Originally Posted by Omegaphallic
Originally Posted by Eguzky
Originally Posted by Danielbda
Originally Posted by Eguzky


None of that sounds like it is anything more than people looking for an excuse, no offense.
I could easily say that Luke's arc was done, and he sacrificed himself to save the rebellion.
Rey could beat Kylo because..well..slightly bad writing, mostly. Maybe the Force, too. She was strong in it.
Same with being a pilot; the Force just made her better than a trained pilot. It could also just be bad writing.

None of it HAS to be politics unless people wanted it to be so, just so they could attack it.

People will always find a reason to complain, even if one does not exist. Not trying to be offensive, or saying YOU are. Just saying that none of that screams 'politics' to me.

What about the leaks that indicate that there was studio interference for those things to happen to please "woke audiences" (Luke being a failure and Rey being stronger than everyone without explanation)?
Would you like for events in BG1 and 2 to be retconed to please people? Balthazar was a gender fluid man-tree all along?

Here's where we get into view vs view.

The people yelling 'no politics!' are usually the ones upset if a new story comes out and has an openly gay character, or someone gender fluid.
Let's say Larian made a character in BG3 that was gender fluid, just because that's who they were. They did not retconn anything. Whole new character. People would STILL scream they were 'just added for the 'woke people'' and 'pandering'.
Even if that were not the case. Even if Larian showed writers notes on how the dude was gender fluid from day 1, people would STILL scream 'politics'.

Because they just don't want to hear it.They want THEIR version of 'Not in my game' over anyone else's views. Even the devs.

But these discussions never end with calm words on the internet. People are too defensive about there views, on both sides. I've said my part, and I will withdraw.


That is usually shaped by how the PR is handled. I mean yeah there are folks who complain about any gay or trans representations, but there are others who are more balanced then that.

I support diversity, but I don't support doing it badly or using lazy story telling to achieve it.


Oh don't get me wrong, I'm a libertarian (although all the "gender" terms are not scientific and thus are meaningless according to Biology). The point is, do not retcon established franchises to put a "woke" agenda.
If writers create feminist, gay, bissexual characters organically, i.e, it is imperative that they have those traits, then great. But do not make Lando be "gay" for droids. It is retarded.