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   fatepony (fatepony@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 15-Sep-2022 18:34:54 JST fatepony
   Potentially unpopular opinion, but I have been feeling this way for a while: this is why you shouldn't have asked for developers to "confirm" wether Bridget was trans or not. Writers, wether for video games, books, or movies, can't retroactively change or clarify what the material contained. Once something is released to the wild, the author no longer controls what it is and it must stand on its own content. At that point, any creator's comments are just one viewpoint on the content, as valid as any the audience comes up with.
   
   Yet when you demand that the developers make a statement to settle some internet argument, you violate this principle. Now, what the developers say has more authority, and by your own argument you have to listen to them now. Which really sucks when they're cowards like ArcSys and bend the knee to "confirm" the other side's opinion.
   
   JK Rowling can't make characters gay retroactively through Twitter, Amazon can't destroy Tolkien lore just by buying copyright, and ArcSys can't make Bridget trans via an interview outside the game material. But a lot of people are going to believe they can because they are the creator of the source material. So, maybe don't contribute to this false notion of creator authority by not demanding they make a statement in favor of your side in an argument.
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     of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Sep-2022 18:34:54 JST of nothing

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     >have dispute
     >call for arbitration
     >acknowledge authority of arbiter to settle the dispute
     >give arbiter options: you can say this, or you can say this
     >arbiter picks the option you don't like
     >how could sinister external forces have done this to you
     when deboonking goes wrong, example #3 in two days.
     don't try so hard to win internet arguments. Some people say that Bridget is 'trans'? Just wait around, statistically those people are very likely to kill themselves and save you from caring about their wrong opinions.
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     チャノさん (japananon@pl.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Sep-2022 18:35:31 JST チャノさん

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     @apropos @fatepony I was only ever really 41% upset about the whole thing to begin with, honestly.