For me it's Dragon Ball Z, that was a pretty fucked up show tbh.

Like holy shit, all the characters are terrible people except maybe Gohan and Trunks.

  • sicklemode [they/them]
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    007 spy shit, along with stuff like Mission Impossible and MacGyver being used to romanticize US imperialism and anti-communism.

    There's also Tomb Raider's Lara Croft engaging in plunder of other nation's indigenous artifacts and outright killing delicate, endangered wildlife.

    There's also the trend of rock, metal, and various other similar type bands showcasing nazi and white supremacist symbolism and rhetoric (Pantera's lead singer comes to mind) (from nazi salutes to iron crosses (Lemmy's guitar from Motorhead had these on them), to brown shirts and nazbol flags (Combichrist), to more subtle dogwhistles), stuff like confederate flags (Combichrist), and a few instances of members turning out to be perpetrators of SA (Tool's lead singer), and even things like vulgar misogyny and anti-LGBTQ+ themes (also Combichrist).

    There's a lot of insidious far-right influences in a lot of shit, and it's quite sad.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      There's also Tomb Raider's Lara Croft engaging in plunder of other nation's indigenous artifacts and outright killing delicate, endangered wildlife.

      She also murders native people in Tomb Raider III.

      • sicklemode [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Damn. I never finished the game, so I didn't know this.

        British legacy of colonialism. What a shame.

            • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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              1 year ago

              Oh yeah she also shoots homeless people in the London Underground stages too, so double yea

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              I still love TR and Lara tho ;-;

              • sicklemode [they/them]
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                1 year ago

                Damn, it just gets worse the deeper you dig. Double deeper-sadness

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                Yeah, there's some games I like that hold themes and acts I despise and condemn, but still find enjoyment in.

                The important thing is to recognize the harmful reality and openly call it out.

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