Thanks, that thread was a worthwhile read.

Zaiem Beg also references WotC's double-standards re: what's allowed on DMsGuild (warning: there's quite NSFW images as cover images for a number of products still on DMsGuild/DriveThruRPG) in discussing WotC's removal of a content creator from their Magic: The Gathering creator program for supposedly "distributing Magic content against [their] Code of Conduct, including photos featuring adult nudity and sexualized posting".

@kviiri and now there is an alternate version: patcailmemer.github.io/om-fse-minus

seems to be more "mouse-intensive".

was looking at the PSN store

Noticed this game on sale for 2 money units.

actually... seems quite interesting

@V2Blast took me a while (the bottom of the thread) to understand why all that artwork is problematic (it isn't)

@BESW ugh :(

The Dislocating DM wrote a twitter thread about Tolkien, Orcs, and Ableism. CW: ableism, racism.

"I am sorry for Blood in the Chocolate, and what it contributed to," an apology by Kiel Chenier.

Is my memory playing tricks or Tolkien 's Orcs were actually originated from corrupted/tortured elves?

seems there is indeed a hierarchy in there.

Elves > Man/Dwarf > Hobbit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Orcs

So, I guess they have a point in there.

Wonder what they would say about that other book... "The Last Ringbearer"

Yes; NK Jemisin wrote about the nature of Orcs in Tolkien and pop culture and how it represents a problem in The Unbearable Baggage of Orcing

(disclaimer - never read "The Last Ringbearer", it is something I keep forgetting to)

That said.... I wonder if it is worth the time.

> Eskov bases his novel on the premise that the Tolkien account is a "history written by the victors". Eskov's version of the story describes Mordor as a peaceful constitutional monarchy on the verge of an industrial revolution, that poses a threat to the war-mongering and imperialistic faction represented by Gandalf (whose attitude has been described by Saruman as "crafting the Final Solution to the Mordorian problem") and the racist elves.

@BESW Wow, that was quite the appology.

@Rubiksmoose Very clearly shows an understanding of what's being apologized for!

@BESW Agreed.