#pretending that the fantasy allegories for racism doesn't exist in order to engage in some propaganda about muslims is not in fact better

[v-arbellanaris]

i think the funniest part about people going 'well i love that there's no racism in veilguard actually' is that they're actually stupid because the godawful overtly aggressively racist, islamophobic and orientalist representation of the qunari is right there the ENTIRE TIME completely bald-faced and unapologetic but i guess it doesn't count as racism because... what? this portrayal fits in with your world view of the real life analogues?

[merrybandofmurderers]

#idk abt everyone else but i am and have been complaining abt the portrayal of the qunari esp in datv. because it got WORSE#pretending that the fantasy allegories for racism doesn't exist in order to engage in some propaganda about muslims is not in fact better#it would be fantastic if veilguard was completely apolitical. but it's not. explain to me why all of the factions you can be a playable#character of are Morally Good in the here and now - except a few bad apples - and have 0 moral ambiguity whilst the people they oppose#are entirely & irrevocably evil. to the extent that we have characters having to say '[darkspawn] aren't people. there's no saving them' as#if people STILL dont riot over c/ullen saying that about mages. like can we take a second to think here.#veilguard is not apolitical. and whatever man if you wanna play games without thinking about it. sure. but pretending that veilguard is#apolitical is a dangerous narrative. ESPECIALLY in the current climate. i think you SHOULD be thinking about why all of the factions have#suddenly been rewritten to be Morally Good. i think you SHOULD be interrogating why x or y is Irrevocably Cartoon Evil so you dont have to#think about murdering them in droves. and i think attempts to shut the conversation down by dismissing everyone bringing this up as 'white#ppl who love to cosplay oppression' is a tactic to get people to stop thinking about the media they take part in#and it's dangerous. (via @v-arbellanaris)

#Your tags OP all of them yes#Nothing is apolitical and trying to make something apolitical only means not discussing or engaging with the politics of the thing#Which is worse imo. They wanted it to be apolitical but it's not so they're just presenting political things as if they're apolitical#There's still racism it's just we don't have to think about it as much in this game because the game never makes us reflect on or#think about it#Your tags about our enemies all being cartoon evil so we don't have to feel bad about slaughtering them in droves is such a good point too (via @teyrnacousland)

i think the funniest part about people going 'well i love that there's no racism in veilguard actually' is that they're actually stupid because the godawful overtly aggressively racist, islamophobic and orientalist representation of the qunari is right there the ENTIRE TIME completely bald-faced and unapologetic but i guess it doesn't count as racism because... what? this portrayal fits in with your world view of the real life analogues?