Odd Ball Squadron

It’s Twitter for pedophiles

Whenever I see Jimmy Kimmel complaining about President Trump I can't help but recall this video:

It's not "toxic" to demand well written female characters.

The Ghost of Yōtei topic is pretty contentious but here’s my stance: -There’s nothing fundamentally bad about a series having new leads per entry -There’s nothing fundamentally bad about any of those protagonists being female -Jin Sakai was a great character, so people hoping to see him go on further adventures are within their rights to be disappointed -Ghost of Tsushima had a great story, so there’s no reason to think Yōtei will not until it’s out -The trailer being at 30fps was lame -The PC version of Tsushima is phenomenal -This new character and leading with a 30fps trailer made me want to wait for the PC port -This has nothing to do with her being female, or however her voice actress behaves online -It is because the new time period and protagonist means I don’t have any narrative incentive to see this story right away, this would be the same if the new protagonist were male -I’m willing to bet the game is going to rock, so long as the writing staff at Sucker Punch wasn’t replaced with new people after Tsushima -For the sake of everyone who DOES want to play it day 1 on PS5, I hope the base PS5 still has a performance mode which can hold a locked 60fps, but with the Pro existing and needing purchase bait, I’m skeptical of that being the case -I really wish everything wasn’t always turning into a culture war powder keg

I won't say she's a bad casting choice. For all we know, her performance could be excellent. As of THIS MOMENT, criticism of the game for casting her is a BIT overblown. For example, I don't agree with Emma D'Arcy's politics IRL but I can't deny her performance in HOTD was brilliant. HOWEVER The issue here is that we've recently seen how actresses with an overt emphasis on flaunting their activism have behaved, just look at The Acolyte, Snow White etc. And look how those projects ended up. The problem is that activists find it hard to remain objective and professional, even while promoting big budget projects. So if Miss Ishii goes finds a way to insult over half the audience with comments about her politics/activism and how it's not racist to discriminate against certain demographics because of their 'privilege' etc., she's going to prove all the 'bigots' right. But again, that depends on how she conducts herself in public.

⚠️⚠️⚠️UPDATE:⚠️⚠️⚠️ The rabbit hole is going deeper. Here is the Senior Staff Game Designer with pronouns in bio and DEI propaganda.