People made these exact same arguments about the inclusion of a black samurai in an Assassin's Creed game.
A black samurai who was based on a real person who actually existed in history.
The game they're playing is very obvious to anyone who's actually paying an ounce of attention, and it has nothing to do with caring about historical accuracy.
It's bullshit. It's an excuse. It's foolish. I do not suffer it gladly.
I don't know why, but it's always surreal to find out that webcomics I stopped reading 15 years ago still exist. Lots of things exist when I'm not looking at them. I don't know why my brain snags on this one.
Sluggy Freelance is still going, Christ. It took me like a year and a half to catch up to current way back in 2004, I can't imagine the struggle now.
They call me Johnny Smallatoms