#fix sumeru

SMALL WINS SMALL WINS SMALL WINS

i do have a few hoyo stuff i wanna post but please know its because of my own interest in the games and not in support of a company that fails to do proper rep and also has collabed with zionist brands 🫶

i encourage the small following i have to boycott, which means no buying merch and going f2p, im already f2p and intend to stay that way 🩵

Boycotting genshin isn’t just about the colorism, the racism, the inaccuracies between cultures, the sexism, the fetishization, the pedophilia, the unrewarding gameplay, or any of that shit anymore- it’s now also about the fact that genshin is working with a company that’s funding an actual genocide. Like. Killing mass amounts of people kinda genocide if you weren’t already fucking aware. It’s disgusting, because they know what they’re doing- and it’s appalling to me that they would do that KNOWING full well. “Well they’re a Chinese company!! They couldn’t have known!!” YOU’RE STUPID. Like actually, because no they know. People in China know, people in Japan know, people in Korea know- all of these countries that you like to literally infantilize?? Why????? Like these are whole ass countries, these people fucking know- and most people are outraged and stand with Palestine from what I’ve heard, so don’t be dumb, because they know, they’re educated.

Let me put it this way, what is the most that you want from them and what is the least that you would accept?

I am white, BAHAH- so I am not going to speak over poc’s voices in terms of what THEY want, because it is their culture, not mine- I am simply here to appreciate it, (and hopefully amplify their voices) which is what I personally want to do in all games I play. I want genshin, and Hoyoverse as a whole to literally listen to people’s voices, fix their character designs, give them the skin color, hair texture, cultural references, and proper representation that they deserve. The people who have been getting their culture and stories just outright stolen by hoyoverse are the ones who set the bar for what is and isn’t acceptable in my opinion.

The majority of people (from what I’ve seen) just want the proper representation, and all of the proper representation as well, not just half assed shit. I don’t think they’ll accept any less than what is genuinely just owed to them in my opinion, which is good- fuck that billion dollar company.

Don’t be sorry- it’s totally okay!! I’m gonna be assuming you’re talking about this one:

So basically a lot of people have been like “omg wow thank you hyv!!” Because hyv is going to be giving better rewards, fixing the 50/50 system by adding in essentially what is a safety net (that’s also there to encourage you to pull), fixing the weapon banner to a regular 50/50 system, and then all of that. With the boycott it’s encouraging people to NOT SPEND ANYYYYY MONEY, a lot of people are divided on whether or not to still play or not, but the main thing I guess I’ll say is don’t talk positively about hyv, don’t talk about playing any of their games, just repost fanart/ fan creations that showcase the characters with better rep. So like a fan al haitham with an ethnic nose, or Candace with dreadlocks and darker skin, and aventurine actually being tan- stuff like that essentially. Keep supporting fan creations!! Don’t talk about playing hyv games/ positively about them.

Some people are being performative with the boycott still, kinda like they were in sumeru- just talking “oh my god no bad hyv!” But then spending money, or praising hyv for other things, when they’re still pretty fucked up in a lot of ways.

Mihoyo making a lolicon game in China, bad rep, racist remarks in game, not listening to fans, hiring genuinely bad people as VA’s and then not replacing them, and many more that I likely can’t remember now- and ALL OF THOSE REASONS are why we’re boycotting all hyv games. Zzz, honkai Star rail, honkai impact 3rd, tears of Themis, and genshin impact.

What about Kaveh? Ororon isn't a white name he AN AFRICAN DIETY for crying out loud.

Then they have the nerve to bitch at us for wanting better representation when our culture is being used only to be heavily whitewashed

Right, right- like no… Nilou isn’t white, kaveh isn’t white, Layla isn’t white, Al haitham isn’t white, and lemme remind some people- that DOTTORE ISNT WHITE EITHER. I thought for a long time that he was from Fontaine, cause I was deep into a bit of theories saying “no he’s from Fontaine!!” But now I’ve been educated, and those theories were just… either high key racist, or just… misinformed. He says he’s from sumeru, he’s the only fatui so far that we know of FOR SURE is from sumeru, where the fuck is his melanin?

I feel like I had a while talk about Ororon, but that whole situation is just… so disrespectful. Like you’re gonna take inspo from an African deity, make nothing about his inspirations known, make him pale as fuck, and then misspell his name?? Girl, his name should be Olorun, but idk which spelling to use, cause it’s like a Candace situation. Her name is Candace, but should be kandake- I believe? But people actively are like “hey don’t call her that, we don’t want kandake to get confused with a fucking video game character” so it’s like… ughhhhhh, disrespectful on hyv’s behalf.