I don't know how I feel about that analysis. Just because something is inspired by historic events (slavery in this case), doesn't mean it's advocating those events as good.
Is it dark? Yes, and I think it's meant to be.
If anything, I think it's actually great that they're doing this because I believe RPG games are a great and safe mediums to acquaint people with these difficult subjects. I can't be the only person with this opinion?
Are people calling Marvel racists or anti-Semitic because Hydra was inspires by some parts of the Nazi military being obsessed with the supernatural?
I think calling these racists (or xist) is a failure of imagination; kinda weird to see it come from the RPG community, too
The tone of the spelljammer setting is not dark. It is more marketed towards kids in its latest iteration.
I think people just don't want to deal with slavery and race bullshit in their fantasy setting, which I understand.
So it's just annoying and tone deaf and doesn't add anything, plus the fact they are simian and transported on tall ships and auctioned off as slaves.
If you can't see why someone would would say "wow, a slave monkey race transported on ships. That sucks." Then you aren't arguing in good faith. It is not that much of a stretch to see it as a little demeaning.
Depictions od people of color as animalistic is undeniably a thing people used to do to be demeaning to them.
So I would argue you are having a failing of imagination.
outsourcing personal opinions wholesale to articles that others have written, without being able to reformulate/articulate said opinions in your own words, does not make for an especially compelling argument.
spoiler|3 years ago
Is it dark? Yes, and I think it's meant to be.
If anything, I think it's actually great that they're doing this because I believe RPG games are a great and safe mediums to acquaint people with these difficult subjects. I can't be the only person with this opinion?
Are people calling Marvel racists or anti-Semitic because Hydra was inspires by some parts of the Nazi military being obsessed with the supernatural?
I think calling these racists (or xist) is a failure of imagination; kinda weird to see it come from the RPG community, too
honkycat|3 years ago
I think people just don't want to deal with slavery and race bullshit in their fantasy setting, which I understand.
So it's just annoying and tone deaf and doesn't add anything, plus the fact they are simian and transported on tall ships and auctioned off as slaves.
If you can't see why someone would would say "wow, a slave monkey race transported on ships. That sucks." Then you aren't arguing in good faith. It is not that much of a stretch to see it as a little demeaning.
Depictions od people of color as animalistic is undeniably a thing people used to do to be demeaning to them.
So I would argue you are having a failing of imagination.
wardedVibe|3 years ago
Contrast that with the gith, another slave race that broke their bonds. Just as gritty, but not racist.
adamrezich|3 years ago
mynameisvlad|3 years ago
If you had read the article provided, you'd have also seen that Wizards agrees with the opinion and has modified their backstory: https://www.polygon.com/23339180/dnd-spelljammer-racist-hado...