#Orcs

The complicated irony of identity politics is that they hew close to right wing racial essentialism, a fact that is generally lost on their proponents. I’m sure the irony of

Mystic Dan the Magic Man

Oh hey, orc discourse. Like clockwork.My preferred take is as follows: what happens when the oppressive force that has created the orcs is no longer an issue? What happens when

No cultured person wants female orcs who are dainty women whose slender frame belies their true strength, we want female orcs who are so jacked that they can barely fit

chris tweets sometimes

I guess I’ll make my tweet about orcs since I’m somewhat involved in D&D stuff: Orcs don’t need to be special to be calm, intelligent, or lawful good. Orcs can

I like Orcs in fantasy, but I'm hungry for a take on Orcs where their society grows in, like, good times. Even the stories where Orcs are good guys has

"Actually, you comparing black people to orcs is what's racist, theres no connection there!"Then why, when I talk about the themes of racial stereotypes in literature only in a generalised

💜Kiji Marie💜: Uchi Type Villager

The way orcs are traditionally described, they draw on the same supremacist language that has been used toward minorities in the past. It baffles me that people ignore the ONE

This is what Orcs look like. Black people don't look like orcs you fucking retards. Let's get into the nitty: Every humanoid in rpgs in some capacity has a real

1/? I didn’t want to get onto this disk horse but I will. I hate to say it guys, in pop fantasy orcs are racist caricatures of black people, among

several gay monsters

Orcs are trending for very weird reasons and for once, I feel uniquely qualified to comment on why it’s happening and clear up some misunderstandings. If you haven’t been exposed

#orcs are trending right now and Grunk agrees that historically there have been problematic narrative uses and portrayals but that doesn’t reflect the amazing diverse orc community that exists today.

DnD Twitter is having a weird one.Someone posted the 5E description of Orcs and said "why would you say this about black people?!" which was a bit self-revealing, but now

I see the new D&D fans are having their first brush-up against the 30+ year old WELL-KNOWN history of orcs as deeply problematic racist stand-ins, and it's not going well.

🌻Kekemonkey🌻

1/? I’m sorry but trying to claim that orcs aren’t traditionally based on racist stereotypes either shows your ignorance or your racism. You have to remember, fantasy as we know

I use fantasy races in my D&D games to basically thwart the idea of fantasy races as they're intended. That is, every "race-based" psychological trait that a given race must

Orcs Love Winterfell

We orcs won’t dignify the tweets of a high-profile ASOIAF person claiming that there were no black Valyrians. We orcs have read the books, and don’t know why there couldn’t