#Iansan

[harmorii]

a lil tribute

[setsunas-genshin-edits]

Oh noo 😐 my hand slipped

[riceppang]

Capitano deserves some headpat too 🥲

[lavendergalactic]

☆ 　natlan emote edits!

f2u, reblog appreciated!

saw the emotes come out and just had to add melanin to em!! they're so cute

[worldofteyvat]

natlan cast + capitano & ororon!

[clourey]

if you’re against mihoyo’s colourism, racism and cultural appropriation, i implore you to sign the petition linked below! (it only takes a second)

i also urge you to ;

refrain from spending money on ANY of mihoyo’s titles, including merchandise!

send feedback via in-game means and/or write emails to mihoyo in context of their colourism, racism and inaccurate representation.

leave one-star reviews on mihoyo’s games on play store or app store and ALSO follow the one-star reviews with written ones, again highlighting their inaccurate representation.

small reminder NOT to harass anyone, especially voice actors. they are not responsible for this.

[genshinimpactresources]

Genshin Impact | Version 5.0 "Flowers Resplendent on the Sun-Scorched Sojourn" Key Visuals

Cleaned and upscaled by asddzr on bilibili

Download Link (Google Drive)

[genshin-impact-updates]

Ignition Teaser: A Name Forged in Flames Voice Artist Announcement

Mualani

EN VA: Cassandra Lee Morris

JP VA: TOYAMA Nao

Kachina

EN VA: Kristen McGuire

JP VA: KUBO Yurika

Kinich

EN VA: John Patneaude

JP VA: SUGIYAMA Noriaki

"Almighty Dragonlord (Self-Proclaimed)" K'uhul Ajaw

EN VA: Abby Espiritu

JP VA: TAKEUCHI Junko

Citlali

EN VA: Skyler Davenport

JP VA: TANO Asami

Xilonen

EN VA: Beth Curry

JP VA: FAIROUZ Ai

Iansan

EN VA: Katrina Salisbury

JP VA: OHASHI Ayaka

Chasca

EN VA: Lauren Amante

JP VA: KAIDA Yuhko

Mavuika

EN VA: Katiana Sarkissian

JP VA: KOMATSU Mikako

Ororon

EN VA: Nathan Nokes

JP VA: KONDO Takashi

[lilyruthere]

WE ARE SOOO CLOSE!! SIGN THIS PETITION SO WE CAN GET IT TO HOYOVERSE BEFORE NATLAN COMES OUT!! The erasure and whitewash of the Latin American and places like Nigeria in west Africa culture is undeniably disrespectful. Ororon is supposed to be Oloron, (they even screwed up his name) and he is inspired by a Nigerian god in Yoruba city, but in the game he is depicted as a PALE MAN! BUT WE AS A PLAYER BASE CAN DO SOMETHING AND EDUCATE HOYOVERSE. A LOT of people use the excuse that “there are light skinned people in ___ culture!” But there are also darker skinned people apart of the culture too, so why not implement that in the game? Before Natlan is released, I implore you, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND THEN EMAIL HOYOVERSE AT genshin_cs@hoyoverse.com

The above pictures are steps on how to send a proper email to hoyoverse asking to fix Natlan!

REBLOG TO SPREAD IT

[nabumalikata]

IGNITION TEASER — “A NAME FORGED IN FLAMES”

Did you catch everything? What our eyes see ought to be our fate, but for now, close your eyes and feel. With our blood, we will forge our true fates.

[yumenosakiacademy]

5.0 || Flowers Resplendent of the Sun-Scorched Sojourn

[dosshie]

my mom, that studied african religion for more than a decade and is part of umbanda, live reaction to ororon and iansan:

"I don't care if you make them white with blue eyes, at least study the gods you're basing them from!!!!"

im too afraid of twitter so imma post this here, but for short: the skin color is not the only problem! lol

i asked my mom who is very knowledgeable of the religion for her opinions and this is what we talked!! please don't take this post as an flawless analysis, you should also hear the opinions of people from umbanda, candomblé, and specially from nigeria. i'm mainly doing this because this religion barely gets any representation at all, so this will be the first time many people will be introduced to this culture and while i'm happy that it's included in a game that i play, it's important to recognize its shortcomings, anyway enough rambling!

for iansan, her character is based on iansã, the orixá (deity/god) of the winds and storms, she is seen as a warrior and is associated with the color red

she said that they easily could've given her buffalo horns on her mask, since iansã's animal is the buffalo (tho i know some people may think this is insensitive since yknow, giving one of the few dark-skinned charactes an animal skull doesn't look very good), the other thing she said is that they could've given her some braids in her hair, because in history thats what iansã and her army used to wear when they were going in combat (which was like, VERY on point??? i didnt tell her natlan was the nation of war beforehand)

other than that she didn't gave much imput, probably because her design does look like someone who fights

now, as for ororon... he is based on olorum, the orixá closest to a god/creator, and is commonly associated with...... the color white..... and one of his visual features is his staff

she said that they could've easily given him light hair/eyes, for her ororon doesn't seem to resemble olorum in the slightest, i also asked jokingly what she thought about him being a wolfboy and she said that it was fine lol

she asked me what power (vision/weapon) they gave to him and i said that i didn't know, but from the leaks they said that he's a bow character, and she immediately said that they made logunedé, in her words: "HE'S A HUNTER AND HE LOOKS A BIT SISSY, IT'S LOGUMEDÉ!"

