@motionlessiaruz
Thinking you're in a real relationship with a fictional character = stupid
Wanting the characters of the story who are based off of real important beings/figures of one's culture to be properly represented = fair
“It’s just a game,” “there are pale people in___,” please save it lol. If you can’t see the problem with heavily using a culture in character design while leaving the people behind, I’m not wasting time explaining it to you. People have every right to be upset & call it out.
if even your base audience, the Chinese fans, are asking for better representation/or character with different shades of melanin, who are you making these characters for?
Didn’t think I needed to say this but I have shared experiences with many VA’s and some of them have already perfectly said what’s been on my mind. I don’t need to then say the same thing from my platform when I can instead make sure their voices are heard louder.
I really hope that a video game company listens to its fanbase when valid criticism is made multiple years in a row about the execution of its research and inclusion of elements/aspects of other cultures.
Ok no typos this time:
When I was a kid, I didn’t see a lot of people who looked like my family in the media. Things have been changing. Slow, but they have! (But so slow it feels.)
We all deserve to see ourselves in the media, to feel seen. It’s a beautiful thing.
as a nigerian person, someone that hoyoverse is supposedly """representing""" with debauched deities and inaccurate skin tones, it is such a breath of fresh air to see close associates of the game speak against it. kudos to everyone above. if i missed anyone, let me know!
Deleted the post because it was starting to affect my mental and things have been positive for me lately.
We deserve to be seen. We will be seen. No matter your background You are enough ❤️
I want to articulate how representation can make a huge difference in someone's life and why it matters. TLDR: it means so much to be able to see people who look like you in media. And when the rep is rare, the consequences can be immense. This is why it matters to me. 1/15🧵
we once again find ourselves in a situation where people whose cultures are being represented poorly by the creators are being told to stop complaining or find another game to play
this is such a missed opportunity to authentically showcase a sea of colorful, diverse cultures
@awspctrlirepwla
personally, as a fucking dumbass,
i'd rather use my platform to echo/elevate more qualified and educated voices expressing my beliefs more eloquently than i can - especially for matters which concern other cultures.
(and i'd express my own thoughts on stream, my main platform)
the insane part is like what else is there to say about genshin's colorism that hasn't already been said two years ago
ppl were talking about the same issues that were seen in sumeru's cast and were instead told to "wait for natlan"
now that we're here, what do you wait for?
Keep retweeting, keep soreading the word, send emails in the survey, and do everything you can to let our voices be heard.
Not every character in fiction is vampire pale or ashy brown 💀💀
I did on my stream and on my reaction to the trailer. I'm disappointed that there aren't darker skin toned characters in Natlan and the representation is just so bad, especially since Hoyo is pulling from real world regions and cultures. I genuinely had hope for them, and I hope
it’s just disappointing when parts of the world that are so seldom reflected in media could be portrayed accurately. I know this is “inspired by” as opposed to a 1:1 depiction, but if you’re drawing on specific sources it would be so lovely to see it done the way it should be!
I understand the frustration surrounding Natlan and am learning more about how shockingly disappointing Hoyo's efforts at representation are. I hope players can be empathetic and hear out the people from the cultures Natlan takes inspiration from and why they feel aggrieved.
@succodifungo
@Rozuchan_
@zxyriewoo
because for only knowing 3% of japanese and weebs love to overuse the fuck out of buzzwords like their life depends on it, seeing “ara ara” posted under every generic anime girl by people who for sure havent touched a woman is, in fact, cringe
Você não pode se "inspirar" numa cultura, nos seus custumes, nas suas artes, músicas, tradições e LITERALMENTE apagar o povo que deu origem a elas. Eles estão inerentemente interligados.
Cultura não pode ser reduzida a um produto, ela é a representação da humanidade de um povo.
