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[bakugames-fr]

As I don't play flight rising anymore, I'm offering up to 10kg for anyone who'll draw my human ocs. All I ask is that you know how to draw features of black and asian people 👍

Comment, dm me, send a pm over fr (bakugames#618590) w ur examples/prices, I just want drawings of my silly women. thank u

[bakugames-fr]

im no longer active on fr, so if you wanna see my art go to @frogcroaks

if you want my opinions..... why LOL but you can see my personal @bakugames

have a good one everyone!

[bakugames-fr]

came from fourleafisland's stream, you said to send an ask here if i still wanted a toyhou.se code so if it's alright could you give one 🙏

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here u gooo

[bakugames-fr]

Have you heard about the recent drama with staff vs that one guy with a Palestine fandragon?

i kinda died w fr (not bc of drama i just dont really stick to pet sites ive learned. sad!) and what. whats even going on ???

#i unfollowed most fr blogs when i realized im just not a pet site player #i also dropped the neopets clone site i was in. i just dont have the drive i think #im working on my own headworld and site now

[bakugames-fr]

ty guys for the quick reply 🫡 a bit of a bummer but oh well LOL

one of my friends have been thinking of trading their light sprite. are voucher trades allowed in fr?

for example: they offer a light sprite, and in return someone buys them a book, a video game, an adopt etc.

[bakugames-fr]

one of my friends have been thinking of trading their light sprite. are voucher trades allowed in fr?

for example: they offer a light sprite, and in return someone buys them a book, a video game, an adopt etc.

[bakugames-fr]

They just (like, 30 minutes ago as of sending this) wrote up this huuuuge long 6 paragraph apology... I will say, at least they acknowledged they fucked up way sooner than they have in the past! But that's uh... not saying much.

I'm certainly glad they apologized and that hopefully we'll see fixes soon. I do wonder if releasing the breed so close to a holiday week like this was good in general, even if their lore was fine it seems like you'd have an entire week with no work done on bug fixes from release but 🤷‍♂️ im not a game dev lol.

Thank u everyone who sent a contact us about this issue too. I said i was going to answer any questions but um. i got 26 asks and pms on fr and messages on my profile so i am a bit overwhelmed god bless

[bakugames-fr]

Woke up w the nastiest cold (or more like hot bc its a heat wave lol) and theres 20+ asks in my inbox dear lord

#hi. im catching up to things

[bakugames-fr]

I'll be replying to any asks tomorrow btw just bc im so busy. Prommy im not ignoring anyone i just have an essay to finish and i'll be hitting the bed soon

#thank u for reblogging my post and being supportive. im glad ppl are open to auraboa issues god bless

[bakugames-fr]

aight I'll bite the bullet and ask. fully genuine out of curiosity here: if they gave you carte blanche to Fix it, how would you do it? Idk if it's feasible to change the design at this stage, but the lore can be rewritten in a day if they really wanted. I sort of like the Loop idea specifically as like, "a communal state during dreams that makes how they perceive time a little funny" because honestly my first reaction was "hivemind? oh sick" and then uh. they went That route instead. yeuch. do you think it's at all fixable or should it be a full scrap and rewrite? (again, this is genuine, what we have now fkn sucks :/ )

It depends on what concept you'd want to highlight more imo. You can do a lot with the idea of a hivemind, secluded workers (though thats just sandsurge lol), and generational conflicts, etc. Personally I'd love the idea of an eusocial hivemind breed by itself, theres a lot of fun worldbuilding potential and you can tackle different types of dragon withou falling into stereotypes

[bakugames-fr]

Im deleting any racist asks i get, and I won't be publishing them because I have no interested in making my followers look through racist remarks in their dash. Block me and go cope somewhere else

#anyway. gonna check on my dog

[bakugames-fr]

The thread was locked so instead I'll ask that if you can, send feedback through contact us about this. No spam/insults but the more people raise this issue the better. I'll be posting the thread in the readmore for anyone who'd like to read it in case its deleted

Hello, I'm here to talk about the issue with Auraboas, their design, lore, and the racism contained in them. Please read the entire thing before replying and be respectful, thank you. The issue: Auraboas are an ancient dragon species with a crest that has a headdress design, that live in a remote isolated area and are so exotic and different from other dragons that they cannot communicate with other species beyond baby talk (explicit text in their lore) until BoE happens in world and their children act normal.

The entire plot is about a dragon being confused and condescending about the elder Auraboas, who are panicking about losing their connection to the new generation who cannot speak like them. This entire situation is 1:1 with various stereotypes and racist beliefs about native people, and it needs to be addressed. Before you comment, I am not saying individual elements of the lore are racist, but that the combination of them and the context of the dragon design result in a racist narrative.

