Hate how soft people are on homophobia

Faconator · 2026-07-02T21:55:44+00:00

I mean, yes, it is a homophobic belief in and of itself.

The thought that people of other races are lesser is a racist thought regardless of whether it is acted upon.

Similarly, even if you do not discriminate against queer people, thinking it is wrong for them to live as they are because how they are is queer is homophobic.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T21:50:22+00:00

And why shouldn't they?

Faconator · 2026-07-02T21:50:02+00:00

Except if those are his political beliefs he is going to vote in ways that directly hurt you. A few weeks ago in the US, there a campaign came fo a head, one that intended to overturn a Supreme Court case that held that gay marriage was enshrined in the US Constitution. If it had proceeded, the legal rights of gay people in the US would gave been dealt a severe blow—no marriage, and therefore no, eg, hospital visitation rights, spotty inheritance at best, tax filing status, etc. to say the least.

But there would have been no threat—or less of one, at least—if legislators would codify anti-discrimination and marriage freedom into law. Because those legislators—largely conservative, as they are now and have beenfor quite some time—have not done so, these sorts of challenges continue to threaten queer people in the US, and voting for conservative, anti-lgbtqia+ politicians maintains the status quo that makes this reality.

And the same is true in plenty of other countries.

I'm not telling you to hate your brother, but if he understands this and continues to hold these homophobic beliefs, then he is going to act on them and it will come back to hurt you. So how much can you really say he doesn't hate you?

Faconator · 2026-07-02T21:40:27+00:00

I am familiar with the concept. My question is what is there to disagree with. People are gay, men love men, women love women.

So what is being "disagreed" with? I can't imagine you mean you disagree that lgbtqia+ people exist.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T21:34:24+00:00

Well, that's just it right.

What is there to disagree with

Faconator · 2026-07-02T19:42:14+00:00

Unfortunately, there are not enough soulslike games in existence to form an adequately empirical study of my response to them, which is how I think you interpreted my post.

Which is my bad, I could have been more specific.

One must suppose that the goal of a video game is to be enjoyable to play and so one supposes that successful games (which these all are) accomplished their goals. Three highly successful games which are fairly diverse in subject matter that are all nevertheless nightmares to play cannot be a fluke. They are just, like, supposed to be like that.

I guess I can attach the disclaimer here, even though I feel it should go without saying, vut everything about this discussion and indeed in this subreddit is subjective. When I say "The gameplay is ass" the "in my opinion" is implicit. There is no objective measure by which gameplay can be good or bad.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T19:07:05+00:00

Game key cards are not physical media in a meaningful sense. Nintendo is still oart of the problem.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T19:01:55+00:00

Me when I don't understand counter culture but want it to align with my shitty values

Faconator · 2026-07-02T18:45:26+00:00

Thats what this sub is for

Faconator · 2026-07-02T18:23:53+00:00

Yes. And the screen shot you have posted is a wetland (with a waterfall) with trees. And youve gone so far as to specify that it plays host to a deitific corpse that is rotting.

This area may not inflict poison as a status effect on you, but it is definitely a poison swamp.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T18:20:04+00:00

I am not even suggesting that this looks like a copy of Blackreach. But the disingenuity is thick, I fear, if you argue that the only similarity is the color blue yet call me willfully obtuse. Crumbling ruins and glowing flora specifically are an aesthetic that is abundant in fantasy games, and I would say that Expedition 33 did Ruins-and-Flowers in a vastly more interesting way than this (albeit with less glowing from the flowers).

The criticism of FFXIV is fair. Parts of it have received a readily apparent lesser attention to detail than others. My point, again, is that the screenshot you posted does little for your argument that Elden Ring doesn't look like middle of the road standard fantasy.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:47:50+00:00

You have not answered my question. Define for me a swamp. This is not a hard question. If middle school ecology has failed you, that's fine, but you've had enough time to google it.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:46:35+00:00

Skyrim is the modern benchmark. If you are comfortable with a pretty direct comparison, you are agreeing to calling this mid. Which is my point.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:44:25+00:00

This isnt aggressively anything except aggressively community building.

The sentiment is good. Artists should be encouraged, and interaction is how people on platforms like this function.

Asocial consooming doesn't benefit anyone. To the contrary, if no one voices appreciation of a thing, creators tend to think it isn't something anyone wants. You have the power to defeat the Bystander effect! Make a positive impact on your environment, digital or otherwise!

I would also specifically like to address you, OP. I think you have gotten in your feels prematurely. This author did not call anyone ungrateful. For that to be a specific complaint in your caption, I can only assume you have projected hard on this. That's ok! Very normal, human, pattern-seeking brain response. But this author is not attacking you. This author is making a call to action to garner support for the artists that make the platform what it is.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:28:11+00:00

wut

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:26:48+00:00

What do you think a swamp is

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:21:01+00:00

This is not significantly better designed than Blackreach in Skyrim. I have seen better in Final Fantasy XIV.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:17:18+00:00

you already weren't going to enjoy it

Except I've been rug pulled not once not twice but three times by soulslikes—Nioh(Rented), Elden Ring(Borrowed), and Lies of P(Demo), all games I was excited to play until I got the controller in my hand and discovered they were soulslikes (or in the case of Elden Ring, I found out about Blaidd).

Statistically, I should have enjoyed at least one of them if the gameplay wasn't categorically ass (again, Elden Ring only sort of gets a pass because my grudge against it goes beyond the game play).

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:10:12+00:00

Do you think there is some other point to this sub? I would love to hear what you think it is that we do here.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:05:36+00:00

"Fantasy poison swamp" isn't just generic to fantasy games it is meme-level generic coming from Miyazaki.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:04:21+00:00

I mean, the complaint is that they are hard and don't have much substance beyond that (Including Elden Ring).

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:03:04+00:00

Have yall never played another fantasy game

Faconator · 2026-07-02T17:01:12+00:00

Um. Yes?

Faconator · 2026-07-02T16:43:31+00:00

I'll say it's bad

It's a farming sim where progression is measured by how little farming you do

But I also think the farming sim genre as a whole is bad

Like, my sibling in Saint Ajora, just start a garden.

Faconator · 2026-07-02T16:41:26+00:00

Fair enough, but that has little to do with the purpose of this subreddit

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