NOT an excuse, CN community are literally okay with dark skinned characters, there are CHINESE games with dark skin and diversity like distyle, there's no excuse for their racism 💀
@viaclowns
They said this about swanasa and as a pale swanasa the fact hyv are just "adding pale poc" when you don't have a tanned character that you don't whitewash just shows how colorist and racist you are
just wanted to remind you all again that Tighnari is NOT wearing a hoodie but that his hood comes from the djellaba! Many North Africans wear the djellaba and the one that Tighnari is wearing even has the same pattern as one of the most popular djellabas that men wear around here
A lil analysis 🧵on Candace because I love her🌙
#candace
#GenshinImpact
#genshinrep
(any correction/info adding is appreciated! Picture Design inspired by @/elysiamazigh)
both emojis are literally named "so noisy" so,, no it is not a reference to the aq. He just hates loud noises. have whatever hc you want. But that's such an obvious thing. His pupils are orange as well, so maybe you should listen to your own advice before quoting a harmless hc
@dexteriser
I am not getting mad I am simply laughing at the stupid people who think dark skinned people are just tanned? "Has it's own laws" sorry girly but there are dark skinned npcs,the "laws" you are talking about don't affect it here, so stop sucking
@ma1mor1
Is it wrong to take inspiration from different cultures & their traditions & showcasing them in a game that's enjoyed by a global audience?
I don't understand the problem unless the makers misrepresent the said cultures or do -ve cultural reappropriation etc...
See kaveh as whatever animal you want but saying lion kaveh doesn't make sense is insane, he lit has a lion on his keys, being Iranian and the fact that Iran's national animal is lion just increases it more, and with the darshan being a lion, it is safe to say it's on purpose.
Why are you acting like 15 year olds can't grasp knowledge about culture or something it is really not that hard to research before erasing cultural elements, the designs are great but that doesn't mean you can erase cultural elements and call it a day
Oh my god I remember when people redesign sumeru characters and they just make it more orientalist and don't research and in the video the nilou one is ughhh😭😭 when will people learn
go talk to the mfs who retweeted that shitty tiktok while 99% of the mods were orientalist but they thought it was culturally accurate only for melanin lmao
@SoySilent
They said this about sumeru, what did we see? Nothing, absolutely nothing 😭 they said wait for sumeru, wait for desert, wait for more desert expansion, wait for Natlan but there's nothing
He has a TON of hourglass accessories in his design but that's not without reason! The hourglass is an Egyptian invention and one of the earliest ways of timekeeping.
Let's get started, his name "Sethos" means "of Seth" who is the god of the desert, storms and chaos and it is the Greek name of Seti I, father of Ramses II. It means like,, a retainer/follower of seth.
@Boram76
People expect us to shut up for asking the BARE MINIMUM of representation everyone is tired of the poor rep in media and genshin is no different
And his braids! Now, the entirety of North Africa had braids, and they are important to our culture, we also add jewels and accessories to them, just like sethos!
You can see it also in his constellation as well! and about it, it is named "Basileos delta" translating to "king Delta", Delta is a region in lower Egypt (northern Egypt) where Seth was worshipped.
For his clothes it was very hard to incorporate what he is wearing at least to me.. The closest I could find for this piece right that it could be some kind of The kalasiris? Which is a sheath dress mostly worn by women.
Continuing on his cons, his C6 is named "pylon of the sojourning sun temple", a pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple, like the pylon of the temple of isis here!
For his belt/wrap I am assuming it is inspired by the Shendyt it is clothing similar to skirt, men wore wraps around skirts belted at the waist, sethos wears it, but except he doesn't wear a skirt
End of thread! Now about my opinion, sethos is great compared to other Egyptian rep, his design isn't orientalist (to what I know) and his lore is great, which I love to see!
@Underplayed_PS
I am sorry but if you are able to take everything but not able to add just some skin diversity that's still bad💀genshin has other racist things than lack of skin diversity
@keitwomimirr
It is not that I was expecting anything it is really about the players defending hyv
Also just because it is normal doesn't mean we shouldn't act in it, like yeah we expect they won't add skin diversity but we still got the right to be mad
‼️keep in mind, this thread is to not be talking about hyv positively, I am simply making an analysis and showing my opinion on an Egyptian character as an Egyptian myself.
Lastly his dish is shawarma which is originated in either the Levant or turkey (not sure) but it is certainly not Egyptian which is a problem that a lot of sumeru characters face so I am not really surprised,,
Let's get started, her name "Candace" is the latinised version of "kandake" which is the title given to queens of kingdom of Kush, an ancient kingdom in Nubia, which is now southern egypt and northern sudan.
The ba, in ancient Egypt, was a spiritual entity and was one of the principle aspect/component of the soul (along w/ the ka and the akh) that could travel between the worlds of the living and the deceased.
@L0l0Ow
@firstexalted
Mualani is literally named after a Hawaiian high chiefess can you not think? You can't just take a Hawaiian name and put it on a character that's literally just disrespectful
@joshuwuah
Colorism is everywhere..but there are many Chinese games that literally has dark skin characters.. If the other games can..hyv can..they just don't want to. That's the point
In the sq, we learn about the ba fragments, they are fragments of hermanubis' power that the temple of silence possessed and they orchestrated a ritual which sought to implant them into the suitable vessels, which were in this case cyno and sethos