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      1 year ago

      If we were to be true purists to any and every cultural creation, because the author had some bad viewpoint, we’d have to throw out 3/4 of it.

      Better to take hold of the creation and subvert whatever subtext the author intended it to have.

      p.s

      Took a look at the cards and can’t see where is the offensive content.

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          1 year ago

          Not attempting to turn anything into anything else; just being honest.

          None of those cards have imagery that make me report to anything resembling nazism, so I’m truly baffled of where is the triggering.

          I played MTG a long time ago and that was what it was: a game based on fictional imagery.

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              1 year ago

              Those hooded figures were standard fare for executioners in comic books, books and films with medieval setting when I was growing up. It takes precedence over a half dozen sideways pop culture references I only got later in my life.

              And as a curiosity: that pointed hood is still used in some religious processions in Italy today.