There's a very tiny portion of posters who post here consistently. With that in mind it stands to reason that certain people will gravitate towards specific issues that interest them across multiple threads. 3.3 is still a way off and the developers are - thankfully - tight lipped about future lore developments.

That does mean, however, that the people who regularly post here lack much in the way of fresh material to discuss. I'd like to think my posting history speaks for itself in that I hardly post only about Garlemald. I've also posted in many lore discussions without mentioning Garlemald at all.

So when I saw this thread I figured I'd say my piece. The setting doesn't shy away from embracing 'gritty' themes from time to time. It does, however, have a habit of only really making the antagonists rather than the protagonists display racist or xenophobic views. It's pushed as a negative thing at almost every turn and as something that should change - even when ingrained into a fictional nation's culture.

Given that one of the biggest talking points in regards to Garlemald is their racism and xenophobia I'm struggling to understand why it's being considered 'off-topic' for me to bring it up here.

As for my comment about 'cat girls' it was meant as an amusing quip, one which ironically seems to have been indirectly proven true given the fuss made in regards to it.

Not everybody is going to like me, my posts, my opinions or my sense of humour. That's fine. I'm not here to engage in a popularity contest or get up in arms over select quotes taken out of context. If someone truly finds my posts so irritating then I'm sure there's an ignore function that can be switched on.