Prez wrote on Sep 6, 2024, 15:35:
I've said this before, but I don't care about what agendas or messages or whatever else is in or perceived to be in media. I literally don't care. Overwatch characters were compelling and exciting. Concord characters were boring and completely lifeless. I don't care about anything beyond that.

This might be shocking to some who are inclined to notice every time a non-white, non-male, non-hetero, non-attractive character is in a game and needs to evaluate the "appropriateness" of it. But I don't notice it. At all. I notice if the gameplay is compelling. If the world is lively and well-established. If the writing and dialogue are good. If the characters are likeable and interesting. I have to see some self-important blowhard yelling about it on YouTube or read the bickering on here before I even think about it. Then I get annoyed that people waste so much time arguing this nonsense back and forth. Or, more to the point, I get annoyed at myself that I wasted time watching or reading it.

It's not just you Prez. This is 99% of people. The vast, vast majority of people simply don't care about that stuff politically in their media. They just want something engaging and fun. This is after all a pastime and hobby.

And as I keep pointing out, we had better get used to it, because corporations are financially motivated to build diversity into their products.

One might ask the question, "If people don't care, why does diversity sell?" It's because people don't think about it politically, they think about it from an engagement standpoint. If they see a character that looks/acts like them, they're going to find that more engaging. Having a wide, diverse cast of characters in movies, TV, games, etc. is going to accomplish that.