Because OMG U GUISE I'M SUCH A NERD XD and I'm into things like role-playing games and Warhammer and stuff, and, unfortunately, those particular scenes tend to be very male-dominated, every now and again my YouTube recommendations serve me up an absolute doozy.
Such is the case with today's subject.
This is Paul, now Pauli Kidd, from the YouTube channel, Lace and Steel.
Apparently, back in the day, Mr. Kidd was quite a name in the tabletop gaming scene, having hung around with the likes of the old guard, such as Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax (whom he has made a number of seething comments about in his videos). He claims to have written numerous Dungeons and Dragons novels, as well as being one of the lead designers for the RPG, Shadowrun. I, however, had never heard of him.
This was what he looked like, back in the day. As you can see, lovely hairline. Sort of a 'Pintel from Pirates of the Caribbean' physiognomy going on.
Sadly, since those heady (and foreheady) days, he has become a victim of the tranny plague and now makes videos on YouTube talking about tabletop role-playing games, as well as misogyny and transphobia in the gaming space. It's really quite something to see a barrel-chested middle-aged Aussie bloke dressing up as a teenage mall goth, displaying the distinctly male fat distribution of his beer gut in little croptops and such, but I do enjoy the irony of a troon declaring that "We've always been here! I've been here from the start!" in response to misogynistic gatekeeping.
Yes, 'Pauli', but you were
a bloke then, you weren't affected by misogyny then. Or now, for that matter. Like, what you're saying about nerd sexism and the objectification of women in fantasy could well have been quite a valuable point, but it's instantly undercut
because it's you that's making it and it is clear, as a tranny, that you are every bit as sexist and objectifying of women as the other men you're deriding, you're just going about it in a slightly different way.
I've never played Shadowrun - the setting never interested me - so I can't state for certain that his claims about his role in its creation are accurate, especially as, simply by watching a few minutes of his videos, it became quite clear to me that Mr. Kidd displays real penchant for being braggadocious about his achievements and areas of expertise - something that personally does not strike me as a trait I typically associate with women. Every brilliant woman I have ever met has played down her achievements, no matter how incredible they may be.
A highlight for me is when, when whining about his old mate, Gygax, and how supposedly racist and sexist he apparently was, he says, "Well, he knows about as much about evolutionary psychology as I do about astrophysics... Well, ackshually, I do, in fact, know
quite a bit about astrophysics..."
He also claims to have spent decades practicing various esoteric forms of martial arts, to the point that, if he wanted to, he could probably slaughter most of his detractors with ease. Again, a very fem-brained thing to say.
Personally, I think it's interesting that he's supposedly an expert in so many fields, yet it's never seemingly never occurred to him to at least give his wig a bit of a shakeout, but there we go.
