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Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.

Felt like sharing it here because I'm sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Something being fiction is no reason to throw expectations and consistency out the window.

It’s not that there is a wheelchair in a fantasy setting. It’s that the setting is typical high fantasy that may have magic but is otherwise very low tech. But then you have this out of place modern wheelchair made from a steel tube frame.

It’s like if the bard and the paladin disagree any some fact, then the paladin put down his shield and mace just to pull out his fucking iPhone to show that he was right all along.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they have steel swords all bets are off

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought that too, but then I saw their weapons are literally sticks, lol. There’s a fancy one with a rock tied to the end.

The bald guy looks to have some armor though. But armor (or sword) hammered out by a blacksmith is still quite different than a welded tube frame with all straight lines and right angles.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, but look at lord of the rings. the orcs while industrialized and definitively in the iron age are not as advanced as the dwarfs or the elves. Then you have the hobbits who still live in dirt holes.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"How dare someone's fantasy not meet my expectations of how fantasy should be"

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

“How dare somebody have a reaction to a piece of art”