Friday, October 4, 2024

Censorship Has Gone Too Far

I'm on Youtube, talking about D&D of all things, and trying to give a simple quote about the abilities of Tiamat to someone, because they wanted proof that Tiamat actually can show up with any color head(s) she wants, up to five, as long as the various heads are Chromatic in nature, rather than being stuck with the basic five she typically shows up with.

So this is what I write:

It's a bit of a longer quote, but I have bolded and italicized the relevant section, just leaving the rest so as to keep it all in context. Also, in light of the "new" (at least for 2E new) sphere cosmology bit about the Phlogiston and whatnot, the power is updated so as that Tiamat can take on any head that is represented by any chromatic/evil (there are evil non-chromatic dragons, and Tiamat is the Goddess of Evil Dragonkind, not just chromatic dragons, so non-chromatics count for her domains/powers/effects) dragon that exists in that sphere. So, for example, despite the fact that Tiamat and Takhisis are the same being (always were, just couldn't be admitted legally until recently, but recent 5e lore has finally confirmed this legally, and I have proof that it was always the case as well but that's another story... even if some fans hate that because of their own headcanon) Takhisis can't for example, swap one head out for a Yellow Dragon - because Yellows don't exist on Krynn. But should a Yellow be born there, or come there like Skie and the other Dragon Overlords did by travelling through the Aether... then she would be able to. But here is your quoted from the source.

Powers & Pantheons - D&D 2E:

Tiamat's Avatar (Fighter 25, Cleric 25, Wizard 25)

Tiamat has favored two forms throughout Unther's long history: the Dark Lady and the Chromatic Dragon. In the wake of her recent setbacks and in view of her future plots, the Dragon Queen has developed a third form known as the Undying Queen. All of Tiamat's forms draw their spells from all spheres and schools save the spheres of chaos and sun. She rarely uses anything but reversed forms of healing and necromantic spells on anyone save herself.

The Dark Lady appears as a human sorceress of Mulan ancestry with long, dark hair and dark robes. She has a fey beauty, a seductive smile, and totally black eyes.

The Chromatic Dragon is a nightmarish amalgamation of a monstrous draconic body on four stubby legs that has five writhing necks and heads, each corresponding to one of the species of chromatic dragons. Each head's color runs the length of the neck and into the forepart of her body as strips, gradually blending to three stripes of gray, blue-green, and purple over her back and hindquarters, then merging into a muddy dark brown tail. Her un­derbelly and legs are greenish white fading into her upper body colors. Tra­ditionally Tiamat's heads are colored red, green, blue, black, and white, but in fact the Chromatic Dragon can have many different subsets of heads, as long as there are no more than five total, each head's color and powers are unique, and each corresponds to an evil chromatic dragon species found in the Realms. For example, other known colors manifested by the Chromatic Dragon have included yellow and brown. In Chessenta, the Chromatic Dragon typically appears with a single red head and neck in keeping with Tiamat's guise as Tchazzar.

Now, I don't know about you, but I see absolutely NOTHING in there that should be a "problem" even for YouTube's super woke nonsensical rules. When censorship has gone this far, there is NO MEANS OF BASIC COMMUNICATION anymore. It is just outright EVIL, plain and simple.