(08-01-2015, 04:29 PM)Sin Wrote:
Eorzea is not a melting pot. Sorry. It's just not.
It's a lame place.
You don't want to RP it like that? Be my guest.
But don't change the world, the fiction I roleplay in to fit your needs.
"I understand that Eorzea is a racist world, but I don't like roleplaying racism."
^That's okay.^
"I don't like roleplaying racism so I'm going to argue that Eorzea is a melting pot."
^Not okay^
Pretty much how I view it as well. Everyone is allowed to roleplay what they want with who they want, and if they don't wish to involve triggering themes then that's their right. However it doesn't change the fact that Eorzea is for all intents and purposes a shit hole with various races only barely co-existing because there are larger threats to their survival on the horizon. The very themes of several MSQ plot threads are that the races cannot, and will not play nice with each other, and in some cases like the Dragon Song war it turns into an unending conflict. That is the world we are roleplaying in.
People are free to ignore it, delve straight in and embrace it, somewhere inbetween, or none of the above. But it really doesn't make sense to call Eorzea a melting pot and to argue against the lore when even the most recent expansion deals HEAVILY with the themes of bigotry and racism. We're even treated to exactly how half-breeds are looked upon in Ishgard, and that isn't the first instance we've seen of how cross-racial couplings are viewed in a negative light either. If you don't like the lore, by all means! I hate parts of it too. But at least acknowledge it OOC.
Also, I think that even if it's triggering you NEED to remember that OOC =/= IC for most people. Just because someone is being racist towards your character does not mean that the player behind the character feels the same way. If it truly bothers you, calmly pull them aside OOC and explain your stance. I can almost guarantee that nine times out of ten, they'll either be accommodating or willing to meet you half way if you are willing to compromise as well.
