I was reading the following article:
http://ift.tt/1pEu4f9
wherein, Mike Mearls states:
MM: Any social change takes time. My personal sense is that I’ve always been much more leery about offending gay and transgender folks by fumbling the issue in an effort to include them. I’m not worried about offending bigots – quite the opposite, in fact. The value lies simply in acknowledgement, and realizing that it’s better to put something out there than remain quiet out of a misplaced bout of sensitivity. (emphasis mine)
What exactly is he saying, here? That people who do not accept/endorse homosexuality (homosexuals are 2-3% of the population in North America) are bigots? Really?
Further in the interview:
MM: What’s interesting is that the majority – almost the entirety – of the team working on the visuals consists of women, with Kate Irwin as the art director. (emphasis mine)
So, we have an art team compromised almost entirely of women.
As I was looking through the PHB at my local bookstore, I noticed that almost all the race illustrations were women. Likewise, it was my impression was that the same was true of the character class illustrations -- seemed to be mostly women represented. Is this a coincidence, or a result of having a female art team?
Further:
As I was reading the class descriptions, I noted that the female pronoun, she, was used in the descriptive text for almost all character classes. There would be one paragraph with "she" and then maybe a second paragraph with "he". So, I guess, they were trying to change it up and keep it fair. Still, thoug, it was interesting how "she" came first in most cases.
This all rubbed me the wrong way.
What is going on here?
Pandering to SJWs and feminists?
Don't get me wrong, the rules aren't bad. It's better than 3e and 4e in terms of art style and rules.
Just this agenda, this pandering, as it feels to me, is a turnoff.
I was gonna buy the new corebooks. Instead, I went and bought the latest edition of Warhammer 40,000.
http://ift.tt/1pEu4f9
wherein, Mike Mearls states:
MM: Any social change takes time. My personal sense is that I’ve always been much more leery about offending gay and transgender folks by fumbling the issue in an effort to include them. I’m not worried about offending bigots – quite the opposite, in fact. The value lies simply in acknowledgement, and realizing that it’s better to put something out there than remain quiet out of a misplaced bout of sensitivity. (emphasis mine)
What exactly is he saying, here? That people who do not accept/endorse homosexuality (homosexuals are 2-3% of the population in North America) are bigots? Really?
Further in the interview:
MM: What’s interesting is that the majority – almost the entirety – of the team working on the visuals consists of women, with Kate Irwin as the art director. (emphasis mine)
So, we have an art team compromised almost entirely of women.
As I was looking through the PHB at my local bookstore, I noticed that almost all the race illustrations were women. Likewise, it was my impression was that the same was true of the character class illustrations -- seemed to be mostly women represented. Is this a coincidence, or a result of having a female art team?
Further:
As I was reading the class descriptions, I noted that the female pronoun, she, was used in the descriptive text for almost all character classes. There would be one paragraph with "she" and then maybe a second paragraph with "he". So, I guess, they were trying to change it up and keep it fair. Still, thoug, it was interesting how "she" came first in most cases.
This all rubbed me the wrong way.
What is going on here?
Pandering to SJWs and feminists?
Don't get me wrong, the rules aren't bad. It's better than 3e and 4e in terms of art style and rules.
Just this agenda, this pandering, as it feels to me, is a turnoff.
I was gonna buy the new corebooks. Instead, I went and bought the latest edition of Warhammer 40,000.
Mike Mearls, Bigots, Homosexuality, Transgender, All-female Art Team, etc
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