logumedé is the son of the orixás oxóssi and oxum, he is a hunter like his father and takes care of his looks like his mother* (that's why she called him sissy LOL), his weapon is the bow, his colors are blue and yellow and he's associated with the animal peacock, which was what made my mom make that connection, ororon's scarf reminded her a lot of a peacock feather

*the word used here is vaidoso but... that doesn't exist in english lmao?? the closest we have is "vain" but vain is much more akin to superficial, which is not a synonymous of vaidoso, so yeah, weird translation quirk here, vaidoso means that you care of yourself/your looks because they are important to you

erhmmm anyway 1 like and i'll redesign them based on the actual orixás (/hj i still have artfight attacks to finish lmao)

[yuamin]

HOYOVERSE YOU’VE STARTED AGAIN.

[elgizzzjj]

natlan kids reveal

i dont have any free time because of school so it took me more than a week to finish this omg

[pocketsizedowls]

My Conspiracy Theory about Natlan's Pale Characters

I started playing Genshin Impact around the 3.7 update, right after the Interdarshan Championship. While I wasn't around during the initial spark of outrage against Sumeru due to the characters' overall lack of melanin, I eventually learned a lot about Sumeru's cultural inspirations through the SWANA and South Asian creators in the fandom. I think it's beautiful how we learn about each other's cultures through Genshin, and I believe the designers at Hoyoverse do lots of research to facilitate these conversations. This is why I think it's a shame that Natlan, which features rich Indigenous cultures in the Americas, Africa, and Pacific Islands, features primarily pale characters AGAIN.

While it's possible that through the art, story, and fashion of Natlan we will once again learn about the diverse cultures of Indigenous Americas, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands, I don't think it's enough. Considering a lot of these cultures take pride in their skin color and bodies through tattoos, body paint, and other markings/piercings, Hoyoverse is doing a disservice to today's Latin American, African, and Pacific islander fan base by making the majority of Natlan characters pale. To insensitively cherry-pick what traits of each culture to represent and what to discard is the definition of cultural appropriation and racism, which is such a shame because of how many discussions about culture that Genshin has started since 2020. As a Chinese American player, I'm especially disappointed that the company who educated so many people about my culture is failing my brown and Black friends to such a spectacular degree.

Many people have come up with excuses such as it's just skin, it's just a game, Hoyoverse is a Chinese company so what do you expect, Latin America also has white people, etc. I won't bother debunking these myths because there are plenty of people doing this labor already, but what I do want to bring people's attention to is the fact that many Natlan characters were most likely designed with darker skin in mind. Through fanmade recolorings (here's an example), I noticed that Mualani and Kachina's tan lines and skin details look more pronounced with darker skin, while Xilonen looks more mature and Kinich looks more brooding. Having studied studio art during undergrad, I cannot unsee these intentional artistic decisions and cannot shake the possibility that the researchers and character designers of Hoyoverse were forced by higherups to whitewash everyone at the very last minute. If this is true, I hope Hoyoverse will find some way to reverse their decision or turn a new leaf in the future. Considering many other Chinese games like Reverse: 1999 and Dislyte already have diverse representation and melanated characters, Hoyoverse should find no problem following their lead.

As of right now (i.e. 4.8 update), Genshin players from all over the world are expressing their dissatisfaction with Hoyoverse through boycotts, review bombing, and posting on social media. The Chinese fanbase - Hoyoverse's primary audience - is especially vocal and organized about their efforts, which means if Hoyoverse doesn't notice now, they will notice soon. Despite how much we like using Genshin as an escape from real life, it's important to recognize how insidious the consequences of erasing melanated characters can be. Anti-Blackness and colorism harm people on the daily, which is why we must speak up when a company as big and influential as Hoyoverse is doing the harming.

Thanks for reading! Here are some related threads from X, formally known as Twitter:

Petition to "Stop Cultural Appropriation and Whitewashing in MiHoYo Games"

Valeria Rodriguez, i.e. Surcrose's English VA's thoughts on Natlan

Natlan Characters Look Better with a Dark Skintone

Kaveh rerunning in 4.8 is a ploy for WHAT!?!?!?

We Should All Email Hoyoverse

Official Account for HYV Boycott

[empyrangel]

A little late but I made Natlan edits

Anyone can use them for whatever if they want