[ SECRET POST #6340 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6340 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Inspired by 3

[(Anonymous)]

Fits 3 very well because I'm currently reading a Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic and the author went on a rant in the author's notes about how they will NOT include any of the racism/slavery aspects included in the game and how the way the game deals with it was appalling etc etc... All while writing a Durge/Astarion (background Durge/Gortash) fanfic.

Like, come on. You're fine with mass/serial murders, torture, child abuse, sexual enslavement and assault (in Astarion's case), implied cannibalism and necrophila and ritualistic sacrifices but you draw the line at some characters being racially prejudiced? With the argument the "Oh, murder is something more nuanced, you might have to kill in self defense but there's literally no excuse for racism". As if someone like Lae'zel, who grew up in a racially segregated cult like society had any more of a choice on how she was brought up perceiving races "lesser" than the Gith than the choice Durge had murdering tons of people? And there's character development connected to most people's racism in BG3 as long as they're not a villain, then they don't get any. Which brings me to Gortash- Gortash is a damn VILLAIN, look, I like the feral trash racoon as well but he's not a nice person and him being a slaver is literally one of the lesser issues with him in the grand scheme of things. And it's not that I absolutely HAVE to have any racism or slavery in this fic, I don't really care about it but it's just a weird line to draw in this minefield of other distasteful tropes.

The fic itself is fairly enjoyable so far (liked the concept behind it) and I'll keep reading it for now but that rant almost put me off it because, damn, girl, that's some weird priorities you got there in your murder hobo romanticising fic.

Re: Inspired by 3

[(Anonymous)]

I know very little about this game but out of curiosity, on which side of the sexual assault paradigm does the sexy white haired elf vampire man fall? I know he's several of my friends' little meow meow and I'm just honestly curious but I don't remember this topic coming up in the wiki I read?

Re: Inspired by 3

[(Anonymous)]

It's complicated. So he basically was compelled to seduce marks to bring back for his vampire master, which can absoutely be seen as more than questionable consent for him (seeing as he doesn't really want to do it but is compelled to) but also kinda for his victims because he uses seductuion/sex to lure them to their deaths, even if he doesn't do it willingly.

Then if you romance him, he seduces the player character primarily because he thinks he secures himself some protection this way, and it only later turns into actual feelings which he is very conflicted about, given his history. Then later on, if he's romanced you can talk him into a threesome with some prositutes and he's reluctant but agrees, but the description of the scene basically says he mentally checks out during the act so... not too great. He has a very skewed view on sex/intimacy in general.

And later, if you help him ascend as a vampire overlord, he basically turns into this super domineering asshole who is implied to be no better than his former master so yeah, that's ... sketchy as well.

Re: Inspired by 3

[(Anonymous)]

it's giving reverse 'i can excuse x but I draw the line at x' LOL

Re: Inspired by 3

[(Anonymous)]

Not even reverse, it's literally "I can excuse torture, murder and SA but I draw the line at mild mentions of racism".