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font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">On April 25th, 2020, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/twitter" class="internal-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">Twitter</a> user @MonkipiQuinn<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn6" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a></span> tweeted a picture of a description of "Roleplaying an Orc" in <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Dungeons and Dragons</em> with the message "Cw blatant racism" (shown below). The account was subsequently placed on private.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></p><center style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1841332" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/841/332/86e.jpg" width="425" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="Original tweet by @MonkipiQuinn" alt="Quinn W-W (Blasted by Time Ghos... Follow @MonkipiQuinn Cw blatant racism I'm in genuine awe that this shit came out for THIS edition of D&D holy shit ROLEPLAYING AN ORC Most orcs have been indoctrinated into a life of destruc- tion and slaughter. But unlike creatures who by their very nature are evil, such as gnolls, it's possible that an orc, if raised outside its culture, could develop a limited capacity for empathy, love, and compassion. No matter how domesticated an orc might seem, its blood lust flows just beneath the surface. With its instinctive love of battle and its desire to prove its strength, an orc trying to live within the confines of civi- lization is faced with a difficult task. 4:55 PM - 25 Apr 2020 194 Retweets 1,217 Likes 1.4K t7 194 1.2K Text Font Line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a></center><br><blockquote style="margin: 4px 0px 8px 16px; padding: 6px 0px 0px 12px; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-image: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; quotes: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">"Most orcs have been indoctrinated into a life of destruction and slaughter. But unlike creatures who by their very Nature are evil, such as gnolls, it’s possible that an orc, if raised outside its culture, could develop a limited capacity for empathy, love, and compassion.<br style="font-size: 1em;"><br style="font-size: 1em;">No matter how domesticated an orc might seem, its blood lust flows just beneath the surface. With its instinctive love of battle and its desire to prove its Strength, an orc trying to live within the confines of civilization is faced with a difficult task."</blockquote></details></div></div><div class="anyclip" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="entry-section-container" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="entry-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; width: 737.325px;"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-family: "Roboto Slab", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: 300;">Precursor</h4><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">Orcs have been read and debated as a racist trope for decades, particularly in regards to J.R.R. Tolkein's <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/lord-of-the-rings" class="internal-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">The Lord of the Rings</em></a> book series. For example, some argue that descriptions given by characters in <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">The Lord of the Rings</em> for the creation of Orcs could amount to fear of race mixing and eugenics. In <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Lord of the Rings</em> the character Treebeard says, "It is a mark of evil things that came in the Great Darkness that they cannot abide the Sun; but Saruman's Orcs can endure it, even if they hate it. I wonder what he has done? Are they Men he has ruined, or has he blended the races of Orcs and Men? That would be a black evil!" In the article, "From the Shire to Charlottesville: How Hobbits Helped Rebuild the Dark Tower for Scientific Racism," writer Andrew Stewart says":<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn7" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></span><span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn8" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a></span></p><blockquote style="margin: 4px 0px 8px 16px; padding: 6px 0px 0px 12px; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-image: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; quotes: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">In each of these selections, we find clear manifestations of mid-twentieth century scientific racism. The final, which alarmingly spells out the notion of ‘race mixing’ as a great sin, would easily be at home in the mouth of a Klansman were ‘Orcs’ and ‘Men’ turned to ‘Blacks’ and ‘whites.’</blockquote><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">In private letters, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Lord of the Rings</em>-author J.R.R. Tolkein wrote, "squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes: in fact degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types."</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">The debate continued through Peter Jackson's film adaptation of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">The Lord of the Rings</em>. Some accused Jackson's depiciton of the Orcs as being similar to "the worst depictions of the Japanese drawn by American and British illustrators during World War II."</p></div></div><div class="anyclip" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="entry-section-container" style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="entry-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; width: 737.325px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">However, because of the era that the character were created, some do not see this as an allegation of racism or bigotry toward Tolkein but rather a product of the era in which he lived. Still, others have pushed back against these arguments. In another letter, Tolkien wrote:</p><blockquote style="margin: 4px 0px 8px 16px; padding: 6px 0px 0px 12px; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-image: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; quotes: none; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">Yes, I think the orcs as real a creation as anything in 'realistic' fiction … only in real life they are on both sides, of course. For 'romance' has grown out of 'allegory', and its wars are still derived from the 'inner war' of allegory in which good is on one side and various modes of badness on the other. In real (exterior) life men are on both sides: which means a motley alliance of orcs, beasts, demons, plain naturally honest men, and angels.</blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></section></div> urn:lj:klab.lv:atom1:resorc:23270 2021-12-16T15:12:00 2021-12-16T15:12:00 2021-12-16T13:12:48Z 2021-12-16T13:12:48Z <header class="rel c"><div class="share-buttons" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><label class="share-button trigger" for="entry-share-buttons-trigger"><br></label><a href="mailto:?subject=Problematic%20Orcs%20|%20Know%20Your%20Meme%20&body=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs" class="share-button email" target="_blank"></a><a class="share-button pinterest" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Problematic%20Orcs%20%7C%20Know%20Your%20Meme%20https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs" class="share-button twitter" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button" class="share-button facebook" target="_blank"></a></div><div class="photo-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; min-width: 0px;"><div class="entry-section-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="entry-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; width: 737.325px;"><details open="" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">On April 26th, 2020, Twitter<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn5" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a></span> user @videodante tweeted "the ideology of 'this group of sentient beings is unable to overcome the inherent animal nature of their bloodline' is the same as irl racism" (shown below).</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></p><center style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1841334" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/841/334/8aa.png" width="425" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="@videodante tweet" alt="dante @videodante the problem with D&D Orc racial classification is not that orcs were necessarily designed to resemble black and/or poc cultures, but that the ideology of "this group of sentient beings is unable to overcome the inherent animal nature of their bloodline" is the same as irl racism 2:24 PM · Apr 26, 2020 · Twitter for Android Text Font Blue Line" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a></center><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">Meanwhile, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/reddit" class="auto-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">Redditor</a> RecoveringH20Addict posted a <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Lord of the Rings</em> meme about the debate, in which Gandalf is shown saying "Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth," in reaction to Twitter users accusing Tolkien of racism. Within 24 hours, the post gathered upwards of 29,800 points (98% upvoted) on /r/HistoryMemes.<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn2" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></p><center style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1841331" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/841/331/271.png" width="350" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title=""Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth."" alt="Twitter users: JRR Tolkien wrote orcs to resemble black people because he was a racist Tolkien, who wrote a letter to the Nazis telling them their racism and bigotry made him ashamed of being a German: Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. J. R. R. Tolkien Gandalf Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Text Photo caption Human" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a></center><br></details></div></div><div class="entry-section-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="entry-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; width: 737.325px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">That day, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/sargon-of-akkad/" class="internal-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">Carl Benjamin</a>, a member of the right-wing <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/uk-independence-party-ukip" class="internal-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">UK Independence Party</a>, uploaded a video about the controversy to the Akkad Daily YouTube channel titled "'Orcs' Trends on Twitter" (shown below, left). Also on April 26th, YouTuber Hero Hei uploaded a video titled "'Orcs are trending, because woke Twitter is calling them 'racist'" (shown below, right).</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></p><center style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"> </center></div></div><div class="entry-section-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="entry-section" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; width: 737.325px;"><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">Twitter user @ammourazz published a list of resources for explaining this criticism of orcs. They wrote, "Hey so if you’re stumbling into the D&D orc discourse and are one of the handful of people here with an open-mind and a genuine desire to understand what’s going on, welcome! This thread is gonna be for you; a master list of resources that explain the problem if you’re willing." The post received more than 7,200 likes and 2,700 retweets in less than three days (shown below).</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></p><center style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1842761" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/842/761/5cc.png" alt="Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Hey so if you're stumbling into the D&D orc discourse and are one of the handful of people here with an open-mind and a genuine desire to understand what's going on, welcome! This thread is gonna be for you; a master list of resources that explain the problem if you're willing. 