Mastercard, nothing. But institutional investors are willing to lose a LOT of money on Disney to keep that propaganda machine rolling, billions in losses and they just voted to make sure nothing changes at all. The real muscle holds the line. Pelts couldn't do anything about it in the end. There's a lot going on at all times, money moves, and it tells stories. Why not take a look? By the end of that rabbit hole, you'll look at this stuff a lot differently.
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I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about a field that see's increased regulation so that the fruits of the patrolled field can be reaped by some company or other that has the right connections. Could be anything, so long as they play the DEI and ESG fields as prescribed by the institutional investors that control our entire economy. You can't watch the same thing happen in near to every sector in our economy and not suspect it reaches further. From medicine to military, newsrooms to payment providers. Increased regulations are paving the way for something else, most of the time.
While I'm miffed too at the current lack of content warnings, you gotta understand, they have no business anymore if they go by the increasingly draconian ruleset designed to drive independent creators and small studios to the brink so institutional providers won't have competition anymore. If you know anything about capitalist business history, you'll see the patterns. What they can and can't do and still expect a return on their work is growing worse and worse by the day. Cut them some slack.
Take care of your health! Love the game to bits, love the world you've crafted and the characters you've breathed life into. I can give you some good health advice if you want, to keep sickness and disease away. Flu season isn't fun, unless you happen to never get the flu, because you understand your dietary needs. Then you get to point and laugh at those who don't understand why they're so miserable a week out of every year.
It's fun.
I understand what you're going for with the time management aspect of your character growth, but I believe a major portion of your audience, myself included, would like to be able to 'free train'. To slow down the story for a little while to grind. Maybe unbalancing, but your audience is largely looking for power fantasies, so I would hope, worth consideration.