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submitted 7 months ago by sc_griffith@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] istewart@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's slowly dawned on me over the last few years that one of the biggest reasons why I find the endless reams of Tolkien/D&D-ripoff fantasy fiction distasteful is because its popularity enables guys like this to smuggle racism into broader discourse. If your entertainment already has you primed to think in a racialized framework, it's going to take you that much longer to cotton onto what this dingleberry and his buddies are actually pushing.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago

Honestly I'm so used to deconstructions of the basic good races vs. evil races dichotomy that when I joined my first long form DnD campaign about a year ago, I ended up having a chat about it with our DM where he had to explain to me that the orcs were intended to be an obviously "we are evil, we are the enemy, you are supposed to fight and kill us" type of enemy. There's been some more nuance since then, but even since we've moved to the next campaign with new characters, mine is once again the "wait, maybe we should listen hear out the chaotic evil demonic minions and find out why they suddenly decided to try and invade our lands" type of character.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago

I used to find it amusing how many black metal bands were 'Tolkien inspired', it is a lot less funny now. (but hey, at least they are not NSBM)