The main issue with Wyll is the writing, I don't think anyone dislikes him, just that he comes off as boring...
I disagree with this, though I appreciate where you're coming from.
In my opinion, there is a racial element at play with Wyll. I believe if he were a straight white male, he'd be far more popular. Currently, Gale is the origin most often played, and I suspect that has quite a bit to do with his identity being representative of the majority of players.
That's because those complaints have different ideological motivations behind them,
I agree.
with different degrees of potential real-life harm.
I disagree. It's a game representing a fantasy world. I'm looking for a story with interesting conflict and cultures and characters. The sky isn't going to fall if refugees are portrayed as dangerous or hurtful to a community. I don't think that argument makes any sense.
If someone finds the time and energy to complain about some fictional refugees being treated with "too much sympathy", my suspicion is that we are dealing with a far-right person there.
I don't think that's relevant. This is a game, and this forum specifically is a place for folks to come and talk about what they'd like in the game. A place to give feedback and talk storytelling and entertainment. Not a place to police real world politics.
Whether someone else likes it or not, far right people exist. They will continue to exist despite efforts to remove their opinions from ongoing conversations.
The argument is that this game is bad, because it portrays refugees as "good people", which implies that the complainer thinks that the real-life refugees are bad. It's just a thinly veiled hate-speech.
The argument is not that the entire game is bad because of etc etc etc...
The argument is that the game completely ignores a point of view and thus that portion of the game suffers. Having a more nuanced view about borders and migration does not equal hate speech. Calling it hate speech just makes it impossible to engage in actual dialogue.
And I believe these forums exist for folks to engage in conversation. There is nothing disrespectful about a desire for open communication.