149 t7 2.7K 7.2K Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Step 1: The historical context. This article explains a lot of the historical roots and issues with Orks. Including the letters in which Tolkien describes them as "least lovely mongol types" amongst other context and issues. Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: A . This is the first installment of a two-article series Beat back the about the racist origins, nature, and ramifications .. with S jamesmendezhodes.com LIBERTY t7 74 1.1K Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Step 2: The modern continuation This article bridges the historical basis with the modern issues and contexts and helps explain why it continues to be a problem and grew past its initial route. Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part II: T. This is the complement to my previous article, "Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: . P jamesmendezhodes.com 27 58 987 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Step 3: Language You have to understand that language that minimises the humanity of another is one of the most common tools of bigots who seek to justify their actions by treating the oppressed group as "less than." This is a fact of our racist/ sexist/ homophobic world. 17 51 1K <] Text Font" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="Hey so if you’re stumbling into the D&D orc discourse and are one of the handful of people here with an open-mind and a genui" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; height: 260px; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a> <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1842762" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/842/762/4c6.png" alt="Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 The language used here is that language. Orcs, sentient beings, can be "domesticated." They have an underlying, inherent rage and blood lust that's just part of their biology. This is harmful because of the real world parallels to a ton of racist tropes. ROLEPLAYING AN ORC Most orcs have been indoctrinated into a life of destruc- tion and slaughter. But unlike creatures who by their very nature are evil, such as gnolls, it's possible that an ore, if raised outside its culture, could develop a limited capacity for empathy, love, and compassion. No matter how domesticated an orc might seem, its blood lust flows just beneath the surface. With its instinctive love of battle and its desire to prove its strength, an orc trying to live within the confines of civi- lization is faced with a difficult task. 54 23 81 1.2K Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Step 4: An illustration of the limitations of this trope Ajey's thread expertly breaks down both mechanically and narratively how this lessens your gameplay experience AND why it perpetuates harmful racial stereotypes. A simple light read if you can't dive into full articles. Darth Play-By-Post (Ajey - He/Him) @AjeyPandey · Apr 26 Hi folks. Orc discourse is happening. Let's talk orcs. Let's talk about a specific orc character pitch: Y'Gria Khaskia, Level 3 Orc Wizard (Divination)! ST: 8 DX: 10 CN: 12 IN: 16 WS: 14 CH: 14 Show this thread 17 65 1.1K Text" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="Roleplaying as an orc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; height: 260px; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a> <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1842759" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/842/759/691.png" alt="Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Step 5: Addressing the problem (and proof it isn't made up) This problem is common enough that here are 3 resources to adress it. The first by Gabe is a beautifully thought out system in a well put together PDF you can get for FREE. A literal steal. Gabe e @GabeJamesGames · Apr 2 EXCITED to share the first four classes for my CMM. A #dnd system to use narrative w/ class to determine ability increases rather than racial modifiers. The PDF IS FREE & currently has the Barbarian, Bard, Monk, & Warlock Ft @Tallinier 's AMAZING ART gabejamesgames.itch.io/cmm Show this thread BanBARIAN BARD ti 91 1.2K Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 But if you've made it this far and you're still thinking this is a bunch of Poc making a fuss over nothing, here are well established white people in the dnd space writing articles about it that actively cite this issue.5 BEYOND Reimagining Racial Ability Scores How do you improve D&D's races? Here's one way for you to try at home: cut out the restrictive ability score modifiers and put them . P dndbeyond.com 27 74 O 1.1K 15 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 This second article recognizes its enough of a racial issue to have hired a PoC consultant to help on it. Overall I would recommend Gabe's one the most because you should prioritize Poc voices on topics like these (and its just real freakin good). worldbuilderblog.me/2020/04/18/cus. ti 47 894 Text Fictional character Poster" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="Step 5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; height: 260px; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a> <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1842760" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/842/760/35c.png" alt="Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Replying to @ammourazz This second article recognizes its enough of a racial issue to have hired a PoC consultant to help on it. Overall I would recommend Gabe's one the most because you should prioritize PoC voices on topics like these (and its just real freakin good). worldbuilderblog.me/2020/04/18/cus.. 27 47 894 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 I link these two other articles primarily as proof that this is an issue that extends far enough to make it onto D&D beyond and to be addressed by major white creators and for one of them to hire a PoC cultural consultant to assist. t7 18 O 702 3 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 Anyways it's Ramdan so if you're coming here looking for a fight or someone to piss off that's not gonna happen. In the spirit of this month I've extended an olive branch and