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Rule 8 Creative Writing Question

Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by FieldKeeper, Dec 15, 2021.

  1. FieldKeeper

    FieldKeeper Know what you're doing yet?

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    Is it running afoul of "no current politics" if I include stand-ins for Bleach Japan from Yakuza: Like a Dragon in a contemporary setting?

    For the record, Bleach Japan is a satire of nativist busybodies who couch their rhetoric in racist and sexist terms to helpa specific politician into power, but they're not a direct parody of anything in Japan, and I make it clear that I'm basing my version on a fictional version. They're racist against Koreans, but the people they're harassing aren't Korean, and it's made clear in-universe that they're being tricked into making a nuisance of themselves.
     
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    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

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    Characters or factions who are political parodies are usually fine. We don't allow directly including actually existing politicians in stories, but anything short of that is generally allowed.
     
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    Thank you!
     
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