https://nitter.1d4.us/IGN/status/1677399862973702154

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1677399862973702154

Show

  • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    The squirrel dropping the nut is a nice touch.

    https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_1315/5fe10b940ecae2e7c17e814f896f6f45.mp4

    • Poogona [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I'll warn that bg3 is likely to be baldur's gate in name only. I am a big Larian fan, but they haven't exactly made the kinds of RPG that baldur's gate is in the past. Larian's games in the past have all been goofy lighthearted things for the most part, and I think wizards of the coast wants BG3 to be more of an ad for the dnd "brand." I was a kid when BG1 came out but from what I can tell it existed in a period when the brand was more flexible, and stuff like Planescape Torment was being made at the edges of the IP.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
        ·
        1 year ago

        Larian's games in the past have all been goofy lighthearted things for the most part,

        Fort Joy alone at the start of Divinity Original Sin 2 didn't feel that goofy or lighthearted. desolate

        • Poogona [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          Fair enough but OS2 was probably the most serious game Larian has made, and even then there's plenty of humor interspersed throughout its darker sections. OS1 had the vibes of a tabletop session with friends who aren't too emotionally invested, and OS2 was like when your DM decides to try something a little more involved. High school dnd vs college dnd, you know?

          The art style alone is a big departure for baldur's gate, 1 and 2 had that almost-grimdark earthy aesthetic and 3 is full of bright color and snark, which isn't bad but is not at all like 1 and 2.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
            ·
            1 year ago

            and even then there's plenty of humor interspersed throughout its darker sections

            I don't know how many dark stories would actually work without at least some humor somewhere in them.

            • Comp4 [comrade/them]
              ·
              1 year ago

              Hmm. Im not sure I agree with that. There are some horror movies (which I would call dark stories) that are very bleak and even humour less. Not trying to argue. Just saying you can have a dark story pretty much devoid of humour.

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
                ·
                1 year ago

                I didn't say it was impossible; I said I don't know how many could pull it off. I think it's rare, not impossible to find.

      • dumpster_dove [he/him]
        ·
        1 year ago

        Apart from the main story, Baldur's Gate was super goofy. You got

        spoiler

        ☑ Guy who got turned into a chicken

        ☑ Pantaloons

        ☑ Minsc

        ☑ Lightning Bolt spell

        ☑ Edwin gets gender swapped

        ☑ Jan Jansen

        ☑ Your THAC0 at lvl 1

        etc.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don't really game any more but I played BG back when I was a kid. I keep thinking about buying it on steam and playing it again, am I crazy?

  • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    It’s a pun on twinks and bears.

    Nothing is shown it’s just an implied joke.

    You're thinking too much into this making it a bestiality thing.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don't think many people here are doing what you're claiming they're doing.

      Stop being overly defensive over a perceived threat to your entertainment that isn't actually there.

      • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        I get defensive when sexuality morality is brought up because I'm used to that being used to bash LGBT people.

          • Asa_the_Red [he/him]
            ·
            1 year ago

            I think having sex with bears isnt actually a thing that can happen without you getting ripped in half by a thousand pound killing machine with 4 inch long claws

          • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Honestly this comparison borders on homophobia and is really nasty. All over a pretty tame joke.

            Fascists call LGBT people groomers all the time.

            It is no coincidence you went to pedophilia, is it? That’s my whole fucking point.

            • ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them]
              ·
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              Honestly this comparison borders on homophobia and is really nasty. All over a pretty tame joke.

              My bad, I missed the obvious joke. I assumed it was a straight scene given it is made for what I figure are mainstream gamers and missed the pun But the comparison holds if we aren't talking about bears(gay men) and are talking about the animal like I misread.

              Fascists call LGBT people groomers all the time.

              You're talking to a transfemme who organizes counterprotestors against these folks

              It is no coincidence you went to pedophilia, is it? That’s my whole fucking point.

              "the animal is actually a druid" is pretty similar to "the child is actually an adult". Its basically the same trope, it isnt homophobic to point that out

              • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                I was already defensive and seeing pedophilia brought up in the context of gay humor sent up big red flags for me.

                Gay culture has been under attack lately, and it’s got me on edge.

                I apologize for misinterpreting, I don’t think that you were saying that in bad faith.

  • a_talking_is2 [comrade/them]
    ·
    1 year ago

    I appreciate the effort, but when we, gay dudes, say we want a "bear bf" we usually don't mean it this literally.

  • WhyEssEff [she/her]
    ·
    1 year ago

    mentioning the harkness test. no real opinion on it. just wanted to bring it into the discourse

    • edge [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      Honestly that's not even needed. If it's not able to consent you'll find out quickly when it mauls you.

  • D61 [any]
    ·
    1 year ago

    79 comments so far after one day and not a single one has the phrase "bear backing". hillary-disgust

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I'm not sure where it fits given that it's a "druid in bear form" and not an actual bear (and so would have human intelligence and capacity for consent), but reading that it sounds reminiscent of "it's not a child, it's a thousand year-old demon-dragon in child form", so...

      I don't play Baldur's Gate or any of that shit though, so I have no horse in this race I suppose.

      Also obligatory Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/gv0LY9upBlE

      • somename [she/her]
        ·
        1 year ago

        Well, one is targeting a very vulnerable group of people in society, and Loli's and similar play into and encourage the urge for the people who might abuse them. In contrast, I don't think there's an epidemic of bear-fuckers really, so it just kind of feels different? To me at least?

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          Frankly I think bears are more than capable of handling people trying to fuck bears against their will

                  • OrionsMask [he/him, comrade/them]
                    ·
                    1 year ago

                    My original post was sarcastic, and also it was agreeing with you, i.e. bears can take care of themselves, this isn't something we need to have a "collective leftist take" on.

                    I think I misunderstood your response, I thought you were calling me a bear fucker, sorry.

                    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
                      ·
                      1 year ago

                      no hard feelings I think this post title set the conversation here with a hostile tone

                      For the record I do not think anyone one here would have sex with anyone or anything that was incapable of giving consent and I don't think anyone in history has ever fucked a bear

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
        ·
        1 year ago

        It's two consenting adult humans (or elves or whatever). Like full stop, no notes.

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
          ·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, and the "thousand year old loli" is a "consenting adult human" but it still simulates a paraphilia, just like the "bear but really a human" does.

          • Gay_Tomato [they/them, it/its]
            ·
            1 year ago

            Its more equivalent to an adult human turning temporarily into a child to get their freak on.

            In hindsight this conversation should probably stop. dead-dove-3

      • Awoo [she/her]
        ·
        1 year ago

        It would be the same as a Twilight werewolf surely?