Something that frustrates me about most historical fiction is that the hero is almost always out of place and time. The hero and his companions act and hold beliefs like a modern westerner, even when everyone around them doesn't. Even when the belief was so ubiquitous that it was held by 99% of the population. Somehow, your hero is always in that 1%.
This is even worse in RPGs because they offer you a choice, but that choice is usually limited to "be nice like a westerner" or "ignore it."
@matrix If the character in question is Black then this ban is understandable. Invoking imagery of the lynchings of Black Americans in such a flippant way is rude to the extreme and would get you kicked out of polite company IRL as well. I'm a free speech enjoyer and don't think someone should have the pigs on their tail or be fined or anything like that for idiotic shit talking like this (the person who said it may not even be genuinely racist -- they may just be a stupid edgelord) but being banned from a forum for it kinda makes sense I think. Change my mind.
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Just slap on some fan service, like a big burly bear guy, a sparkly gay vampire, an evil dommy mommy, a happy-go-lucky child-bearing-hips mommy, and a fake-evil "dark past uwu" traumatized maiden, and you'll get Game of the Year award in no time. :blobcat-smug:
(If you know, you know. No I'm not seriously mocking it, it's great.)