CROW3 wrote: » Elves are depicted as black in The Witcher series. Not sure why elves have to be pigeon-holed just because folks grooved Tolkien's depiction (and Edmund Spencer before him). I always thought there would be a natural connection to the Dragonlance Wild Elves and the native tribes in the Americas. Drow aren't a thing in Verra, so there's no reason to restrict a broad spectrum of skin tones.
Dygz wrote: » There is not just one type of wheel. Wheels are reinvented all the time. Elf in The Witcher:
Conrad wrote: » Dygz wrote: » There is not just one type of wheel. Wheels are reinvented all the time. Elf in The Witcher: Yes, and it's not canon. Don't link something that is breaking the books canon. Which btw Netflix did far more than the games. Like honestly, idgaf about what Netflix added with their show, it's not a valid way to prove your point. If not for the fact that Sapkowski cares more about the money than moderating other mediums which adapt his work, Netflix show would be completely different and the games would be quite different as well. In the end, even though he doesn't moderate adaptations of his work, it doesn't make them canon either way
Conrad wrote: » Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Also, I find armours changing to racials not only a waste of resources but it kills the immersion. I would prefer to loot some fool of a red player, nick his armour from his corpse and wear it as a trophy, which won't be possible since it will insta change to my racial armour Totally agree and this is something I haven’t taken the time to actually think about before. I thought “hm that’s interesting” in passing but never thought in depth like you have. Very peculiar, should we start a thread specifically to discuss this or is there one already? Separate big thread Would you mind pointing me to the right one? I mean we make a separate one
Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Also, I find armours changing to racials not only a waste of resources but it kills the immersion. I would prefer to loot some fool of a red player, nick his armour from his corpse and wear it as a trophy, which won't be possible since it will insta change to my racial armour Totally agree and this is something I haven’t taken the time to actually think about before. I thought “hm that’s interesting” in passing but never thought in depth like you have. Very peculiar, should we start a thread specifically to discuss this or is there one already? Separate big thread Would you mind pointing me to the right one?
Conrad wrote: » Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Also, I find armours changing to racials not only a waste of resources but it kills the immersion. I would prefer to loot some fool of a red player, nick his armour from his corpse and wear it as a trophy, which won't be possible since it will insta change to my racial armour Totally agree and this is something I haven’t taken the time to actually think about before. I thought “hm that’s interesting” in passing but never thought in depth like you have. Very peculiar, should we start a thread specifically to discuss this or is there one already? Separate big thread
Cypher wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Also, I find armours changing to racials not only a waste of resources but it kills the immersion. I would prefer to loot some fool of a red player, nick his armour from his corpse and wear it as a trophy, which won't be possible since it will insta change to my racial armour Totally agree and this is something I haven’t taken the time to actually think about before. I thought “hm that’s interesting” in passing but never thought in depth like you have. Very peculiar, should we start a thread specifically to discuss this or is there one already?
Conrad wrote: » Also, I find armours changing to racials not only a waste of resources but it kills the immersion. I would prefer to loot some fool of a red player, nick his armour from his corpse and wear it as a trophy, which won't be possible since it will insta change to my racial armour
JustVine wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Dygz wrote: » There is not just one type of wheel. Wheels are reinvented all the time. Elf in The Witcher: Yes, and it's not canon. Don't link something that is breaking the books canon. Which btw Netflix did far more than the games. Like honestly, idgaf about what Netflix added with their show, it's not a valid way to prove your point. If not for the fact that Sapkowski cares more about the money than moderating other mediums which adapt his work, Netflix show would be completely different and the games would be quite different as well. In the end, even though he doesn't moderate adaptations of his work, it doesn't make them canon either way It's written by a white polish man. Obviously 'I perceive most things of my homeland white' happens. Once other minds get involved with something ideas change according to the participating minds. The more something is allowed to exist the more 'normal' it starts to seem because the only reason it's 'weird' to you is unfamiliarity. I have never even considered 'making my elves tan consistently in every character creator I use and play elf' for the past two decades to be 'not in canon' until.... Today? Because you all noted 'it's not canon'?
Conrad wrote: » JustVine wrote: » Conrad wrote: » Dygz wrote: » There is not just one type of wheel. Wheels are reinvented all the time. Elf in The Witcher: Yes, and it's not canon. Don't link something that is breaking the books canon. Which btw Netflix did far more than the games. Like honestly, idgaf about what Netflix added with their show, it's not a valid way to prove your point. If not for the fact that Sapkowski cares more about the money than moderating other mediums which adapt his work, Netflix show would be completely different and the games would be quite different as well. In the end, even though he doesn't moderate adaptations of his work, it doesn't make them canon either way It's written by a white polish man. Obviously 'I perceive most things of my homeland white' happens. Once other minds get involved with something ideas change according to the participating minds. The more something is allowed to exist the more 'normal' it starts to seem because the only reason it's 'weird' to you is unfamiliarity. I have never even considered 'making my elves tan consistently in every character creator I use and play elf' for the past two decades to be 'not in canon' until.... Today? Because you all noted 'it's not canon'? No. Netflix race swapped a lot of characters even tho they were not described as such. I dont give a damn about what you think honestly, but dont try to spin it into something that "supposedly" supports your point. Sapkowski explicitly said he allows the books to be put into other mediums because money. He fucked up 1 time with witcher and now he is all out with getting as much as possible. Don't use invalid points like that to support your points. Netflix is far too infamous with race swapping characters for "ticking boxes", and if you guys keep pushing the bullshit with Witcher I will just ignore your posts
Conrad wrote: » ... if you guys keep pushing the bullshit with Witcher I will just ignore your posts
Dolyem wrote: » Looks like this went off the rails again with the "WE MUST FORCE THE DIVERSITY!" crowd.
CROW3 wrote: » Dolyem wrote: » Looks like this went off the rails again with the "WE MUST FORCE THE DIVERSITY!" crowd. ROFL. I mean, couldn't I flip that around to assert that enforcing arbitrary color restrictions on made up creatures is just as 'off the rails'? There can't be any orange trolls, red kobolds, purple quarlicans, turquoise Kenku, or pink gelatanous cubes ever because 'canon'! What?
Dygz wrote: » I don't need to quibble about whether or not anyone was "being racist"... but Merek was advocating for systemic racism. If someone advocated for gender-locked classes, I would be talking about systemic sexism.
Dygz wrote: » What is "forced diversity"?
