#im very used to keeping my activism offline (attending events and protests etc. generally showing UP)

[venusandsaturnsrings]

sorry for venus serious post but it feels wrong to say nothing about this:

the colourism and racism continuously showed in hoyovorse games and content is disgusting. with regions like Sumeru and Natlan as well as characters like Boothill (love him to bits but he’s supposed to be Indigenous) and many more, being given not an OUNCE of proper colour or representation it’s abundantly clear they have a serious problem with perpetuating colourism and giving room for racism (ex. Paimons comments on food while in Sumeru).

i’ve been keeping up with all of the different points, petitions, and comments being made and one of the more poignant ones i want to share comes from a petition signature in which they said ‘The genshin world feels hostile when the only time I see my skin tone is on enemies.’ an incredibly telling response, as well as being the devastatingly sad reality for many POC players.

i’d also like to say how repulsive it is that they’d cast a self admitted abuser, Chris Niosi, as a VA for an upcoming character. there’s no excuse considering how widely publicized this was as well as how many roles he was previously removed from. you’d think they’d be smarter after what happened with Tighnaris previous VA…

TLDR; fuck colourism, fuck racism, and fuck abusers.