if you genuinely want to learn more l'm glad to teach, but I won't engage in bad faith. t2 17 987 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 P.S. remember this all started because someone posted the very lukewarm "this language is racist" tweet and everyone dog-piling them said "you're racist for saying that about black people," which they didn't. If you're gonna troll at least keep reality straight. O 14 t7 35 959 Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz · Apr 26 P.P.S. @DeeEmSteve linked another wonderful resource in my comments breaking down the issue of bioessentialism in fantasy races more generically, which is a great thread by Kienna. Here it is for folks: Kienna Sunrise @Kiennas · Aug 14, 2019 Because l'm in a "breakdown some stuff" kind of mood, let's have a quick chat about bioessentialism and how it's perpetuated by the current structure of race in D&D, and therefore why we should move away from attributing so much stuff to race (as seen in Joey's article) Show this thread 13 22 20 493 Text Purple Font" class=" kym-image image-auto-link" title="This second article" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; height: 260px; min-width: 10px !important; max-width: 500px !important; min-height: 10px !important; visibility: visible !important;"></a></center><br><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.3px; font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2.25; font-stretch: normal;">On April 27th, the news site ComicBook.com<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn1" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></span> published an article titled "Why Orcs Are Problematic in Dungeons & Dragons." That day, journalist Gita Jackson tweeted<span class="footnote" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; position: relative; top: -0.6em;"><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/problematic-orcs#fn4" class="footnote-superscript" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(67, 84, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a></span> a thread about her exhaustion with the debate, saying "we have been talking about this for a hundred years tho and I don't care anymore."</p></div></div></div></div></section></div> urn:lj:klab.lv:atom1:resorc:22737 2021-12-16T15:01:00 2021-12-16T15:01:00 2021-12-16T13:03:08Z 2021-12-16T13:03:08Z <div class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; position: relative; height: auto; width: 660px; max-width: 100%; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">It’s called Tusks and it’s got me wondering: why has it taken so long for someone to make a video game about Gay Orcs? It all seems so obvious now…</span></figure></div></div></div><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">It’s the work of Mitch Alexander, a Scottish Games Journalist and game designer. It started life as a NaNoRenO project (a challenge to create a visual novel in 31 days) and is now being worked on for an upcoming release.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">In Tusks players travel through what is described as an “anachronistic, semi-mythical Scotland” and meet, become friends with, and sometimes date a variety of different Orcs.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">Why Orcs? Well, personally I love Mitch Alexander’s explanation so I’ll just post it here:</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px;">Monsters are the eternal outsiders – and I think a lot of people who don’t mesh up quite well tend to empathise and relate to the monsters sometimes more than the heroes that tend to take center stage. For example, female artists and creators are exploring monsters through things like mermaid myths and cyborg feminism – comparatively, orcishness in its ugly, crass and troubled depictions holds the same kind of appeal to me. Orcs get cast as the Other to whatever values artists want to uphold, often through real-world tropes, stereotypes and narratives rooted in racism, misogyny, homophobia and more. Instead, I’d like to cast the orcs as the protagonists, and show that most of the things we tend to think about orcs tend to be reflective of the folk writing them.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">That’s actually super interesting and actually really well considered in a way.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">In Tusks the idea is to focus on diverse, multiple different body types that aren’t usually considered ‘romantic’ in other media: “round, stocky and fat bodies, with stretchmarks, body hair, facial hair, scars and piercings; with visible and invisible disabilities, with varying ages, with differing beliefs, educational backgrounds and attitudes”.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px; line-height: 29px;">In terms of the game itself, Mitch is also trying to push boundaries, removing the player from the centre of the game, and trying to remove that feeling dating sims have: the idea that you’re just pushing the right buttons to get the right response. Mitch is hoping his characters will act more like actual human beings.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 15px 0px 0px; line-height: 29px;">There’s no official release date for Tusks, but there will be public playtests throughout April. 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="comment byuser comment-author-vanit even thread-even depth-1 parent" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; display: block !important; opacity: 1 !important;"><article class="comment-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 24px 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229);"><footer class="comment-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="comment-author vcard" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center;"><img alt="" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04bdc7fe321c4fa2511b9d8c372351bc?s=32&d=blank&r=g" srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/04bdc7fe321c4fa2511b9d8c372351bc?s=64&d=blank&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32" loading="lazy" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 50%;"><span class="fn" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; padding-left: 11px;">vanit</span></div><div class="comment-metadata" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; padding-left: 