april⚢ فرح ⏳

As I promised, here’s a mega 🧵 on Citlali’s character since the fandom refuses to actually read

@arxyiiu IM VERY HAPPY YOU FEEL THAT WAY TOWARDS IT 😭😭

@lesbistaroth ???? NO WAY???? YOU'RE THE PERSON WHO WROTE MY FAVOURITE FIC OF ALL TIME?????

Since people have been doing it, here's 15 ships I like in Genshin (not in order)

@synthesizedfae This is the same person who tried to spread misinformation about voyager being a pedophilic rapist like they just tweet bullshit to defend their colonial goat

@lesbistaroth phanes might have been nailing humans like insects in their garden but☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 the voyager called them "chordate animals"

you would think the voyager specifically calling humans "chordate animals" could highlight her "invertebrate" / "alien" nature #maybe

this is who genocider 3000 winged one fans are hating

@arxyiiu You’re never going to believe this

@lesbistaroth No need to ask twice! archiveofourown.org/works/43735935

@LunarPledge Im gonna be 100% honest the reason why this isnt in the screenshot is because I searched for it didnt find it, gave up

@lesbistaroth #hmmm

Will the elephant ever be addressed I wonder

@sparxily I understand why you feel very strongly about that topic but again this is a fictional world with its fictional handling of this theme, your words on the topic matters but I don’t think you can just ignore Lai’s

@lesbistaroth eu estou retratando sobre a nacionalidade dela, e perdão eu realmente me exaltei pq dnv isso é minha area de trabalho e tbm minha vivencia e é sim muito arrogante uma pessoa de outro grupo marginalizado querer falar sobre uma realidade que ela nn vive

calling capitano's plan culturally cleansing is really problematic considering not only he but other characthers stated that his plan was the only guaranteed to ensure the survival of natlan, cultural cleansing is a real life issue and treating it this way is really diluting the+

@sparxily You’re correct, but you’re ignoring the fact we’re talking about a fictional world and how it’s being presented in said fictional world. Same reason as to why Nicole says discrimination of eye shapes exist in teyvat, because it is a factor in the game (ex: CM dynasty)

@lesbistaroth por exemplo o próprio racismo, pq se diz que pessoas brancas nn sofrem racismo? pq o racismo vai além do seu sentido etimológico e é um problema estrutural do sistema que rege a sociedade de um mundo globalizado, msm coisa com apagamento cultural

@sparxily It is how it’s depicted in the game though, and OP tried to explain how, yet you became extremely aggressive about their own identity (which you were to me at the start too lol). You might not like how it’s shown but like the themes are there they aren’t written randomly

@lesbistaroth sobre o que mais importa para um povo, nn vou entrar em detalhes pois o ponto nn é isso meu ponto é, nn se deve dizer que aquilo é apagamento cultural pois por mais q na definição etimológica se enquadre sim, o problema de fato nn se define dessa forma

@sparxily That’s what he tried to do, though. It’s a fantasy setting, so of course it’s hard to relate to ley lines being burnt and rewritten given it’s a genshin thing. But it’s an equivalent.

@lesbistaroth eu nn quis entrar a fundo noq o Capitano queria ou nn pois eu nn poderia me importar menos com isso, são idéias problemáticas? sim mas nn é a msm coisa que ela estava alegando, e é sim um problema querer chamar erroneamente um problema de outro

@sparxily Colonialism in real life will always be more serious than how it is depicted in fictional worlds. It doesn’t mean pointing it out is offensive at all, especially if said person experienced something similar.

@lesbistaroth é sim quando se trata de um grupo diferente em uma situação diferente, colonialismo daqui nn é igual oq acontece nos estados unidos ou em seu país, novamente eu só falei que era problemático associar aquilo a algo muito mais sério

@sparxily Of course it’s not actual colonialism his final goal wasn’t to take over the land. The point is his ideals and what he wanted to do, which DOES fall under cultural erasure. It’s a representation, like you said.

@lesbistaroth é justo dizer que é uma representação de visões xenofóbicas que colonizadores possuiam, mas nn é o colonialismo de fato e mto menos o apagamento cultural, novamente eu vivo isso, eu estudo isso, o papel de professor de artes no Brasil é o ensino da cultura para preservar

@sparxily “people who actually deal with this” lol, stop having bad faith. It’s not weird for marginalized people to notice themes of colonialism.

@lesbistaroth e independente dela ser preta, branca, queer, cis hetero, deficiente ou qualquer outra minoria, nn da o direito de ela querer falar sobre oq EU vivo, pessoas marginalizadas tbm precisam ter noção de nn querer falar por cima de pessoas que vivem isso

@sparxily It does portray colonialism though. Of course it’s not a 1:1 of what happens in real life because at the end of the day capitano wasn’t supposed to be the main antagonist. That doesn’t mean his ideals weren’t flawed and linked to colonial ideals

@lesbistaroth nn é que nn gosto de como está retratado, pq sim eu nn gosto da forma como Genshin retrata a américa latina eu estou afirmando que nn está retratando esse tópico que sofremos aqui, igual nn retrata o genocidio dos povos nativos daqui, a segregação, e diversos outros problemas

@sparxily Just because you don’t like how the theme is portrayed doesn’t mean it’s not portrayed my brother in Christ. I’m especially not gonna take you seriously when you call a black woman an “american” solely to ignore her opinion of colonialism and culture erasure

@lesbistaroth querer usar o apagamento cultural e histórico como pauta para picuinha de um jogo racista e xenofóbico é sim ofensivo, nn importa oq vcs acham Natlan nn esta retratando esse tópico pois inclusive é algo mto maior e mais profundo doq vcs estão vendo

@sparxily Lek wallah chou anik habla. The point is ano colonialism is a theme byehko 3ano bel ossa w mech eza ente men el bled yali natlan inspired men ya3ne ente el wahide yali fike tehke kif ken fi themes of colonization. ESPECIALLY eza ha ta3mle halik superior 3a hade la2ane american

@lesbistaroth fds oq teu país ta sofrendo, isso é sobre o MEU país, eu nn posso querer vir aqui e te falar oq é ou oq nn é um problema do seu país, igual nenhuma pessoa de outro país pode querer me corrigir sobre os problemas do MEU país, ainda mais no tópico que é literalmente o meu trabalho

@sparxily ? The entire story of Genshin is built on a land being stolen from the natives (the dragons). You can come and call me a gringo or American but knowing my country is currently being attacked by a colonial entity you’d look veeeery silly (allah w 🇱🇧)

@LaLizzey it deals terribly with many aspects, colonization is not even something that is actually in the story and if there was even the intent of it being its terrible, the only time hoyo actually portrayed colonialism is in nod krai

@windorbs TRUE…

@lesbistaroth they DID hint at him in the space temple quest #hmm

i love how they aren't even trying to hide it anymore