💪♀️Feminists & Racists should stick with 🎪Dungeons & Dragons
I have absolutely ZERO tolerance for racism, sexism, misandry, or hatred disguised as character development. I’m the creator of a #TTRPG called 👑Kingsmark, and I decide what kind of heroes belong in my stories. If your character hates men simply because they’re men, don’t expect me to welcome that character into my campaign. The same goes for someone who hates an entire ethnicity because of one bad experience. A tragic backstory doesn’t automatically make prejudice intelligent, interesting, or heroic. Racism, sexism, and hatred have a place in serious storytelling. I generally give those horrific characteristics to villains, antagonists, and monsters rather than celebrate them as heroic virtues. Can a protagonist have ugly prejudices or psychological wounds? Absolutely!
👑Kingsmark incorporates mental trauma into its mechanics, including fear, instability, and lasting consequences. A wounded character struggling to overcome hatred could make an extraordinary story. But exploring trauma is NOT the same as forcing everyone at the table to endure another obnoxious, man-hating stereotype. I’m sick of that cliché. I’m sick of entertainment portraying men as stupid, disposable, incompetent, dangerous, or inherently oppressive and calling it progress.
💪♀️ #Feminism is not immune to criticism, and #AntiFeminism is not automatically misogyny. Men and women deserve equal dignity and protection from discrimination, including misandry. Men’s rights activists and MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) deserve to have their concerns heard rather than automatically ridiculed. I don’t endorse every position these movements take, but male loneliness, domestic abuse, mental health, family court disputes, and unfair gender stereotypes matter. You cannot demand compassion for women while treating compassion for men as shameful. That’s hypocrisy, not equality! 🎬 I’m equally tired of corporations using fantasy entertainment as a vehicle for ideological messaging.
I strongly disagree with the creative direction of Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and modern 🎪Dungeons & Dragons. I don’t want corporate political fashions, ideological checklists, or manufactured diversity dictating my adventures. I want compelling characters, believable cultures, meaningful choices, danger, and extraordinary stories. I’m mixed-race myself. I don’t need a corporation lecturing me about diversity or prescribing the complexions of people in my imaginary world. Different ethnicities, appearances, and beliefs make stories richer when they emerge from thoughtful worldbuilding, not box-checking. My fictional worlds can contain cruelty, injustice, prejudice, and conflicting philosophies. That’s dramatic storytelling. But permission to portray hatred doesn’t entitle anyone to have their hateful character celebrated as a hero at MY table. My stories have standards, and nobody gets to hijack them for ideological special treatment.
👑Kingsmark is about collaborative storytelling, courage, consequences, imagination, and becoming someone extraordinary. Want to play a damaged character who struggles against prejudice and grows? Let’s talk. Want to play a walking collection of tired man-hating slogans? Find another table. I welcome respectful players of every sex, ethnicity, and background. I reject the demand that ideological hostility be accommodated because someone calls it empowerment.
🎲 Tired of this direction in entertainment?
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