(12-21-2016, 02:53 AM)Caspar Wrote: I really like this approach.
A lot of my NPCs have some kind of unspoken prejudice that shows itself in the way they smile stiffly or avoid shaking hands with you, or casually make seemingly innocuous assumptions about your finances or interests based on your heritage. In that sense my PC is pretty unusual in that she is one of the few characters I play who is only ever unintentionally culturally insensitive.
The way I see it, with a powerful foe bearing down on Eorzea, internal showings of open racism would become less prevalent as there is a huge target of hate to replace them. But assumptions and systemic discrimination would probably continue unabated. Public violence and slur flinging really don't show up that much in the MSQ IIRC. For instance a lot of folks confuse Ul'dahn classism and Ishgardian xenophobia for racism. While these things often go hand in hand, they are still distinct and one doesn't necessarily imply the others within this specific setting.
Yea, I like that approach as well. I think I was too focused on trying to bluntly show her prejudice, rather than being more subtle and letting my partners put it together themselves. I also realized that it makes more since for my character to be more subtle about it anyway, since she is out representing the House of Splendors too.
The thread Domri linked has already helped out a lot. I'm hoping I'll be able to improve myself with all of this new info.
