January 22nd, 2023 at 3:22PM
asker

Anonymous asked:

Regarding the DnD Orc posts:

What would be a less problematic way of describing a fantasy “race”/“species” that is meant to be “evil” and “vile”, (because maybe they were created by a evil deity to cause havoc etc).

#honestQuestion

txttletale:

you’re positing an inherently paradoxical project mate. “how do i construct a fictional Type of Person who is ontologically evil, whose murder is prima facie acceptable or even laudable, while unimpacted by the titanic weight of historical discourses that did the exact same rhetorical work in service of real-world violences?” – the answer is that you’ve invented an impossible task!

there is no fantasy of uncomplicated and meritorious ethnic violence that is neatly separable from the historical context those fantasies are produced in. that’s just the way it is. genuinely, i feel compelled to ask–not because i want to hear the answer, but because i want you and others to think about this–why is this a fantasy you’re so desperate to salvage?

  1. poisoned-ivy reblogged this from kalindashepard
  2. beefbologna reblogged this from chamerionwrites
  3. othert reblogged this from roach-works
  4. cerehling reblogged this from toothsalad and added:
    An aside: It’s 2005 and I’m in third year of an undergrad program. My professor is teaching Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy...
  5. grumpyoldsnake reblogged this from roach-works
  6. there-is-no-romeo reblogged this from txttletale
  7. yugocar reblogged this from misanthropiccatboy
  8. chamerionwrites reblogged this from txttletale
  9. bjornkram reblogged this from wolfhawk47
  10. wolfhawk47 reblogged this from luna-mistrunner
  11. luna-mistrunner reblogged this from indigenousfantasy
  12. cynosurus-cristatus reblogged this from elodieunderglass and added:
    The whole article is very well worth reading, but this bit, also quoted above, really stood out for me:
  13. gilaxvii reblogged this from girl-chunks
  14. twomiddle-earthsnumber reblogged this from eruvadhril
  15. chrisevansnudes reblogged this from dairyconspiracytheorist
  16. wolfdragonsrequiem reblogged this from ghelgheli
  17. txttletale posted this
    Regarding the DnD Orc posts:...What would be a less problematic way of describing a...
4,506 notes #for reallll
Short URL for this post: https://tmblr.co/ZFlf2tdGQ0mi8a01