i'm actually really disappointed that y'all have decided to continue reinforcing the idea that texas is totally homophobic and we'll kill anyone who's otherwise. mogai ppl are born all the time in texas and choosing to disclude them but ignore the racism in white communities in texas is super disappointing. presenting us as backward asswipes who can't respect someone if they're mogai is p fuckin disrespectful imo, esp since neither of you are from texas.
i can see where you’re coming from, and after having re-read the descriptions, part of your reasoning has probably spawned from how it was written, but i will tell you now, it wasn’t our intention to project it as you perceive it to be. ultimately, when we’re calling it a right wing, christian republican dominated state, we’re not going against any hard and fast facts. all we’re doing with our town is bringing a making the environment more realistic. this isn’t to say that texas is an anti-mogai area. we’re not even saying that /tulisa/ is, but in small, orthodox communities that value homogeneity, anything else is bound to be seen unfavourably. we’re not saying that there won’t be mogai people, of course there will be, it was not an attempt to exclude them but at the same time, given the fictional town’s background of being small and conservative, mainly known to house republicans etc- it’s not something that a lot of them (especially the older, more traditional residents) would easily and wholly accept (nothing was mentioned about killing). of course there will be those that wouldn’t give a shit either way, but it’s just an environment that has been created.
the racism was not ignored, “racism is something that is strongly looked down upon in this town. the tulisa tigers value each and every player (or so they say)”. the racism here is just not /as/ visible and vocal. we could have set the scene it in ohio, or australia, or anywhere else- fact is, no matter where you are racism still persists. sexism still persists. and implementing an element of it to our roleplay doesn’t make /us/ wanton of white or straight cis characters.
we’re speaking of the fictional town /we’ve created/. we wanted to create a fictional town that had issues. homophobia with an underlying case of racism. a small community that held such pride and joy in their little high school football team. a small community where there are large groups of people that are not related by blood, but they act it anyway. that, what if, suddenly, their bond and pride was tested between traditional thinking and what/who they love? we want to extend the potential of character development in a town that wasn’t so accepting of /everything/.
so yes, we understand you are disappointed, we won’t be holding that against you, but again, it was not our intention. thank you for bringing it up though, because it allowed us a fresh perspective on the issue too, as you are more than welcome to do, and since that was subject to miscommunication, we’ll make attempts at rewording it without potentially offending anyone, even if our intention is hardly so.
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