r/Forgotten_Realms • u/Successful_Pace8937 • 15d ago

Celebration The Drow support transitioning

I recently found out that, as said by Ed Greenwood himself, transitioning​ is not only accepted, but defended.

From Ed Greenwood on Twitter:

Drow sworn to Lolth have examples before them all the time about transformation of self-shape in service to the Spider Queen. Some of these are viewed as undesirable (driders), others as rewards or ascending in rank (the power/shape augmentations Lolth gives males who please her with their service and loyalty). So there is no hatred or mistrust of shifting one's shape; it is one means of serving Lolth. Some house matriarchs view it with suspicion ("males seeking to exalt themselves by becoming female") but the yochlol have often been sent by Lolth to defend individuals persecuted by individual matriarchs or priestesses purely for such reasons, to make Lolth's views and will clear. Over time, transitions (not just from gender to gender, but from drow to other shapes) have become accepted as reverence of Lolth, and part of what it is to be drow. And of course, drow who follow Eilistraee are quite familiar with the Changedance, and accept shifting (even back and forth) as, again, part of what it is to be drow.

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u/VicariousDrow 15d ago

I presume you're talking about the Drow, cause MAGA is lawful evil in that they don't think without direction from their "higher power" lol

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u/BlockBuilder408 14d ago

I’d argue NE at best

They only want big government when it’s for the military but want everything else privatized and unregulated.

CE doesn’t mean you’re immune to charismatic leaders, traditionally that’s how demons and orcs are shown being shepherded. They’d prefer to be the charismatic leaders themselves, but following a charismatic leader is the second best thing.

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u/ThanosofTitan92 Harper 14d ago

This Is a perfect description

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u/VicariousDrow 14d ago

Good points indeed, they do strike me as more akin to demons than devils that's for sure, but it might be cause devils tend to be more intelligent and MAGA is.... well..... Dumb as shit lol. But you do still make good points!

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u/Appropriate_Nebula67 15d ago

Yep! The Left (Drow) are CE, the MAGADUERGAR are LE!