Unable to load image
/h/traditionalgames House Edgy
dude_pussy_lmao hee/haw  7d ago (text post) 729 thread views #352959 earned 212 coins from votes

:marseyexcitedexosuit: :marsey40k: Battletech Gothic announced, immediately denounced as Nazi Bar

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1743103527WbZVH1J7qpCTuA.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/17431035279PB0IEh8yOnNEA.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1743103527LSCaYRijh6mQ1Q.webp

apparently it's some one-off alternate-universe thing, but le heckin' CHUDS might like it because it's a 40k skin (with kaiju) on mechwank. :marseyshrug:

:soysnootype: Sure, and I doubt that the BT writers are about to careen into preaching ethnonationalist theocracy, but I mean... propaganda can be accidental. Like, Heinlein set out to write progressive scifi about more tolerant societies and ended up a crypto-fascist icon. And as the saying goes, once nazis start hanging out at your bar, you're not a bar anymore, you're a nazi bar. They're your market, and you'll end up serving them.

:smugjak: this le heckin' RAT-M chorus kills fascists:

Oof. I lived in the Midwest for a long time. Lot of great folks, but some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses. Where I live now is a state that has a long history of mixed peoples and so these issues, still exist, but aren't at the forefront anymore.

:marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad: :marseydownvotemad::

writing an ideology into a piece of fiction, and even having it as the protagonist in that fiction, is not a bad thing and means nothing. making clear statements that This is Good and the way Things Should Be in a lore descriptor thats written to be in an objective tone, however, is a clear statement of endorsement by the author. this is basic media literacy?

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17431035280vAuXAYE5ZJoEQ.webp

55
New Old Top Bottom Controversial Random
Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

View entire discussion

Bonus potentially problematic SINOPHOBIA :marseychingchonggenocide::

All of that being said, making Max Liao literally a snake man was definitely a choice, especially when CGL appeared to be doing a lot of work to course correct after Battletech's long history of potentially problematic cultural issues.

:marseychingchongpearlclutch:

:soyjaktantrum: BASIC HUMAN DECENCY!!!

Within the context it still looks bad. Firstly, the Capellans are the only faction in the book where no human character is depicted in the art at all, secondly they are only tolerant because the Chancellor is mutated so the polities were changed for the benefit of their rulers. If they were supposed to be depicted as more humane than anyone else then the reason for the policies should be a basic human decency which would be served best as having a regular human on this throne and a mix of people of different species in the Death Commandos. No extra reason for having those policies, just decency. Art direction and writing are choices. Unintentionaly, but CGL made a choice and that choice reads as racist. It will stay with this product and the blame is entirely on CGL. Complaining about racism is not being a grognard nor it is gatekeeping. I wonder what would this community say if a similar choice was made about a faction that for whatever reason reads as LGBT. Because I bet the majority reaction would be quite different...

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

This coming straight off the back of GW releasing the most chad Ching-Chong ping-pong model reveal ever is :marseychefkiss:

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Why are they whining about the Capellans? They're literally Dugin's Third Worldist wet dream of every people from "Eurasia" lumped together. They have bigger plot armour than the Clan sometimes.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Liz Fong-Liao is a lizard person (something to do with the tricknology of Grafting stolen from Yakub, which is how there are mecha-kaijus instead of Elementals and Protomechs).

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1743111023exe6W4ufA8cmVw.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17431110230RENs5TBhwL8oA.webp https://i.rdrama.net/images/1743111023VFWDGX5s03AkPA.webp

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Erm IS doesnt have Elementals

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Kill Liao. Behead Liao. Roundhouse kick a Liao into the concrete. Slam dunk a Liao baby into the trashcan. Crucify filthy Liao. Defecate in Liao food. Launch Liao into the sun. Stir fry Liao in a wok. Toss Liao into active volcanoes. Urinate into a Liao gas tank. Judo throw Liao into a wood chipper. Twist Liao heads off. Report Liao to Comstar Collections Service. Karate chop Liao in half. Curb stomp pregnant Liao. Trap Liao in quicksand. Crush Liao in the trash compactor. Liquefy Liao in a vat of acid. Eat Liao. Dissect Liao. Exterminate Liao in the gas chamber. Stomp Liao skulls with steel toed boots. Cremate Liao with a Firestarter. Lobotomize Liao. Mandatory abortions for Liao. Grind Liao fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown Liao in fried chicken grease. Vaporize Liao with a PPC. Kick old Liao down the stairs. Feed Liao to alligators. Slice Liao with a katana.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.



Link copied to clipboard
Action successful!
Error, please refresh the page and try again.