@knight_Steve_@AHRIRENE But his design has motifs of the Zapotec and Mexica culture, that’s what I’m saying that it’s a lil weird, because they could have just stocked with only Mayan, Mayan culture is soooo beautiful by itself
@revangerang@AHRIRENE Im a lil wary of hoyoverse due to the colorism and couple racism issues so i dont know 😭
But yeah i dont hate Kinich, but i also dont think all his criticism is invalid :]
@revangerang@AHRIRENE Most important goddess in Zapotec culture, the goddess of corn) but I still feel weird it’s almost like hey all indigenous/ Latin American cultures are the same let’s mix them up and put them there
You know? It gives me the ick
@revangerang@AHRIRENE I get what you are saying and yeah you are right that with every nation we get a lil of everything
But what I meant is mostly on the design of one character, I know Kinich isn’t the only one who is a mixture of cultures (xilonen has Brazilian culture but the name of one of the+
@revangerang@AHRIRENE I would disagree, in places like inazuma they don’t combine Chinese and Japanese culture for example, they are able to keep each culture separate while also incorporating modern culture
But this is a general issue mostly with natlan and sumeru
@revangerang@AHRIRENE Yeah I know that’s why I’m not surprised 😭
But it still feels disrespectful at least to me because then again, it’s something that happens commonly to erase the individuality of our indigenous people
@AHRIRENE i do have to admit that i kind of like the design, but i hate how its mayan, mexica and zapotec culture all mixed up when they could just use mayan as in his name QwQ
@AHRIRENE The second photo is actually from Mitla Oxaca, its zapotec architecture. And i recognize it becuase i was just there. The issue with Kinich is how he is a mixture of cultures which perpetuates the steryotype of "all mexican indigenous cultures are the same"
"Oomf where is that one post of yours where u love a character so much you make every other character in their media love them too" -> how do YOU remember it even i forgot about it
Just yesterday I was remembering how when my parents discovered I like girls my dad’s first reaction was
“I knew those lesbian rocks where bad for you….”