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Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character

Started by BadApple, October 27, 2023, 09:13:13 AM

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BadApple

October 27, 2023, 09:13:13 AM
https://www.polygon.com/23850698/dnd-dungeons-dragons-autistic-character-asteria

So WOTC takes a game that cononically featured RL autistic players, runs off the bulk of them by "diversifying" and getting rid of the white male players (many of them were autistic), and now mocking them with "representation."

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, WOTC?!?!

At this point, I'm offended at everything WOTC does.  I'm glad I mailed my books back and ask fro a refund earlier this year.  (They marked the box "return to sender" and sent it back, but I still tried.)
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VacuumJockey

#1
October 27, 2023, 09:47:02 AM
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Thornhammer

#2
October 27, 2023, 10:57:55 AM
"It permeates all of her actions, but doesn't define her."

The amount of attention being drawn to that label sort of belies the premise, doesn't it?

Zalman

#3
October 27, 2023, 12:16:11 PM
Quote from: Thornhammer on October 27, 2023, 10:57:55 AM
"It permeates all of her actions, but doesn't define her."

Now if they could just define "define"  for us ...
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Mishihari

#4
October 27, 2023, 01:56:10 PM
Nothing wrong with having an autistic character in a published work, of course; I can see that being interesting in the game, but the article screams tokenism and virtue signaling.  And absence of critical thought.

THE_Leopold

#5
October 27, 2023, 02:08:57 PM
Quote from: Mishihari on October 27, 2023, 01:56:10 PM
Nothing wrong with having an autistic character in a published work, of course; I can see that being interesting in the game, but the article screams tokenism and virtue signaling.  And absence of critical thought.

I see you found all the criteria for being a WOTC Adventure writer...
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Armchair Gamer

#6
October 27, 2023, 03:11:51 PM
This article makes her sound more interesting than the blurb I saw on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tyheam_Csedr/status/1717289219431789037/photo/1

"Her father had grand plans for her future, but Asteria defied all his expectations and refused to fit into the mold he tried to place her in. Asteria grew up isolated and independent, resenting the unending pressure placed on her to be someone other than herself."

Yes, we've never seen anything like that in the past few decades of entertainment ...  ::)

THE_Leopold

#7
October 27, 2023, 03:19:32 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on October 27, 2023, 03:11:51 PM
This article makes her sound more interesting than the blurb I saw on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tyheam_Csedr/status/1717289219431789037/photo/1

"Her father had grand plans for her future, but Asteria defied all his expectations and refused to fit into the mold he tried to place her in. Asteria grew up isolated and independent, resenting the unending pressure placed on her to be someone other than herself."

Yes, we've never seen anything like that in the past few decades of entertainment ...  ::)

this is the penultimate definition of "Strong Hollywood Woman"
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Ratman_tf

#8
October 27, 2023, 03:25:47 PM
QuoteDe Armas herself is autistic,

My money is on Self Diagnosed.
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GeekyBugle

#9
October 27, 2023, 05:42:26 PM
I'm an aspie, ask me how many of my PCs have been aspies? I mean, they WILL end up acting kinda aspie because it's ME runing them but they AREN'T aspies.

Ask me how many times I thought: Wish there were more autistic morons like me on TV, movies, etc?

This is just fetishization and empty virtue signaling without ever having to do shit.
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Cathode Ray

#10
October 27, 2023, 06:20:55 PM
Do they think everyone with autism is like, "Look!  This game is garbage.  But it has a character with autism.  I have autism, so I'll just blindly buy it anyway!"
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THE_Leopold

#11
October 27, 2023, 08:12:42 PM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on October 27, 2023, 06:20:55 PM
Do they think everyone with autism is like, "Look!  This game is garbage.  But it has a character with autism.  I have autism, so I'll just blindly buy it anyway!"

Yes.   I can see you too have worked for WOTC in their marketing department.
NKL4Lyfe

Trond

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October 27, 2023, 08:19:39 PM
Quote from: Zalman on October 27, 2023, 12:16:11 PM
Quote from: Thornhammer on October 27, 2023, 10:57:55 AM
"It permeates all of her actions, but doesn't define her."

Now if they could just define "define"  for us ...

Thorn Drumheller

#13
October 27, 2023, 08:36:43 PM
Eh...this is old news. Let WotC dnd rot. Ignore it. Let the blue-haired sjdubs lie with the corpse of WotC dnd.
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Slipshot762

#14
October 27, 2023, 10:22:44 PM
boys i  suffer from, nay, am rectally afflicted with, a solid touch of the 'tism, of adhd, of tourettes, of the odd, the ocd, the meglomania and the nymphomania....

i think volo or mirt the money lender might have been my representation.

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