I am still thinking about Xenoblade Chronicles 2

So one of the characters is this shapeshifting foxgirl who's also . . . kind of like a Gem from Steven Universe. It's hard to easily explain what Blades are. Anyway, she was raised by catfolk who she refers to as her family, and she always uses a catgirl form unless she needs to call on her foxgirl powers. And part of this is that catgirls are much less discriminated against than foxgirls in this setting, and she's afraid of people knowing her "secret." But even with people she knows and trusts who already know she's a foxgirl, her catgirl form is her casual form when she's chatting instead of fighting, and I find that really interesting from a character perspective. It's not the body she was "born" with, but it's the body she chooses.

(If only this was actually discussed in the game. Like a lot of JRPG female leads, she needed more characterization that was actually about her, rather than about how much she wanted to have sex with the player-insert dude.)

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Actual post I just saw: "The 'lesser evil' argument is straight up racist, especially towards black and indigenous people."

Don't get me wrong. I hate being called racist. But I think I would be even more offended if someone thought I was the kind of person who doesn't believe in supporting the lesser evil. If you're willing to define "racist" such that it includes people who support the lesser evil, then I will wear "racist" as a badge of fucking pride. (And I still won't believe in treating people differently based on their skin color, but since you've established that's not what you're using "racist" to mean . . .)