SpokenTruth said:
Kerotan said:
But why does it have to bewhite? Why can't it be a biker of any colour? He could have said this instead. "“While I’ll admit that I initially rolled my eyes at yet another Gruff Protagonist." I removed the white and male. Gender and skin colour shouldn't be an issue.
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Because that's all part of that trope. Color and sex are part of the gruff aspect of that character trope. If it were a gruff Asian female, well that certainly wouldn't fit the trope, now would it? That would be something largely new and not over-saturated in the industry.
pokoko said:
We aren't even talking about a trope, we're talking about the attempt to create a trope in order to satisfy an agenda. "Gruff White Male Protagonist" is nothing but smoke and mirrors. We're supposed to believe that "Gruff" is the primary descriptor? Bullshit. What is that even supposed to mean? That the person fighting to survive in a living hell isn't dancing and singing as they fight zombies? A serious character in a serious game isn't a trope, it's just common sense.
Looking at a character and deciding that they're boring just because they look kinda-sorta similar to other characters is shallow and unimaginative. I'm reading a really good book right now where one of the characters is a beautiful princess with long, golden hair. Gosh, how boring--except, of course, that she's one of the best characters in the book because events turned her from a spoiled child into someone ruthless and unhinged.
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But we are talking about a trope here. We're supposed to believe that gruff, white and male are the primary characteristics. It's the whole package, not just gruff.
And by the way, beautiful, white females with long golden hair as a princess is also a boring old trope. You're literally calling his initial reaction as unimaginative without grasping the irony of the the game (book, movie, etc...) using an unimaginative trope for a character.
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if the game was set in China and the Protagonist was a white male they might have a point. it's set in America and they went with the most likely type. are they really using gruff as a reason though? what should bend have gone with a slick, clean shaven asian in a james bond suit to make it interesting? As far as I'm concerned i don't judge a games character on the skin colour or race. my thought process doesn't function like that.