Deconstructing each argument:

1. The “not like us” setting and the difficulty with learning the other's language is a common stereotype for native people to treat them as exotic and uncivilized. Through the story, elder Auraboas are described as talking like a newborn hatchling:

Not only that, but they're completely unable to understand basic concepts that other dragons do, and will often need explanation. They're placed in this “beyond comprehension” box that ostracizes them as not like the others:

This is a good segway to the next issue: 2. Auraboas are treated extremely condescendingly by the narrative. Not only is there the issue above of not understanding simple concepts, but their main peril of losing contact with the next generation (who cannot communicate with them proper) is treated as funny, small issue and an opportunity for them to finally interact with other dragons.

In world, this is a character finding another species losing the connection to their young and the latter losing part of their culture in the process funny, and replying condescendingly that this is just how normal children act, and they'll figure the issues out tomorrow. The panicking Auraboas are meant to be a little gag, why are they stressing over something so minor? The kids are fine, this is just how everyone does it (“and you're the weird ones” is not said, but implied).

The final scenes barely touch upon how terrifying, how worrying this is. We don't get to know how the Auraboas feel beyond a panicked adult that's treated as overreacting and background characters who exist to not understand things.

Instead, we get a cute scene. The hatchling got a name! They finally have the chance to experience the world as everyone else does it. They're free from being Auraboas.

I know there'll be a few arguments, so I'd like to reply to them before it starts:

1. The crest is just a bird crest, it being similar to headdresses and war bonnets is just a coincidence.

I ask you to look at this image, and tell me which side does the Auraboa design looks more like:

2. They act like this because they experience time in a non-linear fashion, it's nothing to do with racism.

The fact that there's an explanation on why they act they way they do does not erase the connotations that the lore + design leave. Auraboas have an important native cultural piece in their design and a lore that reads in the same way as the exotic native stereotype does. The ostracization and othering doesn't go away because it has a motive.

Okay, what should be done then?

The best case scenario would be a redesign of their headcrest AND a rewrite of their lore. Both contribute to the racism in Auraboas, and are being addressed equaly. Even if the design is somehow untouchable (though I believe removing racist depiction should come before gameplay and people's feelings on redesigns), the lore should still be removed and written from scratch.

Furthermore, I believe FR should hire sensitivity readers. We had the same issue of racist narratives with the beastclans, and if FR wants to stick to writing a new lore that doesn't fall into these issues, they need to consult more than themselves, because they failed completely with Auraboas. Thank you for reading

Wait what's up with them??

they made a ancient dragon with a headdress that lives in a remote part of the world and have such exotic existences they can barely communicate with other dragons beyond baby speak until the elements get fucked up and now their babies can talk like normal. and their entire story is just some random dragon being vaguely condescending to their real fear of losing the connection of language that they have with their children

[bakugames-fr]

Didn't even last 30 mins thats crazyyyy

#tip: i am so fucking mad #cannot wait to send it over to contact us and for nothing to happen :thumbs up:

[bakugames-fr]

genuine question, but aren't auraboa clearly based on quetzacoatl? i've only ever seen them depicted with feathered heads in very similar styles, so I'd assume staff have seen similar and would be basing things on that? is there a connection with how they're depicted that is associated with the headdresses?

So theres a few arguments about this on the suggestion thread, and to summarize: Auraboas crest is both a (probably lakota) native american war bonnet and quetzalcoatl headcrest, and both are indigenous symbols being misused and slapped on a design that comes with a racist story. Anti native (and anti indigenous in general) stereotypes and rhetoric are repeated with different cultures and will often homogenize them in their depictions. Tl;dr its both and its bad

[bakugames-fr]

Hi. I made a suggestion thread about this because I'm mad.

Wait what's up with them??

they made a ancient dragon with a headdress that lives in a remote part of the world and have such exotic existences they can barely communicate with other dragons beyond baby speak until the elements get fucked up and now their babies can talk like normal. and their entire story is just some random dragon being vaguely condescending to their real fear of losing the connection of language that they have with their children

[bakugames-fr]

It's super reassuring to see somebody else put off by the new breed honestly. I felt like I was the only one in my friend group who kinda felt that lower stomach revulsion feeling about the whole headdress and broken speech aspects to them, then again last I checked I'm the only native american in the friendgroup so :[

anon im holding ur hand rn. you're not exaggerating or overthinking it is that bad.

#im actually writing a suggestion forum thread abt it lol

[bakugames-fr]

no actually im going fucking insane. how do you not realize how bad your dragon looks in any step of the way. The headdress crest? the exotic "not like us" ancient barrier? Making them talk like that? The plot point being the lost of connection with the younger generation as they're stripped from part of their culture? I think i hauve covid

Wait what's up with them??

they made a ancient dragon with a headdress that lives in a remote part of the world and have such exotic existences they can barely communicate with other dragons beyond baby speak until the elements get fucked up and now their babies can talk like normal. and their entire story is just some random dragon being vaguely condescending to their real fear of losing the connection of language that they have with their children