Talk of transphobia (funny tho?)
Spawned in a discussion with my partner re: 'if 99% of cis people were transphobes, would you hate that 1% with the rest" I fell that 1% should still be embraced and accepted as being good people, even if the vast swath are not.
I propose we call this phenomena the Drizzt Protocol. Where a singular example of breaking the mold is worthy of mention by name.
further Drizzt Protocol
While sure, I'm referencing a fictional character, I feel his existence and acknowledgement helped flow towards more open and interesting interpretations of drow elves, and generally forwarding of breaking gender norms.
Even if sure he's a dumb meme, and I mock him and his two swords, there's some good positive messages to take form this.
further Drizzt Protocol
@Draekos naw, makes sense. Growing up the idea that an entire group of people would be utterly inherently evil to be butchered freely, really bugged me about D&D. For probably obvious reasons.
I hadn’t considered Drizzt (and related characters) as an inspiration, I’m happy about *anything* in D&D that gets away from it.