Your entire post seems to assume that I’m against the implementation of custom pronouns. I’m not, and I think that is evident in my first post. What I’m against is the timing and context. It’s grimy and comes off as such, while also managing to tarnish what could have been an otherwise welcome addition. Could’ve been added with last names, apostrophes in names, armor coverage options, etc. If that had come out prior to the scandal, or after the verdicts, I sincerely believe everyone would be somewhere between nonplussed to stoked.
But they didn’t do that. They’re apparently doing this, and subsequently, we are arguing in this thread.
While I found Those Who Walk Away From Omelas to be a very unique and intriguing concept, no, I haven’t had the time to dedicate to reading more of her works sadly. Nevertheless, the politics of Warcraft have never really involved modern identity politics, and I think it’s for the better it stay that way. The core of the political motif of Warcraft is the inevitability of war where greed, and tribalism in the face of limited resources rear their head, which is essentially apolitical, in my view, and to add some dimension of modern political discourse to that would be to taint the well that we all drink from with something that will produce entirely unforseen results.