Now I can't even join in on a forum!
That's right. Aemi's bitching about the equality fight again.
This time? The Harvest Moon forums.
I got a shiny new HM game and decided to check out the forum over on fogu to see how people were organizing their lands and maybe pick up some tips on how to stack my crops a little better. What I got instead was a hate parade because Natsume didn't include black people in the game.
The argument here was along this line:
- they don't have the right to omit different cultures!
- they CAN'T include all the different races and sexualities. there isn't enough room! You would need a game bigger than Skyrim to pull it off and it would take forever to develop! There would be thousands of characters, each one catering to a different race, religion, culture, and sexuality combo!
- I'm not saying you have to include EVERYTHING. just that they should be making a game that is inclusive to ALL the diversity types so that everyone can feel included!
- so they dont have include everything, just include everything? How does that make sense?
- I dont expect people like you to understand! Why can I not make a gay hispanic character? Why are there no black agendered people? Natsume hates everyone but white straight people! clearly!
- there are six dateable people in this. SIX. how are you supposed to cover every possible variety in SIX PEOPLE?
- you don't have to include them all! I'm asking for total equality for everyone, not a massive waste of time and money with thousands of useless token characters we will all hate!
- (Natsume steps in) We make someone with a specific culture representation, everyone gets mad at us for stereotyping. We make someone without a specific culture representation, everyone gets mad at us for not representing enough. We can't win here. Why can't you people just play a nice farming game and be happy?
- BECAUSE YOU HATE EQUALITY!
- Guys..... I just came here to find out how often I need to feed my cow...
- THE COWS ARE ONLY WHITE WITH BLACK SPOTS! WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROWN COWS OR THE COWS THAT WANT TO BE PINK AND BLUE?? GOD THIS IS SETTING EQUALITY BACK GENERATIONS!
- Ok. I'm gonna leave. I didn't need to know how to do this anyways.
My great time wasting relaxation game of cuteness is part is the great hate market against anything that isn't a cisgendered white straight person. Once again, I feel like scum for not supporting my friends by removing every element of my life that they all hate.
If you need me, I'll be playing my anti-equality hate filled game in solitude and silence, huddled under my blanket of oppression against all of you with no fucking idea what I'm doing.
