(08-02-2015, 02:10 PM)Caspar Wrote: Again, the problem with this sort of discussion is that there is no reason why the majority of rpers need to play that element of the setting. It is not "avoiding the setting" or refusing to play in it as some people in the thread have said, and I question whether that even has value to the discussion at all. Just because the majority of rp characters are not racist does not mean that in fact they are arguing by their very refusal to rp racism that there is none in setting. I think the whole "it's fine if you want to play that, I just won't play with you," is too often being used as an excuse to shame players for playing differently. If you write a character, and find there is no room for Eorzean xenophobia, it is what it is. Granted, I can understand being disappointed if not many pcs discriminate against yours, and you want it to happen. (I do too.) The player base can be considered to be a small portion of the actual in setting population, with the rest of the setting being less accepting. That said, I still believe the xenophobia is being overstated, and that this is another instance of "gritty" rpers taking their own perception of the setting as canon, much as they do with politics and combat physics. It sounds pretty vague to me, and I disagree that the previously linked dev post argued that Eorzea was either a melting pot or a racist hive of lynching and hatred. It only argued that virulent racism does exist in every culture in the setting, and may be something you have to deal with when getting friendly with someone who is an "other." The races interact with one another every day in this world, and every race is present in every region, even if not equally dominant. They have to be able to put on a polite face to hide their disdain for one another, at the very least, so they can work together. And don't forget, the universal adversary of Garlemald tends to distract people from old hatreds, while directing it with extreme force in another direction.
I am just going to quote this for emphasis. I truly and 100% agree with every word spoken in this post. Virara makes some amazing points that I have thought myself but never had the guts to say in a thread before.
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