AIDS gnome? Apologies for being OutOfTheLoop.
It's a
gnome or dwarf or something named after the guy who invented the pride flag who gives out free pride-flag themed cosmetic items. He was first seen during that one really famous first pride event, but got removed shortly after people protested about it and the event ended. After a few years, it got added permanently to the game, southeast of barbarian village, with a newspost whose reasoning was pretty much "fuck you we do what we want". That is in addition to the other pride events they regularly schedule every year now.
Of course, none of these things were ever polled, it was forced onto the players regardless of whether they wanted it or not, the reasoning being that inclusivity and integrity changes do not need to be polled. Same thing applied when they renamed NPCs, changed some dialogue options, and added random niggers around the game so it would be more diverse and less problematic. Reddit is getting riled up NOW because 'muh CVS / muh private equity / capitalism le bad' but you could see this shit coming from a mile away if you know what ESG is.
I kind of stomached it and played with bonds anyway because like a good crack addict i cared more about getting my fun than actually following through on something for princple and i could cope my way out of it since it wasn't "that intrusive anyway" despite heavily disliking it, but when they added body type A/B and the tranny pronouns i was completely fucking done with that shit, and was not the only one. Null commented on that situation as well. It's fucking infuriating.
The monetization crap is just the natural progression of this whole thing. This won't be the last of it, even if everyone is pissed now. Bethesda has been trying to make people pay for mods for decades and every time it gets pushed back because of backlash, it doesn't stop them from trying again and again. It's the same here, they'll keep moving in this direction forever, which is why i figured i'd cut my losses at that point before i sank more thousands of hours into it just to realize i'd have wasted even more time down the line. Looks like it was the right choice, but it's still disappointing.
I don't know if i'm more mad at the internet, the british or faggots. Oh well.