(08-03-2015, 09:05 AM)Ignacius Wrote: But, simply from a mechanical perspective, being racist might be a problem. Â However, it should be noted that you don't have to be a hood-wearing KKK member to have that nuance. Â Orleans doesn't particularly like working with Miqo'te because he sees them as generally flighty. Â Whether that's true in all cases, it's his gut reaction.
I would be surprised and frankly impressed at the chutzpah of the player that did attempt to be a hood-wearing KKK member or equivalent. Part of the reason the amount of effort put into these arguments continues to baffle me is that it involves ardently advocating for the right to have a new category of mean comments to make and little else. Rarely, if ever, does the IC racism of the racist character in question go further than that.
And really, there are lots of ways it could go further. Presuming the argument that Eorzea is pretty racist when reading between the lines to be true, I could easily see a darker interpretation of Gridania in which men come in the night to deal with the new Duskwight that's shown up in the village and been causing all sorts of trouble with the elementals (they're sure he's the one, he has to be). I could see well-off nobles in Ishgard playing all sorts of games with the Hyur masses for sport, because really, who matters that would actually care as long as there isn't a big fuss about it? The possibility of violence against Ala Mhigans in Ul'dah goes without saying, and Limsa's piratical tendencies could allow for pirate gangs of a specific breed that give no quarter against any other.
We talk about nuance in racism. We talk about making it believable and plausible and contributing to verisimilitude. But we don't want too much of any of the above, really. Snide comments and minor arguments. Maybe a little abuse of authority in the characters that have it. Not much else.
Which, well, if you needed eight pages to get permission for that, wish granted. Go forth and be snide. You have my dubious blessing.
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