It's fake while containing gay.

If they were giving in-universe reminders about the growing undead threat and the arrival of said threat isn't an immediate campaign ender, then yeah. Gotta roll with what the players do without making their efforts pointless.

"The population rising up against authority and for social progress is clearly colonialism from beyond the force wall", is certainly one of the takes of all time.

indigenous nation

We don't know the player's characters aren't indigenous.

Found the tankie

Oh, please. The CIA would never interfere because of social values. If there is oil involved, or the interests of a big American company, though...

I really like your interpretation

Also if we step out of that for a second, I was confused that some people in the comments were mad at the DM/narrator of this story. The question of whether he's the one being an obtuse meanie is really down to what the groups' dynamics are;

• do they know each other well enough to completely goof off his premise and instead have a meme campaign? Then DM is wrong.
• are they meeting for the first or second time? Then they're disregarding the work DM did to plan a campaign, and are in the wrong.

It feels pretty shit when you just want to share something with people and they sideline or walk over it for something else.

That's why your interpretation works really well - much like the CIA they are disrupting an existing culture/status-quo and betraying the trust first shown towards them, when fostering a reciprocal relationship could be more effective to achieving their goals. Meta-Imperialism

what a wild and cynical world you must live in. Just divorced from any joy or whimsy.... have fun making everyone around you feel awkward....

I know this one! Not all countries provide tax deductions for marriage. I was going to say there is not one in Japan, but on looking it up, it is more complicated than I care to look at. (I understand spouses tend to have separate finances, but I am far from Japan.)

The historical lens on taxes and marriage is also as complex as one might think.

Point being, in your setting, marriage does not need to have any tax implications at all.

Edit: Removed paywalled link about history of marriage.

shit man we're up for a reckoning aren't we... well, at least we fought the good fight of <current_elon_musk_quote>

Actively ignoring the DM's campaign direction is a dick move itself.

Do this thing or there will be consequences.

I wanna be a murder hobo and kill random people!

Consequences.

Yeah no, you're just wrong.