Ashley is a great character because she's a racist. If you just blow her off because "she's being shitty" you'll never understand where that comes from or change her mind about it.
I mean, just saying, if you blow people off because they're different than you, or because they think differently than you, are you any better? And what difference will it make by silencing them in your presence because they make you uncomfortable?
People do things for a reason.
Agreed. I feel like there's a lot more nuance to be found in these sci-fi stories if we don't take a scorched earth approach of, "shut up, die in a fire, everyone who likes you must agree with everything you say and are therefore terrible people."
If someone doesn't like her, fine, but trying to tell everyone else that she's irredeemable and we're racist for even giving her the time of day? That's the part I take issue with. I like reading about and talking to flawed characters in my RPGs.
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