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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malic" data-source="post: 1917533" data-attributes="member: 23799">Oh, a new trick! Let me try this sblock thing.[sblock] First let me say, I am not arguing that drow *are* evidence or racism or sexism in anyone, and I can see the differences between drow and 'black' people, and the way you can get drow by reversing many of the preestablished elf stereotypes. All I'm saying is, we're not looking at one evil race among many. We're looking at one matriarchal race among one. Women governments? They're all evil. (Black governments? Maybe not.)I don't have a bugbear about the drow, and just posted because your statement doesn't recognise that.If, and this is not necessarily the case with the drow (I did ask), there is only a single example of a thing, and it is a negative portrayal, the overall portrayal of that thing is negative.If that resonates with negative portrayals elsewhere in society, it is likely to become an uncomfortable example (for some people), irrespective of the intention of the creator.This is not 'absence of evidence'. One data point is not a trend, sure. But it's a damn uncomfortable little single data point, to me.Add that to the drow's portrayal in earlier art, and my discomfort is compounded.Now if you have both good and evil examples, no worries.Ok, have to sign off now and give the phone back. Cheers![/sblock]</blockquote>