Lawful good gnome: I’m gonna use lightning bolt. *Turns to chaotic evil human* See? I might kill someone, aren’t you happy?
Chaotic evil human: Oh yes. The last time you did this I was so happy I drew a picture. But I don’t remember what you look like so I just drew the Travelocity gnome with lightning coming out of his hands.
It’s okay to have fictional characters do problematic stuff. Really, it is. Fictional characters are there to tell a story; not to be perfect paragons of virtue.
“Yeah!” some people will say. “It’s fine as long as you show that it’s problematic!”
And I’ll say: No. You don’t need to always do that either. We can’t expect writers to point out every moral misstep a character makes.
It’s okay to have characters do something problematic, and it’s okay to assume that the readers can see why it’s problematic on their own.
PSA: Those in the U.S., tomorrow (Wednesday) around 2:18 ET you will be receiving an emergency alert on your phone for tomorrow’s national alert system test. It will be VERY noisy and incredibly jarring. You can’t opt out of this testing, for obvious reasons. Just wanted to give a heads up to my U.S. followers on the noisy happening your phone will go through so you’re not spooked (Source).
If you put your phone in airplane mode during this time, it will keep you from being spooked.
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