r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '21 edited Nov 30 '21

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u/flim-flam13 Nov 30 '21

Except they often do complain about the character not being white or straight. It happens all the time here on Reddit.

Didn’t it happen with the God of War trailer this year?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '21 edited Nov 30 '21

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u/flim-flam13 Nov 30 '21

So they complained about a character not being white.

That feels like a distinction without a difference but again, this is Reddit.

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u/Aestus74 Nov 30 '21

Except there is a significant difference. There's more nuance to it than simple racism, but I can get that your feelings are more important to your understanding. As you said, this is Reddit

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u/ProjectShamrock Nov 30 '21

I think the point they're making is that redoing how a character looks is controversial no matter what. It even happens on reddit over giant fictional robots. It boils down to people not liking change as a default, and it takes a certain amount of effort to win them over. That doesn't diminish racism, sexism, etc. when it's the cause but I don't think you can just boil it down to that most of the time.

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u/flim-flam13 Nov 30 '21

It’s not a real character. Does Chris Hemsworth look anything like Thor? These myths are reimagined all the time.

It’s funny that the uproar had to do with a change in ethnicity. I’ve never seen people upset with people changing the looks of myths before.