(03-08-2016, 05:34 AM)Faye Wrote:(03-08-2016, 05:17 AM)Valence Wrote:(03-08-2016, 04:12 AM)Faye Wrote:(03-08-2016, 04:09 AM)Vorlaix Wrote: As far as I am aware, there are no set restrictions on cross breeding.
Something to note though:
In Eorzea, interracial couples and VERY looked down upon. They are usually hated, or treated like garbage by the populace. Half-breeds would be even more so, religated to being second class citizens in most societies.
What's the basis for this, though? The only evidence I ever see people cite for this is that singular quest, which is pretty ambiguous, and I haven't run across any other lore supporting that any hatred for interracial couples is that strong/common.
It's not only that, it's the rampant racism that is depicted and lore-canon everywhere. It was clearly stated by the writers that races live with each other because they have to, but in reality they just co-exist, while mistrust and racial slurs are common occurence, not just in Ishgard but almost everywhere.
With that in mind, it would seem weird to see hybrids and cross race couples not to be seen as an abomination by most.
Now, then, nuances, everywhere. Because the mainstream says that it's disgusting doesn't mean that it never happens, at the contrary.
Where exactly is "everywhere?" Gridania is pretty xenophobic (race doesn't necessarily have much to do with it, just an aversion to "outsiders"), we're told Duskwights are generally disliked, and Ishgard is pretty darn racist, but aside from this, where do we see racism, particularly in the form of cross-species couples? You say it's "rampant," but I haven't really seen it much in game, if at all. It this point it just largely seems like the headcanon of role-players who've decided they want racial tension in their RP.
Well unfortunately I don't happen to keep bookmarks for everything so I will have to ask someone else to come with what the writers/devs wrote on that, but I clearly remember it to be about how racial segregation and how every races tend to be wary and xenophobic to each other is pretty central to the depiction of the universe they are trying to sell us.
To clarify, I never said that hatred or disgust for cross race breeding is rampant lore wise, I said that lore and writers says that racism is rampant throughout Eorzea. That's lore, but don't quote me on that until someone comes to prove me right or wrong with the correct sources... It would not be the first time I misread something!
So with that in mind, and if that's true, my point is just that if the mainstream (especially institutionalized like in Ishgard, or out of traditions in Gridania) entertains the idea of racism strong enough, it seems only logical that for those same ideas, the concept of cross race breeding is abject.
To be clearer, the examples of racism ingame are legion. The examples of hatred specifically targeted at hybrid offsprings, not so much indeed. However the first premise to me makes the second one pretty much a given, or else it doesn't make much sense.
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