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Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



FastestGunAlive posted:

I am confused as to why its not okay to play sympathetic, good guy Confederates (no argument here) but its cool to do Bolshevik themed paint jobs.

Probably because the Bolsheviks didn't go to war for their right to own other human beings?

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Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



Nude Bog Lurker posted:

Firefly is the supreme example of the Lost Cause in sci-fi.

I've always found it amusing how many nerds love the Browncoats, nerds who would otherwise be very against everything they stand for.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



FishFood posted:

(I know Tolkiens dwarfs are based explicitly on Jews, but I don't think any of the others share the same kind of racial/religious stand-in status. Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Tolkiens dwarves represented a isolationist policy America (as it was back when he was young). The shire was beautiful Ireland, and orcs were the horror of mechanised warfare.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



TheLovablePlutonis posted:

I am pretty much an AIDS elemental by now, little brother.

The worst campaign villain.

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