Damn, now I wish I replied to myself in this chain.
@Homeboy Chris
-“The problem is they label any change….”
1.) I totally agree the word’s been ritually abused too. People within that same group might’ve also foamed at the mouth over something like Gone Home. lol
2.) I’m not sure “depriving” said characters really fits in the grand scheme. In the world of book, movie, TV, & game publishing, there’s far more influence with “sensitivity readers” overriding an artist’s original ambition. Even though this term is ALSO abused, I do think wokescold/wokescolding fits as a type of lefty pejorative to describe that atmosphere of potential soft- or self-censorship that’s made it’s way up to scholarly avenues as well.
-“Going now so far that a company that can help them to make a game…”
Maybe it’s a personal flaw, but I just don’t fundamentally buy into that line of reasoning. I detailed part of my complaint in my 2nd MrDead reply, but I’ll expand upon it here: there’s something intrinsically artificial about this mode of consultancy, especially when a storyteller – capable of their own organic internal growth and understanding – has to run by some secondary creative outlet. And it’s a different beast than highly specialized fields like gun, language, or ancient history consultant experts.
-“I think also it’s mostly just poor writing that is the issue…”
Again, 100% agree with those annoying abuses; that said, I also think “wokeness” (fundamentally illiberal) will have a cozy relationship with poor writing. There’s never been a greater time to place women in leading roles and yet so few reach the stratosphere of Ripley or Sarah Connor. I think that’s intrinsically tied to this plastic ideology that has to ignore fundamental human realities.
