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[–]strawberrycake 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Literally. I’ve been playing a lot of Genshin Impact lately and every gaming website I look at to find team builds and stuff just pushes this stuff. One just started blasting a video about “LGBTQ+ representation in video games” as some kind of ad without me clicking on it. Another recommended an article if I should play the new Harry Potter game if I “want to support my trans friends”. It’s all so tiring even when I am trying to enjoy escapism.

[–]julesburm1891 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I’ve had two people in my life throw hissy fits about people pre-ordering Legends of Hogwarts. Imagine having the fucking audacity to tell other people what video games you would allow them to play.

[–]Virginia_Plain 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, one of my IRL friends is on a major, almost daily tirade against anything JKR related, including that game. Fandoms in general have wanted their franchises to represent "progress," and they deeply identify with them. The number of 30-somethings identifying as Gryffindors before TERFgate was unbelievable. I've been getting lots of news feeds in my Facebook related to her. John Waters says she is the only person in the world he thinks should be cancelled. So many people to think of John, and you go for the one whose essay could basically be summed up as "I think people need to realize there are differences between bio women and trans women, and we need to come up with a system that protects both while recognizing these differences."

She is also being pilloried as "just like Putin" after he compared himself to her. Out magazine characterized her tweet decrying him as her "scrambling to distance herself from a murderous dictator," which is yellow journalism at its lowest.

[–]millicentfawcett 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

I might buy it just to spite them. I don't even have a games console.