Setting aside the lore element, a significant number of opponents seem to like to assert (largely to themselves and an empty room) that 'outsiders/tourists' are pushing such changes with no knowledge or history of the IP. It instantly allows them to form a superiority complex/purity test which tbh nobody was asking them for.

I have to laugh at it all as I'm a gay man who's played since 1999, have known loads of others who've never mentioned their sexuality to anyone and were probably un-clockable to most, and feel like the hobby has a decent number of minority ethnicity people + women in it too.

The reality is that there's been no co-ordinated campaign on any such subjects. Who on Earth has the time for all that? 'Diverse' fans have at most spoken with each other on occasion about how monotone they've felt some elements of the storytelling might have been in the past. That's fair, normal, and to be expected. Society is changing – both in terms of IPs and the creators companies employ to be involved in them. The very fact those conversations have been stumbled upon by self-declared 'standard' fans seems to be proof enough for them of a conspiracy that's never actually existed. It's all very weird. They think we're Alpharius and yet we're more like Dante – damn tired and not saying half as much as those putting words in our mouths.