43px;"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/04/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-about-gay-orcs-going-on-dates/#comment-3300515" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: 0px !important;"><time datetime="2015-04-07T14:17:45+10:00" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">April 7, 2015 at 2:17 pm</time></a></div></footer><div class="comment-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px 0px 16px 43px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px;">I wonder what mayhem you could unleash by modding the nemesis system into a dating sim…</p></div></article><ul class="children" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px; opacity: 1 !important;"><li class="comment byuser comment-author-quodd odd alt depth-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none;"><article class="comment-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 24px 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229);"><footer class="comment-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="comment-author vcard" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center;"><img alt="" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e69b54cf8317347f0780d3bd97765133?s=32&d=blank&r=g" srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e69b54cf8317347f0780d3bd97765133?s=64&d=blank&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32" loading="lazy" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 50%;"><span class="fn" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; padding-left: 11px;">quodd</span></div><div class="comment-metadata" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; padding-left: 43px;"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/04/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-about-gay-orcs-going-on-dates/#comment-3300525" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: 0px !important;"><time datetime="2015-04-07T14:27:00+10:00" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">April 7, 2015 at 2:27 pm</time></a></div></footer><div class="comment-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px 0px 16px 43px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px;">This….. this needs to happen!</p></div></article></li><li class="comment even depth-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none;"><article class="comment-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 24px 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229);"><footer class="comment-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="comment-author vcard" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center;"><img alt="" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b93889e2fd84faf1228271599c6eb26a?s=32&d=blank&r=g" srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b93889e2fd84faf1228271599c6eb26a?s=64&d=blank&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32" loading="lazy" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 50%;"><span class="fn" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; padding-left: 11px;">Grall</span></div><div class="comment-metadata" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; padding-left: 43px;"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/04/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-about-gay-orcs-going-on-dates/#comment-3301729" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: 0px !important;"><time datetime="2015-04-09T09:48:13+10:00" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">April 9, 2015 at 9:48 am</time></a></div></footer><div class="comment-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px 0px 16px 43px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px;">*cough cough*<br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONfZjFRqtfQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONfZjFRq<wbr />tfQ</a></p></div></article></li></ul></li><li class="comment byuser comment-author-drumrbaxj odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; display: block; opacity: 0.3;"><article class="comment-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 24px 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229);"><footer class="comment-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="comment-author vcard" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center;"><img alt="" src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24899405e5e2bd141e4b5b0852c622d?s=32&d=blank&r=g" srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d24899405e5e2bd141e4b5b0852c622d?s=64&d=blank&r=g 2x" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32" loading="lazy" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 50%;"><span class="fn" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; padding-left: 11px;">drumrbaxj</span></div><div class="comment-metadata" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; padding-left: 43px;"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/04/i-really-want-to-play-this-game-about-gay-orcs-going-on-dates/#comment-3300612" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); outline: 0px !important;"><time datetime="2015-04-07T16:13:31+10:00" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(125, 125, 125);">April 7, 2015 at 4:13 pm</time></a></div></footer><div class="comment-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px 0px 16px 43px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px;">Man. I have loved Orks ever since I first encountered them in Warhammer 40k. They have been my favourites ever since. In almost all of their iterations.</p></div></article></li></ul><p class="no-comments" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; line-height: 29px;">Comments are closed.</p></div> urn:lj:klab.lv:atom1:resorc:22025 2021-12-16T09:31:00 2021-12-16T09:31:00 2021-12-16T07:33:06Z 2021-12-16T07:33:06Z <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/782e87e1066d5472675e8111a349366f/tumblr_nuj8go58L01qb6v6ro1_540.png"><div><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c0863848f44bd1834da1135fa8eaafa7/tumblr_nuj8go58L01qb6v6ro2_400.png"></div><div><br></div> urn:lj:klab.lv:atom1:resorc:21788 2021-12-12T12:00:00 2021-12-12T12:00:00 2021-12-12T10:04:53Z 2021-12-12T10:04:53Z <img src="https://i.imgur.com/kwhKtO3.jpg" width="666">