Lianodel @ Lianodel @ttrpg.network Posts 1Comments 362Joined 2 yr. ago
For real, it's scary how quickly transphobia can get a grip on someone, to the point it becomes a singular focus, and something people are willing to destroy their own lives for.
Specifically, I'm thinking of Graham Linehan. Other famous and successful people have let transphobia take over their lives and tarnish their reputations, but that dude lost his reputation, can't get work anymore, even destroyed his own marriage... but can't stop. I think he subconsciously realizes that, if he's wrong about this, he lost everything for nothing, so he can't ever even entertain the idea.
It's amazing how quickly they'll pivot from "I have science on my side" to "The science is wrong."
They don't form opinions based on evidence, they judge evidence based on their opinions.
Shadow of the Weird Wizard, too, which is from the creator of Shadow of the Demon Lord, but higher-powered and more classic fantasy rather than grimdark.
I had a friend of a friend who worked at Wizards of the Coast, and it's a revolving door there. There's no shortage of people eager to work on games that mean so much to them, so it's easy to abuser workers and cut the loose if there's any hint that they might start demanding better treatment, or a better direction for the brands, or especially organizing and collectively bargaining.
It's kind of the same thing here. There's no shortage of servile users eager to be scabs. It's going to lead to stifling and unpleasant communities in the long run, but they don't really care. So long as they can slow down the appearance of enshittification, and keep reddit.com from being full of reasons why the site is a bad investment, they can cash out in the IPO and leave investors holding the bag.
Track encumbrance, too!
Fun fact: old-school D&D measured weight and encumbrance in terms of coins.