Can we just retire the word "hipster" now? It's clearly lost all meaning beyond "person who likes different stuff from me".

Presumably because her criticism isn't misogynist or homophobic, undertones that ARE found in a number of online comments about the game.

I'm kind of curious who the other 10 characters are going to be, since the next collectible minifigure set will also be Simpsons-themed.

While I don't disagree with the broader principles of your argument, I'd say there's a world of difference between professional creators who are putting their work out there for profit and a 13 year old kid who made a stupid game in Game Creator and posted it to an obscure forum thread.

Well, yeah, if we start talking about anime, we're dealing with a somewhat different set of cultural assumptions.

Though I still don't see "rape as a moment of personal growth" being used all that often for guys there.

I mean trainwreck in a vaguely-affectionate way, not in the "it failed in its aims" sort of way. I mean, emotionally (and in terms of what happens to a lot of the characters), I think "trainwreck" (or perhaps "Train wreck in slow motion") would be a pretty accurate description.

But then, I also like Elfen Lied, so I…

When has the scenario "a woman is raped, and as a result turns into a stone-cold killer badass" ever been used? Is that what you're asking?

I'm sorry, are women and men not significantly affected when they are sexually assaulted?

Sure they are, but that's not really the relevant point. It's not like the author gets the character "pre-raped" and then has to decide how the rape affects them; the rape is, in itself, the choice of the author.

Oh, and the cool…

Yeah, you pretty clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Oh, well.

I would agree with "most" or "all"; I would disagree with the assertion that there are not a significant number of female characters for whom the author uses rape as a shortcut to character development.

Haha, oh, Mirai Nikki. You're such a trainwreck.

(I kind of liked the show, because I have a soft spot for insanely and unrelentingly bleak stuff, but...yeah. Enough is enough.)

Heh, fair enough.

There's a huge difference between a trans person using "tranny" and a non-trans person using "tranny".

If you object to "nigger" (though I think that objection is fatuous), how about "faggot"?

And I don't assume that everyone should know what the experience of trans people is like. That's why I tend to start off very…

If a person hides something from me out of fear I will stop talking to the person, then I will be angry and the person loses the opportunity of gaining a friendship. It's pretty straightforward to me, but meh see it how you will.

So why hide your problem with trans people? Don't they deserve to know that up front so…

Wow, for LEGO stop-motion animation, that's surprisingly smooth and even. Well done.

"Are you really quoting me line by line now just to argue with me? Accept that not everyone has to share your views and move on. "

Yep. Deal with it. You're wrong in so many different ways that a blanket response couldn't sufficiently cover everything. And I accept that not everyone shares my views, the same way that I…

Um...what argument are you responding to? Who said anything about "Every female character"?

I mean, seriously, you're refuting an argument that no one is actually making. There's a term for that sort of thing.

"We aren't talking about their sexual orientation or their race."

Which is irrelevant when talking about what words to use.

"We are talking about their biological sex. Which, to me, is down to their chromosomes. XX and XY. Or if you're a hermaphrodite then XXY for a 3rd type (or one of those combinations). "

So...do you…

No, it's like calling them a "gay person" or a "black person" instead of "a gay" or "a black".

And your presence at events where there are trans people says pretty much nothing about your attitudes towards trans people. Sorry. It's like the "but I have a black friend" defense.

(And that's without getting into a question…