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

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?