[ SECRET POST #5789 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5789 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart]


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[Extraordinary Attorney Woo]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Oh, thanks! Yeah I read his take but have zero firsthand experience with the context so I couldn't help but think, by that didn't he mean "no I am not picking this fight with the Japanese and Asian playerbase as a whole, die mad"? Because those people asked about black representation in particular. And, uh, it's a Japanese game set in a fantasy medieval world that is as full of white people as any other fantasy medieval world (should they be? Probably not, but that's how it was in older popular franchises that defined the medieval fantasy genre). Surely having black and white people but no Asian people would alienate their major playerbase? Which doesn't sound interesting. Which I assumed is what they meant by "fine but we're not changing that" lowkey.

The only FF game I love is VII and there are like, Cloud (white?), Aerith (white? but alien), Tifa (maybe white????? this one is great), Yuffie (Japanese), Vincent (?????), Barrett (black), Cid (white, in this universe. Sometimes brown. Occasionally purple) and Red (lion). Most meant to be "white?" anyway so as to not completely alienate their Asian playerbase but stick to the "it's medieval fantasy so it's gotta be mostly white people" line of reasoning to avoid the debate (of matters of race which is a tricky debate for a Japanese gaming company to have with the world at large anyway) I assume.

[(Anonymous)]

(Same anon because I forgot: there was discussion even back in the days about Barrett being a racist stereotype so I feel like maybe they have been actively avoiding racial matters entirely so as to not inadvertently offend any players. Which seems valid, if sad that this is the current state of the world.)

[(Anonymous)]

The whiteness of some of the characters could be argued to be mukokuseki, but that argument might be splitting hairs honestly. So I get what you’re saying. And I agree.

As an aside, I do understand the people that consider Barrett a racist stereotype, but I always liked him as a character anyways. There was also Sazh from FF XIII off the top of my head, so at least SquareEnix didn’t completely avoid having any black characters or a multiracial cast after the reception to Barrett. Sazh deserved to be in better games than the XIII games though.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Ohh, so there is a name for that thing they do in anime! Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for teaching me!

Hmm, no experience with FFXIII here, but I have always loved Barrett. He is a hardworking and nice person, and his whole relationship with Marlene arc is particularly endearing, if heartwrenching. Although I can see where the complaints come from, because he is quite stereotypical in (physical) presentation I feel like his actual personality subverts prejudiced stereotypes rather than endorses them. It's a pity his outward presentation is deserving of the criticism because otherwise I think he is good representation.

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No problem!

Couldn’t agree more about Barrett! He’s an amazing character!