hrefna ,
@hrefna@hachyderm.io avatar

It always bemuses/annoys me when some smug ass sails into a theological debate with "who cares it is all made up anyways."

My brother in clearly-not-Christ, have you been in fandom spaces on the internet? Ever?

Go ask a Tolkien group about Tom Bombadil and see what happens, or ask any group of straight male genshin players if any given character is a lesbian.

It's especially annoying when those debating aren't actually followers of said faiths and are just borrowing the lens.

itamarst ,
@itamarst@hachyderm.io avatar

@hrefna On the one hand, sure why not, it is entertaining to note that Katamari Damacy's plot is quite similar to Lurianic Kabbalah and you can argue about both in similar ways. On the other hand, I'm going to go out on a limb say there is no group of Katamari fans who have used it to justify ethnic cleansing, as Zvi Yehuda Kook did with his offshot of Lurianic Kabbalah.

piersb ,
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@hrefna

I don’t even consider myself a Tolkien Fan and you’d better fucking believe I have opinions about Tom Bombadil.

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