurdity.</p><p></p><p>My personal opinion on the general issue is, in a very simplified fashion, white Western men from a 100 years ago invented modern fantasy literature. To complain, as long as they are still referred to as the main literary influences on the genre, that the one prevalent perspective within the genre is still theirs, is kind of absurd, by itself. - Not saying that the genre hasn't evolved considerably, but fantasy literature was born out of the concept of idealized white people dealing with the grotesque and the alien. Something of that is always going to stick, whether it's Daeny the dragon queen getting violated by a proto-mongol until she starts to find pleasure in the process, or whether its the sounds of Tekeli-li by some cannibalistic penguin. It's a relic of a bygone era, and it will fade. So, get over it.</p><p></p><p>My personal opinion on the issue at hand is, it's a waste of time. I am not making a political statement when I say, anybody who has watched the news last year knows that there are way more important race-related issues that need to be dealt with. Obvious baloney like this is just distracting from the much more urgent issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Le Noir Faineant, post: 7664683, member: 30898"] Like the long discussion about sexism in gaming we had on here a few years ago, this is the sort of debate that is bound to be held between the overzealous and the less politically concerned. That waters down the discussion of the issue in general, and turns the issue at hand even more towards absurdity. My personal opinion on the general issue is, in a very simplified fashion, white Western men from a 100 years ago invented modern fantasy literature. To complain, as long as they are still referred to as the main literary influences on the genre, that the one prevalent perspective within the genre is still theirs, is kind of absurd, by itself. - Not saying that the genre hasn't evolved considerably, but fantasy literature was born out of the concept of idealized white people dealing with the grotesque and the alien. Something of that is always going to stick, whether it's Daeny the dragon queen getting violated by a proto-mongol until she starts to find pleasure in the process, or whether its the sounds of Tekeli-li by some cannibalistic penguin. It's a relic of a bygone era, and it will fade. So, get over it. My personal opinion on the issue at hand is, it's a waste of time. I am not making a political statement when I say, anybody who has watched the news last year knows that there are way more important race-related issues that need to be dealt with. Obvious baloney like this is just distracting from the much more urgent issues. [/QUOTE]
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