There’s a BIG difference between people crying about a Chinese game having 99.9% pale skinned rosters when the games world setting, cultural influences, concepts, & stories told are ALL derivative from China, places with pale/fair skinned people & or fictional vs:
People having
@pcktknife
imo: dori, dehya, and the red haired girl look like theyre from the same place. the problem starts with al haitham who looks like he could be from liyue, gets worse with how forgettable/cluttered collei and tighnari look, and the cherry on top is kasalani whos just green paimon
@imonly5feet
its sad the bar has dropped so low that brown-ish ivory and desaturated grey brown being used for skin complexions is surprising. i looked at dehya and was genuinely bewildered because i didnt expect hyv to make a character any darker than like, a mild peach
@prairz
that signora tomo poll got me so mad because no way in hell are you trying to rationalize a nameless, faceless, loreless character being more deserving of revival than a main antagonist. kazutomo fans showed the world they have zero taste in the span of two days
🚨 APHELIOS REWORK UPDATES 🚨
After all the spam comments defending the character unique style, Phreak takes a break from being the Squidward employee of Riot and recognizes it was a bad idea.
@vixidescent
sexually abusing someone requires such a bottomless disregard for the autonomy and dignity of another living breathing being, what does reform even mean once youve stooped that low
@PuppyGirlFPS
I don’t get it lol.
Bridget is the most attractive character in Strive, I don’t think about all the extra stuff, I just watch her fan made content. And they should too
@endeIIion
id rather ship characters that dont know eachother than be a mainstream shipper and argue on the daily about why bingus x bongus is more canon than bongus x blippy because of (wall of text here)
@plaguelookbook
@spacechannelgal
@unr1pegir1
@FireSkulls4ever
pulling up 16th century vernacular all because we dont fw the porn addict manufactured slop you call dead dove 😭 leave it to proshippers to remind everyone theyre so brazenly hardcore and daringly taboo then treat the slightest pushback like its a sin against god
@Rhakjellg
@6xn17
@DumbTransphobes
slim shady as the display name, something about being a hater in the bio, balls joke in the location, linking a discord with the custom invite url being cbt, epic smiley as the pfp 😭 nigga you are definitely 12
@cornyanxd
@ArkadiaCoast
> “if youre reading my bio youre MALDING and MAD and WOKE!” - guy that provokes people and loses
> pepe pfp
> degenerate
4chans down the hall and to the left 🚬
the issue isnt that they dislike hu tao its that this is a comically clear example of double standards, illumi and dottore are both morally irredeemable yet theyre given a pass by the same people over-analyzing hu tao's played-for-laughs gimmick. child abusers > women i guess
@kyutemin
i don't want to make y'all feel like you're forced to care, if thats how you and the community feels that's chill. as long as we can all understand eachother
In order of today's events:
>Richard Simmons and Ruth Westheimer were absolute gems that we didn't deserve. RIP🕊️❤️
>Politely asking to see more accuracy in a portrayed culture is not a "forced agenda".
>Attempting to take out a 78yr old man made us look WEAK. Be better.
@BijanTehrani
@TubboLive
@Dexerto
this is whataboutism at its finest lmfao “twitter can be bad sometimes so my platform which is almost exclusively comprised of far right streamers who spout and encourage hate speech is perfectly fine” youre such a massive joke
Unfortunately I had to isolate myself and block out anything involving him due to the constant stress.
Because of this I ended up missing some pretty big news and disturbing clips involving him, which I just found out about a couple of days ago.
Inexcusable behavior.
12/19
im maybe having a migraine so im sorry if the words aren’t good. but there was a very simple job to do, and it just wasn’t done. there’s no ignorance to feign. the source material is rich, and the audience has been left hungry. i hope they take the criticism with grace
@RealBaldGenius
@Krisss_Angel
@gwinshin
art styles? creative liberty? whats the point of those when you can make everything generic photorealistic garbage that all looks the same
@SHIRO_116
"light skinned egyptian people exist too" is a bad argument. every character leaked so far has been pale, so theres no shortage of fair skin tones in sumeru or genshin as a whole. meanwhile other tones are nonexistent, even in characters whos references look like this:
@YlGACLAN
the biggest thing laios’ party had going for them post falin resurrection was kabru stalling the canaries the way he did and for as long as he did, hes quite literally the only reason they made it so far without being elf food … like youre telling me this isnt the goat