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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8265598" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Sorry, but, kissing a person without permission is sexual assault. Full stop. Someone might decide to let it slide or not press charges, but, that doesn't change the fact that kissing someone without permission is sexual assault.</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>See, the biggest problem with these kinds of discussions is that people act like any criticism of a work means that the work is now garbage and anyone who likes it must be garbage too. Nothing could be further from the truth. I LIKE the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies. They're fun. They're entertaining. They're a great way to kill a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. I would certainly watch them again. And have watched them all multiple times. </p><p></p><p>But, that in no way makes them above critique. Just because I like something doesn't mean that I get to pretend that it is now above all reproach. Far from it. It is entirely possible to recognize the failings in something and still really enjoy it. Heck, look at the Lord of the Rings movies. The fact that every single protagonist is white, and the only white antagonists that we see on screen are the leaders of characters that are played by non-white actors. This is problematic. Does that mean that the LotR movies are racist or that Peter Jackson is a closet KKK member? Of course not. That would be ridiculous. But, at the same time, we can recognize that yes, the works are a product of their time and going forward, maybe we can try to do better.</p><p></p><p>The same goes for WotC going forward and bringing these settings into the now. Changing the setting so that your character will be a local seeking to improve the lot of the locals rather than a foreign invader bent on plundering tombs avoids the rather uncomfortable tropes of the original setting. Why is that a bad thing? If you want to play a tomb plunderer, go right ahead. No one is stopping you. The only difference now is that that isn't the baseline assumption. Again, why is that a bad thing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8265598, member: 22779"] Sorry, but, kissing a person without permission is sexual assault. Full stop. Someone might decide to let it slide or not press charges, but, that doesn't change the fact that kissing someone without permission is sexual assault. ----- See, the biggest problem with these kinds of discussions is that people act like any criticism of a work means that the work is now garbage and anyone who likes it must be garbage too. Nothing could be further from the truth. I LIKE the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies. They're fun. They're entertaining. They're a great way to kill a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. I would certainly watch them again. And have watched them all multiple times. But, that in no way makes them above critique. Just because I like something doesn't mean that I get to pretend that it is now above all reproach. Far from it. It is entirely possible to recognize the failings in something and still really enjoy it. Heck, look at the Lord of the Rings movies. The fact that every single protagonist is white, and the only white antagonists that we see on screen are the leaders of characters that are played by non-white actors. This is problematic. Does that mean that the LotR movies are racist or that Peter Jackson is a closet KKK member? Of course not. That would be ridiculous. But, at the same time, we can recognize that yes, the works are a product of their time and going forward, maybe we can try to do better. The same goes for WotC going forward and bringing these settings into the now. Changing the setting so that your character will be a local seeking to improve the lot of the locals rather than a foreign invader bent on plundering tombs avoids the rather uncomfortable tropes of the original setting. Why is that a bad thing? If you want to play a tomb plunderer, go right ahead. No one is stopping you. The only difference now is that that isn't the baseline assumption. Again, why is that a bad thing? [/QUOTE]
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