(06-08-2015, 12:10 AM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:That is the thing though, they are new to the area and many people have a good chance of fearing what they don't understand and when fear is involved so does hate soon flourish. I can see some NPCS running through the markets telling mother's to hide their children at night because the Demons are here or something like that. I can see some shops refusing to sell to Au'ra merely because of how they look. Sure, they are born this way but they are not from the land and misunderstandings are bound to happen.(06-07-2015, 10:51 PM)Verad Wrote:(06-05-2015, 10:18 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: What is there to prove? Au Ra were born like that, it's not their problem to begin with.
Racial tension is one thing, sure. It's there in the game (and much more tasteful in comparison), but lets be honest; a lot of this is just a glorified excuse to bring OOC feelings about Au Ra design into RP just like with the Miqo'te before them. It's going to burn bridges, not build them.
Besides, it's insulting and disrespectful to those of us that actually have to deal with being a minority. I get enough harassment in real-life as-is; I certainly don't need any of it here, not when I'm trying my hardest to escape from my worldly woes for at least an hour or two.
Edit: For the record, I'm fine with fictionalized conflict, but only when it's actually justified. This isn't.
What defines a justified fictional conflict?
One supported by the lore and the story of the game.
For example, if they created true blood garleans as a playable race. Obviously tension between them and other PCs would make sense given the lore, it would be a justified fictional conflict (I don't really like that nomenclature though)
Reacting with hostility to the Au Ra is kind of unjustified though, unless your character has a personal reason for doing so. They're just newcomers to a new land. I can see shock, interest, curiosity, but any large scale hostility (except maybe for things like THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OUR JOBS, or the other bits of generalized discontent immigrant populations tend to bring) seems manufactured to me.
Yes they look kind of... beasty, but so do Miqo'te. Other beastlike tribes are perfectly accepted in Eorzean culture, so I just don't see most people being all that freaked out.
Not everyone will be sunshine and rainbows and want to meet them. There will be people out there that hate them for them just being them.
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