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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.