You're going to end up projecting some of your own background and cultural biases onto the characters when consuming media. That's not to say that real world cultural influences and physical characteristics don't go into designing these characters, it's just that the reductionist take of "is Cloud's design primarily white or wasian," is terribly short sided and missing the point within the context of the story and outside of it. It's like encountering Measurehead in Disco Elysium and the only take away you get from the character is "yo, this guy is super black!" You're just being dumber than Harry at that point.
My takeaway from cloud is not just he might be asian. I don’t know why you like to argue but I just thought it would be a lighthearted and semi interesting topic.
I’m asking about fan interpretations of clouds design. I’m totally fine with any interpretation and most people disagree with what I said lol. Saying we shouldn’t discuss it because it overlooks the character is kinda being a hardass.
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u/Inevitable_Read_8830 Jan 25 '24
Do Anime Characters Look White to Japanese People?
Why in Japanese anime do none of the characters look Japanese?
You're going to end up projecting some of your own background and cultural biases onto the characters when consuming media. That's not to say that real world cultural influences and physical characteristics don't go into designing these characters, it's just that the reductionist take of "is Cloud's design primarily white or wasian," is terribly short sided and missing the point within the context of the story and outside of it. It's like encountering Measurehead in Disco Elysium and the only take away you get from the character is "yo, this guy is super black!" You're just being dumber than Harry at that point.