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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 202287" data-attributes="member: 158">Henry whips out his large-caliber firearm and starts firing!I resent that! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Believe it or not, I find the same perception here, although that perception is slowly changing here. If current trends continue, and assuming that WotC's and d20 publishers' goals are met, then I forsee the stigma being very marginalized within the next decade. Many non-negative references are being made now in TV shows, in movies, and other pop culture outlets, and more people 'fess up to being gamers now than before. It is a hobby with venerable traditions that now stretch back 100 years or more (speaking of wargaming and such games, as many gamers started with this concept, and still continue with games such as Battletech and Mage Knight), and as such will continue to see mainstreaming as times change.Given that, up until last year I had never heard of a "furry" or an "erotic furry", I firmly believe people who wish to name-call have much more interesting targets to shoot for than men and women who gather together to pretend to be sorcerers, knights, and super-heroes for the weekend.</blockquote>