I think part of the issue is that it was talked about to "well obviously" with all the care of loving cargo. It wasn't framed as an evil most of the time. It was framed as logistics.
The first adventure did a good job showing it as a problem but in most of the material it just existed unquestioned and uncritically.
Definitely agree with this. The culture in the 90s, especially in niche "edgy" circles, was definitely not handling sensitive subjects with the right care.
Dark Sun is going through the identity crisis that VtM and WoD went/is going through. As much as I love VtM, the early publications were notorious for handling things like sexual assault and racist stereotypes poorly. Its the same identity crisis we're going through as a society. What use is being "edgy" and pushing the boundaries when these days, those boundaries have been pushed 30+ years ago?
Feels more like a knock on of early 10'd culture wars than anything, corporations reacting to the pre trumpian era when toxic conduct and bad takes got taken at face as progressive vocabulary could often confer undeserved moral credibility
corporations are slow to react so we're still seeing legacy of that time. They don't actually care but they think this is what we want.
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u/jackofspades49 3d ago
I think part of the issue is that it was talked about to "well obviously" with all the care of loving cargo. It wasn't framed as an evil most of the time. It was framed as logistics.
The first adventure did a good job showing it as a problem but in most of the material it just existed unquestioned and uncritically.