My partner is playing through The Deadlock Protocol right now in preparation for playing the new update content, and I’m watching. And Eudico called Nef Anyo a narcissist. For those who aren’t plugged into disability discourse, “narcissist” is a slur for people living with NPD, or narcissistic personality disorder. It’s a crippling disability caused by having been abused as a child. I understand Granum calling Nef a slur, because Granum sucks. And there’s a cool dramatic irony in there that if Nef is a person living with NPD, it’s obviously Granum’s fault for being a deadbeat dad. Granum is insulting himself by using a slur, and that’s good writing. But Eudico using a slur is bad writing. It took both me and my partner right out of the story and made us feel disappointed that even the worker’s solidarity faction in warframe can’t avoid using mental health terms as insults. If anyone should be avoiding that behaviour, it’s Solaris United. It’s depressing.
https://www.google.com/search?q=narcissist+etymology
I am sorry that you and your partner have to deal with that, but you are also factually incorrect.
“Cripple” is widely considered a slur, moreso than “narcissist” by far. And the word “crippling” is idiomatically more directly related to “cripple” than “narcissist” is to “Narcissistic Personality Disorder.”
My point is that people use words all the time, and unfortunately not everyone can know everything about how every word makes everyone feel. If you are discomforted by the use of the word, it’s your right to be so; but also take into context that very few people are even aware that this word can be considered a slur.