Discrimination and Escapism in Interactive Fiction

Well for me it depends on one thing. Do I get to play the fantasy minority and not accept status quo?

I really like to be able to push against an unfair status quo, and I find it freeing and escaping to be able to that and not have it be about my personal specific minority identities (such as my asexuality, bi-romantism and genderfluidity). It feel like: Yes, I can dream fantasize about changing the world, I can identify with how these people feel and maybe I can get them accepted and if not I can let the world burn (that can be pretty catharic too), but I also don’t have to think about my own problems for a while.

On the other hand, if I am forced to uphold, play or even be the status qou the game is not for me. It is one of the thing slowly turning me off dragon age.

Of course my taste is not everyone else, but I do have a soft spot for fantasy discrimination because of the reasons mentioned above.

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