#sumerureview

[zaruichiii]

I don’t know if I should be sad, disappointed, mad, kinda proud or disgusted. Probably all of em.

Keep in mind that this is my opinion, you can have your own. I am open to productive criticism only.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, let me explain.

After the Sumeru update and my first rant to HoyoVerse about the characters and their skin tones in a previous post, I didn’t think it could be worst, right ? How foolish of me to underestimate Hoyoverse’s bs.

Now, first of all, we all know that there’s a leaked character named al-haitham, right ? And he’s from Sumeru, which is probably inspired from Sumer, basically old Iraq. What you probably didn’t know is that this Character is heavily inspired by the muslim scientific thinker Ibn Al-Haytham, which was alive around a thousand years ago in the region of Sumer.

Then, let’s see Cyno, our pretty boy. He, on the other hand, is heavily inspired by Egyptian mythology, for his costume resembles Anubis, an important character in these myths.

We also have Tighnari (or sum i forgot the name sorry) who has fennec ears, in reference to the fennex fox who lives in North Africa.

Plus, look at this architecture

Maybe it’s just me but it has very heavy ressemblance to a mosque or any islamic architecture

And I’m not even talking about Dori’s outfit, which is, in my opinion, heavily inspired by Aladdin, a problematic movie. Her clothes are very stereotypical too (the shoes, the pants etc.)

PLUS, the scenery doesn’t ressemble the middle east at all ! Surely it was supposed to be a weird mix of a tropical forest and a desert. The thing is, they used a south asian scenery while we were supposed to have a middle eastern one. Heck, it doesn’t even make sense to mix the two regions!

So, to resume it. HYV took inspiration from different cultures, countries and even a religion only to whitewash the characters from the said nations and to regroup them as a single nation. At least, that’s my point of view.

Look, I loved Genshin Impact so much, enjoying the stories, the quests and characters. But now, it’s pretty disappointing seeing a game you loved be stereotypical about your own culture (I’m Iraqi and muslim). I just wanted to share my opinion, I don’t mind having criticism, as long as it’s respectful.

Have a nice day :D

Btw I got some of the info from @sumeruenjoyer on tiktok

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[zaruichiii]

Bro I’m so sad about the future Sumeru update. Because:

The characters are very disappointing. Not only the designs which are just not to my liking (the colors and all are just mehh except for Al-haitham and that fennec-eared dude.)

The DAMN SKIN COLOR. I swear they are more pale than Tartaglia himself. Look, I’m middle eastern, so I know what I am talking about. I know that not all middle easterners or North Africans are tan or brown or whatever, but it is still present as a color. Just look ! Out of like 8 leaked characters we only get 2 of them slightly tan. Not only that but there is also the fact that there are almost no representation for middle eastern, african, North African, south and west asians and much more. So disappointed. I just wanted good representation!

The archon. I was positive that the Archon of the region was going to be a dark-skinned woman, gentle and wise and all. But noooo Hoyoverse made her a neon white child which is basically Klee with a green dress and even lighter skin. Damn it not even Cyno can help at this point.

Bonus point. The storage is wayyy too much I’m sad I won’t be able to enjoy Sumeru’s scenery since it’ll take like 20+ GB and it’s too much.

Sorry if it kinda doesn’t make sense I’m just kinda mad.

#genshin #genshin impact #sumeru #sumeru genshin #sumerureview #sumeru characters #genshin cyno #cyno #dendro #dendro genshin #hoyoverse #hoyoverse problem #god i just want good representation

[zaruichiii]

Random thoughts but i just realized that if hyv puts a hijabi character into genshin its gonna be mad disrespectful.

Since yk the hijab is a sign of modesty and a (if i am not wrong, please don’t attack me) fardh (obligation, to translate) is the Quran, the Holy book of Islam.

Islam, which worships Allah (swt). So if they do make a hijabi character and not a simply veiled one (anyways there’s not that big of a chance) they’re gonna mess up that character’s morals.

Like yk, if you worship a god (Allah swt) and dress up and act like you believe there is no god but him, it’s gonna be mad weird if we see you worshiping a random archon (which is a cocomelon kid).

Sure, it hasn’t happened yet but you should never say never, right?

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