(10-25-2014, 02:54 AM)TheLastCandle Wrote: I don't get the argument against People playing Domans with real-world Japanese names. There are Domans in the game right now. These selfsame Domans..have Japanese names, the most popular example of whom being Yugiri herself. Ninja, a job FROM Doma, has a relic weapon called Yoshimitsu.To that extent I think you're correct. In-game Domans have names like Koharu and Ahiko, and they certainly have a connection with Japanese martial arts. I think what a lot of people are worried about, though, is that others will see that these connections to Japan are true, and assume (perhaps subconsciously) that all theorized connections to Japan are true. Such as the idea of a warring feudal Doma, complete with Shogun and Bushido. The way I look at it, it's like how Limsa Lominsa is based largely on post-revolution New England, but we would be incorrect in assuming that it has 13 states, broke away from a larger empire, or that it was even a democratic society.
Deductive reasoning tells me it's not a huge stretch to assume Doma is at the very least similar to Japan, at the very least in terms of language!
All we truly know about Doma is what has been specifically stated. Normally these assumptions would be fine if it were like Sharlayan (spelling?) where it might be years before we got any contradicting information and nobody really cares anyway, but the fact is that Doma is a really hot topic right now and we're probably going to be getting a constant stream of new info on it for at least the rest of the 2.X series. So basing your character around any assumptions about Doma is a dangerous game that probably will end in people backtracking the hell out of their characters.Â
Although it should be noted that none of it bothers me in the slightest. Not really a part of the lore I care about. People can claim Doma is home to deep-space lizard wizards if they want, doesn't really affect me.
