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Stop Cultural Appropriation and Whitewashing in MiHoYo Games

A petition for Hoyoverse to better respect and stop misrepresenting the cultures of the countries represented in their game !

Hoyoverse has repeatedly taken inspiration from indigenous cultures without proper representation and respect.

In particular, the many characters from Sumeru and Natlan in Genshin Impact, and from Penacony, Sigonia or the space travelers in Honkai Star Rail are all clearly white or only lightly tanned at best, with the exception of some enemy NPCs which has sparked concerns of racism among players and indigenous communities.

Cultural appropriation and whitewashing perpetuate harmful stereotypes and diminish the rich cultural heritage of indigenous communities. These practices not only misrepresent cultures but also contribute to ongoing marginalization and disrespect.

There is a serious lack of correct representation of the world's population, too many white-skinned characters even in countries where living conditions mean that they should have a darker skin. For example, characters living in a desert or jungle, but still have very white skin? That doesn't make sense.

When this petition was created, Hoyoverse had an extremely inappropriate reaction, citing that 'They are just games'. However, these are precisely games that take inspirations from real cultures...

More detailed informations on the petition page, including requests made to Hoyoverse to address this issue.

The families at Quesadilla Island truly span from "Bobby! His parents are lawyers :)" and "Tallulah! Her dad is a traveling musician :0" to "Chayanne's care has been entrusted to the two entities in the server who are very closely connected to the concept of death, the blood god haunts his every step."

guys this is probably some of the most fun I've had drawing recently my goodness I love these guys,, ofc I had to drop a hasemura piece for the Tetro art review how could I not,,,,, but also mwahahahaha Tamba!!! wife!!!! and (luminescent) kamimura!!!!

just wanna add that all the Tetro art I've seen is so beautiful AHHH y'all are super talented and inspire me tons!! not to mention the people who say such kind things about my art! i don’t have discord but my mutual Elliot shares with me and im just so honored by the love my art has gotten, y’all are the sweetest i swear :) Shout out to this lovely community :D

remember when episode 6 made this canon

Team Blue (Day 1)

reblog to scare a tetro danganronpa pink fan

qsmp has accidentally stumbled into a psychology experiment that would make the stanford prison experiment sob in fear. they’ve gotten a bunch of cc’s, and tens of thousands of viewers, to be deeply emotionally connected to pixel eggs. in doing so they’ve presented a problem:

how the fuck do you get outta this

the eggs were obviously never intended to be permanent (logging on every day to do tasks isn’t feasible to upkeep forever) and they were even given a vague limit of When Mama Dragon Comes Back (and then, of course, the “6 days til they die” thing). now you’ve made it so quackity (and his team) have a big ol dilemma, where two things are true: 1) they can’t keep the eggs forever since it’s not sustainable 2) you can’t take away the eggs without, oopsies, emotionally damaging your friends that you invited to have fun on your server.

turns out, when you give a group of humans all their own fully-realized individual who presents as a (weak, vulnerable) child that is in need of care from them, whatever instinct has kept us alive for generations goes “!!!!!” which is both really cool and compassionate, but also kinda concerning!

because, well: not sustainable! and if the eggs aren’t sustainable, what’s the alternative? killing them?? no! just look at jaiden’s reaction to bobby “losing” a life, even when it wasn’t his last one. or bad’s genuinely heart wrenching reaction to dapper losing a life. or how quiet and angry phil got after chayanne and tallulah had a “nightmare,” before it was resolved. that’s not acting. that’s real. what the hell will they do if the eggs actually die? from what i see, the cc’s are taking the “6 days til death” thing as something that’s avoidable. a threat that can be overcome. and for their sake, i hope it is.

ever played a dnd game where you actually feel insulted bc of smth someone’s pc did? yeah. that x20 because there’s SO much overlap between “streamer persona” and “literally just who they are”. and this level of roleplay character bleeding is cool, but i hope the eggs are handled carefully, or all those involved might end up actually hurt.

there’s also the whole added element of fans, many of whom only tune into the streams for egg content. the plot is very egg-centric. the roleplaying and characterization that the cc’s are doing is all centered around the eggs in one way or another. it’s been going on for a month, but it does not feel at all resolved, and plot-wise it would completely mess up so many plot threads happening if the eggs were all to go (charlie’s unresolved deal with lil j, quackity’s goal to bond with tallulah, the trial, etc etc) so if you take away the eggs, you risk messing up the whole vibe they’ve got going on, and facing backlash from fans who are also emotionally compromised by pixel eggs

we inherently want to protect the cute and vulnerable, and by god are these eggs cute and so very fragile. (then, there’s another layer of people’s own issues that they project onto the eggs. be it desire for paternity, some kind of maternal instinct, or, even in the matter of chayanne, using chayanne as a sort of way to cope with loss by making connections between chayanne and technoblade. which is beautiful and very sweet but would give chayanne dying some additional emotionally charged elements which i think should be avoided at all costs). there’s a reason that movies and other media generally do not kill named children characters—audiences really hate it. it’s taboo for good reason.

which leads us to

schrodinger’s egg: until sunday, they r both alive and dead. and this is both good and bad. god help us all

Hospital Flowers 🌸 (click here for the clip!)

you didnt put a nametag on your boyfriend and he despawned. sorry.

Pros of hyperfixiation:

Happy!

Art ideas

Life is good

Cons of hyperfixiation:

I am going to blow up

All my art is of the same guy

If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent