Marvel14
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This is my second attempt at a silly thread designed to not take life and videogaming too seriously. If it works, posters will post their own "woke offence taken" moments from their favourite games. If it doesn't, the only humour will come from posters roasting this thread or me or both. Here goes nothing!
So Breath of the Wild is a horrendously prejudiced, humanoid supremacist game. Let me count the ways:
1. Boboklins are horrendously stereotyped....all of them are depicted as dangerous and evil with piggish features and the same purely savage behaviours even though they are capable of language, horseback riding and empathy. There isn't a single positive representation of one of them in the whole game.
2. Same goes for Moblins and Lizalfos: the former are depicted as slow and devil horned the latter as slimy and beedy eyed. Their skeletal forms attack you at night reemphasising that they're cursed and have no redeeming qualities. Would you expect one to sell you something or chat with you or give you a quest to do? Thought not.
3. And of course uglism is rampant: even ugly animals are evil and stupid like Octoroks and chuchus: one trick ponies with no personality or complex behavour. Contrast that with Lynels which are regal and stoic, only attacking if provoked with complex manoeuvres and almost human-like intelligence. Because humans love lions and horses the prejudiced bastards.
4. Koroks are horribly exploited. Already small and with their real faces and thus true individuality hidden behind leaves, imagine being forced to stand in the same place, invisible and unacknowledged for centuries unless a "heroic humanoid" happens to figure out a puzzle. And when they do they often proceed to drop a stone on top of your head repeatedly in a blatant act of unprovoked, wanton violence you can't defend yourself against. Once you're finally seen, you gain nothing except a fleeting moment of social interaction with a humanoid who doesn't even speak back to you. Then you're stuck in the same place alone for all eternity at the mercy of the elements. Unfathomable cruelty.
5. Speaking of which..how 'bout the rampant cruelty to animals? If you haven't felt a tinge in your heart when a wolf yelps or a hog or stag groans as they die you are a heartless bastarda. And the game rewards you for this slaughter with meat that boosts your health. Barbarism and animals suffering is ok it is telling us.
6.Guardians are a thinly veiled metaphor for spiders - an already much maligned species in human eyes...how many more spiders have been killed or drowned in bathtubs because BOTW says they are super dangerous and its basically kill or be killed? Even though most spiders are harmless to humans? Destroy innocent life because it looks ugly and dangerous: that's the ignorant, medieval message. Think how this poisons kids' minds....
7. Most of the human characters are depicted as noble and civilised - what a shocker: not. Even the Yiga clan, the one evil humanoid type are depicted as cute banana lovers so you can empathise with them. And the choice of fruit has a highly racist counterpoint in the real world....
- And on that note...Evil Wizzrobes are depicted as pitch black skinned. There are no positive or heroic pitch black characters in the whole game. Yes I know there are positive darker skin NPCs...but no pitch black ones like the Wizzrobes. 'Nuff said.
Cancel Breath of The Wild. It is highly offensive and prejudiced. It poisons impressionable kids' minds and doesn’t deserve to exist.
Edit: As requested link to my console makers roast thread:
www.neogaf.com
So Breath of the Wild is a horrendously prejudiced, humanoid supremacist game. Let me count the ways:
1. Boboklins are horrendously stereotyped....all of them are depicted as dangerous and evil with piggish features and the same purely savage behaviours even though they are capable of language, horseback riding and empathy. There isn't a single positive representation of one of them in the whole game.
2. Same goes for Moblins and Lizalfos: the former are depicted as slow and devil horned the latter as slimy and beedy eyed. Their skeletal forms attack you at night reemphasising that they're cursed and have no redeeming qualities. Would you expect one to sell you something or chat with you or give you a quest to do? Thought not.
3. And of course uglism is rampant: even ugly animals are evil and stupid like Octoroks and chuchus: one trick ponies with no personality or complex behavour. Contrast that with Lynels which are regal and stoic, only attacking if provoked with complex manoeuvres and almost human-like intelligence. Because humans love lions and horses the prejudiced bastards.
4. Koroks are horribly exploited. Already small and with their real faces and thus true individuality hidden behind leaves, imagine being forced to stand in the same place, invisible and unacknowledged for centuries unless a "heroic humanoid" happens to figure out a puzzle. And when they do they often proceed to drop a stone on top of your head repeatedly in a blatant act of unprovoked, wanton violence you can't defend yourself against. Once you're finally seen, you gain nothing except a fleeting moment of social interaction with a humanoid who doesn't even speak back to you. Then you're stuck in the same place alone for all eternity at the mercy of the elements. Unfathomable cruelty.
5. Speaking of which..how 'bout the rampant cruelty to animals? If you haven't felt a tinge in your heart when a wolf yelps or a hog or stag groans as they die you are a heartless bastarda. And the game rewards you for this slaughter with meat that boosts your health. Barbarism and animals suffering is ok it is telling us.
6.Guardians are a thinly veiled metaphor for spiders - an already much maligned species in human eyes...how many more spiders have been killed or drowned in bathtubs because BOTW says they are super dangerous and its basically kill or be killed? Even though most spiders are harmless to humans? Destroy innocent life because it looks ugly and dangerous: that's the ignorant, medieval message. Think how this poisons kids' minds....
7. Most of the human characters are depicted as noble and civilised - what a shocker: not. Even the Yiga clan, the one evil humanoid type are depicted as cute banana lovers so you can empathise with them. And the choice of fruit has a highly racist counterpoint in the real world....
- And on that note...Evil Wizzrobes are depicted as pitch black skinned. There are no positive or heroic pitch black characters in the whole game. Yes I know there are positive darker skin NPCs...but no pitch black ones like the Wizzrobes. 'Nuff said.
Cancel Breath of The Wild. It is highly offensive and prejudiced. It poisons impressionable kids' minds and doesn’t deserve to exist.
Edit: As requested link to my console makers roast thread:
NSFF: The Lets Make Light Hearted Fun of Our Console Makers Thread
Hello GAF! Going out on a limb with my first thread. Hope it works! If you're a 'fanboy' stop reading and hit the back button immediately. This Thread is Not Safe For Fanboys. You have been warned. As someone who loves and appreciates all 3 console makers (and owns their consoles) I thought...
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