Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
It isn't just noise. I've had multiple, unaffiliated people threaten to kill me, my friends and my family over choosing to role-play a Garlean. They've done as much in-game, on this very forum and on places such as Twitter and Reddit.

I know multiple people in the same situation. They're actively stalked, frequently harassed and all for something as simple as claiming to like the antagonists in a fictional fantasy setting.
I've also seen people on social media, the main reddit and the official forums have some pretty alarming opinions about Garlean RPers or people who like the characters.
I've seen them get called racists, fascists, dictator-apologists, etc.

I genuinely dislike when people are attacked for liking a specific faction because the faction is evil in a fictional setting. It is a fictional setting. There needs to be villains written into a story. I don't know why people think it's wrong for people to write their own villains or morally-gray characters.