Preaching and Politics

Dragon Age is a series of ges I've been partially interested in for a number of years. The developer, Bioware, has had ups and downs when it comes to developing ges. There are companies, like authors, that fans cling to and it's heartbreaking to see them go out in a poor way. I haven't been with Bioware for the highest of highs they had with their Star Wars games or other series which is probably why I'm not as fanatic a fan. The latest in the Dragon Age series just came out and it has upset a lot of fans for different reasons. Maybe it was the actiony combat in a fantasy rpg game or making the stranger races look too human that caused the problems. Or perhaps olit was the preaching of gender politics that set the fans off. In one scene, a character is forced to do push-ups after misgendering a character. Said character says physical punishment teaches better. What an awful scene. Identity politics is a current issue of our world, not the fantasy world. The original Dragon Age had politics but not our politics. The main theme behind the first game was about coming together despite the differences. Elves were third class citizens, magicians outside the guild were heretics, and the horned quanari race were seen with suspicion. There was racism, sexism and people doing foolish things to survive for another day. Politics that mattered to them, not to us. I want to escape to their world, not pull ours in. I doubt identity politics are high on the list and even if they were, condemning others does not soften me to their cause. Just the opposite, it blends me to oppose them.

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