Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. When I started gaming AD&D back in the 80s I really wasn't dwelling on the moral ramifications of racism, violence, sexism, and all the other shite. I was just having fun with friends and looking for teh phat lewtz.
"Van Gogh painted alone and in despair and in madness and sold one picture in his entire life. Millions struggled alone, unrecognized, and struggled as heroically as any famous hero. Was it worthless? I knew it wasn't."