Don't let this PR move blind you from the facts.
Like this is great, but the lead designer seems like such a piece of shit that he wouldn't have allowed it in the game unless forced.
"look at the news about our game. we need some positive buzz, not *gestures wildly* THIS"
"oh ok how about we give them what they want? We can still hate it behind locked doors?"
"yeah ok sounds good"
she probably got them to add separate but equal bathrooms for the trans characters,
lmao this is transparent as fuck come on guys
This is like the most meaningless inclusion that you do to try and get people off your backs.
It doesn’t stop people from being transphobic and being a shitlord. It also doesn’t stop transphobic groups from using this as an example of overreach.
Ironically I’d prefer them to either go full on trans inclusion or not even bother with this. This is just muddying the waters in so many ways. It’s not true inclusion, as it’s such a small part of the game that only people really looking for it will notice, the guy still likely got his job even with WB knowing his shitlordness and JK Rowling is still making mad bank from this to still be transphobic and fund transphobic things.
It’s still overwhelmingly net negative at best and more negative at worse as it gives even more ammo to transphobic individuals and groups.
This kind of shit is why I'm sceptical of the value of representation in fiction. Especially when it comes from others.
This is nothing but a vaguely nice gesture. How about doing something that'd actually help people?
This is a prime example of why cancel culture needs to be addressed.
Dude does some edgy shit a decade ago in reaction to some dumb shit argument among Gamers™ and then gets his life together and makes a success of himself.
10 years later, and against all evidence to the contrary, people dredge up said edgy shit and then start running with their own version of events, putting words into his mouth and making some pretty shitty accusations without any fucking knowledge of his character or his personality. Throw in some guilt by association with JK Rowling and you've got the outrage mob all riled up on half truths and statements taken out of context. All the while he has no chance to defend himself and it would only make it worse if he tried.
Others, in search of internet clout, run with it and get all hyperbolic about his actual crimes and the next thing you know, the dude needs to be fired from his job and killed in the digital realm.
Meanwhile, the owner and current manager of Reeeeesetera have got some skeletons in their own closet, but they're on the "right side" and are "allies" so they get a free pass.
Fuck you if you support cancel culture.
