Dragon Age Inquisition: Snake was Right, y'all gonna Love this Game

Krylo · 11-29-2014, 10:21 PM

I got the same scene as I also brought Sera along on that particular quest, and I'll say regardless of whatever else and/or how intentional it may have been to show her in a negative light on this situation, it was handled poorly.

It's mixed in with a number of much less offensive things to insult people for, directed against a group that is just objectively terrible in every way, and whose terribleness you're navigating at that point in the game and you're given no option to call her on it or otherwise suggest that the player/player character doesn't feel that way.

The other bigotries are handled much more carefully and in even handed manners (I mean, the elves are just literally black people from their 'exotic' looks leading to them being desirable, to their lower class positions in society either as servants or living in ghettoes (or both), the way humans look down on them as lazy and criminals, etc. etc.), but we're always shown elves as people who are struggling against oppression.

The same can be said for the Qun's sexism, etc. We're always shown the other side right alongside the negatives and we don't really see someone insulting a terrible elf based, entirely, on their elfyness rather than their terribleness.

I mean, sure, Sera seems to pretty blatantly hate magic and dalish elves and has a lot of these societal notions deeply rooted in her and it's possible that the the 'he's a she' was meant to be another bit of that part of her character. It's POSSIBLE, however it wasn't handled in a way that makes this obvious or even hint at it as a possibility in the context of the scene in question.

The way Krem was handled earns them points, but that line was handled poorly and I don't know if it earns them the benefit of the doubt all things considered.

11-29-2014, 10:21 PM	#11
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Still an excellent game, but problematic stuff is still gonna be problematic. I got the same scene as I also brought Sera along on that particular quest, and I'll say regardless of whatever else and/or how intentional it may have been to show her in a negative light on this situation, it was handled poorly. It's mixed in with a number of much less offensive things to insult people for, directed against a group that is just objectively terrible in every way, and whose terribleness you're navigating at that point in the game and you're given no option to call her on it or otherwise suggest that the player/player character doesn't feel that way. The other bigotries are handled much more carefully and in even handed manners (I mean, the elves are just literally black people from their 'exotic' looks leading to them being desirable, to their lower class positions in society either as servants or living in ghettoes (or both), the way humans look down on them as lazy and criminals, etc. etc.), but we're always shown elves as people who are struggling against oppression. The same can be said for the Qun's sexism, etc. We're always shown the other side right alongside the negatives and we don't really see someone insulting a terrible elf based, entirely, on their elfyness rather than their terribleness. I mean, sure, Sera seems to pretty blatantly hate magic and dalish elves and has a lot of these societal notions deeply rooted in her and it's possible that the the 'he's a she' was meant to be another bit of that part of her character. It's POSSIBLE, however it wasn't handled in a way that makes this obvious or even hint at it as a possibility in the context of the scene in question. The way Krem was handled earns them points, but that line was handled poorly and I don't know if it earns them the benefit of the doubt all things considered. __________________ I am very tired.