I think the distinction has to be made.
I dont have a problem with people who doesn't like certain fetishes. I'm not an NTR person myself, ( that being said, I view that as a very SPECIFIC circumstancial fetish and not the broad definition virgins here use)
I despise people of any stripes that enforce their opinions on others. This is why fundamentalist Sunnis back home, Evangelist maniacs here in US, hardliner Jewish orthodoxes, and whatever other insane level religious cultists I interact with hate me.
Because I despise it when you enforce your opinion on others.
This anti-NTR shit that infected many devs on this site with its most broad and insane definition is stifling storytelling in a more mature way, just like Comics authority stifled it during 60s, and just like rating board stifles moviemakers with INSANE limitations on PG 13 and R rated movies.
I believe we are actively hurting stories in this indie driven space. I believe BaDIK could be a lot more complete game and its characters more 3 dimensional if we could see them in their previous and/or other relationships and how those might have evolved or progressing. In a more granular example, we are losing very valuable context by not seeing Sage's widespread interactions with Chad from before. We are losing very valuable context of how Maya/Josy relationship wavers during the time of that flashback and current day events. We are losing context on Nicole, Cathy, to a certain extent, Jade, by not seeing them interact with others of an emotional / sexual content.
If you want to get into the heart of it, I'm a hardline free speech advocate. Not the American christian bullshit where your lines are drawn, not the European insanity where only "acceptable" notions fall under it, but actual free speech. Free speech where a vocal minority cannot, will not and should not suppress creatives and intellectuals.
This, I whole heartedly believe is what's happening here, and it's just a microcosm of what's corrupting and eroding the social contract of the entire western world.
Yes, we are losing the fight for free speech on all fronts, and this is just one of many fronts. Silly as it might sound, this is what's going on.
Meme all you want, ridicule all you want, share with your buddies and laugh over it all you want.
BaDIK and many other games are taking hits of integrity and falling short of their creators' vision because of those attitudes you are so keen on protecting.
" Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins."
- Benjamin Franklin
Edit note: 279 years after that article with that quote was published, a certain president got elected in what was supposed to be golden age of communication. 4 years of later, US capitol got attacked for the first time in history. I rest my case.
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This was meeean...
Dunno how to go on anymore...
From now on I stick to fresh rolls...
