I like both styles but for different reasons. I like horribleness in WoD. It’s half the point in WoD. It’s a World (deep lore) of Darkness. (no heroes, only gritty reality turned up to 11)

Old WoD made the horribleness a part of everything. Even the ‘good guy’ werewolves, who battle the metaphysical representation of suffering and decay, are full of hate, prejudice, and hypocrisy. 5th puts part of its horribleness in you rather than your culture, which I like as a fan of CoC as well. The thing that gives you power is also a powerful threat, because it’s the one thing you can’t turn your power against, and in the darkest moments, when you are at risk of losing your life, you have to risk a deal with your devil to get through.

So many people on lemmy seem to not be the types to hate based on nationality, except for this. The only nationalities I have seen attacked on here are Trumpicans and the French. Trumpicans at least are an ideology, but what is happening with the French that makes them the exception?

From what I understand, most anime is made for Japanese audiences and licensed out for localization after the fact. I’d be surprised if more than a few Japanese companies spent much time considering what the rest of the world wants to watch.

Exactly. There are a lot of things I find uncomfortable about other cultures, but I know I can’t force my beliefs onto other cultures. They have to deal with that themselves.

That’s their standard. The rest of the world doesn’t get a say, same way Nigerians don’t get to tell British gay folk not to be gay, Scandinavians don’t get to tell Americans what kind of gun laws they should have, and you don’t get to ban the Chinese from eating dogs. Your standards don’t determine the lives of people half a world away. If they don’t it want to change, it won’t.

-Hey, do you know any Japanese food you could recommend?

-Sure. What are you looking for?

-Anything, as long as it doesn’t have rice or soy in it.

-… here you go.

Asking for anime without the idolization of young female beauty is just entitled ethnocentrism. It’s part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don’t get a say in their culture. Asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your normative views is an entitled misunderstanding of the purpose of art/craft, both as an expression and as a product. If you need your world filtered so you experience only things that reinforce your worldview, you might as well move to a compound in the woods, because that’s the only way you’re going to avoid all the people who don’t share your beliefs.