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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8231576">I really don’t see a problem with it and I think you are projecting ‘domestic role’ on her. She is the most powerful person in Richemulot. She is ruthless and cunning. Falling in love doesn’t mean she suddenly turns into a house wife. It is meant to be a weakness as well since it isn’t typical for were rats. And giving her a curse that she will fall in love but always revert to her rat form in her love’s presence gives her a desire that is relatable (again she is a bit like phantom of the opera). There is nothing wrong with a male or female character wanting love. You are pathololagizing something that is a perfectly good horror trope, gives her character emotional weight and adds complexity to her motivations (also the GM is free to take this in any number of directions).not saying folks have to like it. Maybe you find it full. I honestly found it to be a great entry in a boxed set that was to my mind a masterpiece of game design and writing. I think it is fair to criticize. But it is a little shady to always frame these criticisms in terms of them being icky, or sone kind of moral transgression. I just think people are reading est too much into this stuff and throwing away perfectly good tropes because they could be read a certain way (and I don’t think the reading if the tropes here is accurate: most if the critiques honestly feel a little like schoolyard insults (the I Have a crush on everyone clip for example). It isn’t a way to persuade, it is a way to Shame people into agreeing with you about whether the content of a fantasy world is well written or not. People can like this stuff. It doesn’t make them sexist and it doesn’t make the writing lazy</blockquote>

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