Why Woke Characters Never Work

[@EndymionTv]

Thanks for watching & let me know what else I should cover. This is a sequel of sorts to another video of mine about woke characters, I’m looking at expanding some of my videos into series that cover various examples. Let me know if that’s something you’d like to see, so yeah this video is kind of a test in that way. Have a great day!

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[@limitbreak2966]

Oh what was the link for it? I wanna watch it first

[@QuethLevi]

how about opinionspouting hatefarming uninformed generalizing channels

[@LeeroyPorkins]

They soured the milk to herd us back into the factory 9-9. No more fun. For you see, having fun means having free time and that can lead to revolutions.

[@happyphiri4237]

Looks like he did it 😮

[@dannybrat3127]

Love it, great job 👍

[@merovmerov7631]

I love how the poor Japanese dev is trying to explain that they couldn't include people of color because they were limited to European style landmass... to people who wants to rewrite the queen of England as African. He was actually trying to use reason with them, i don't know if that's hilarious or sad.

[@EndymionTv]

It’s sad lol

[@redmagelala]

And their justification is just as stupid. "but they exist here now, so they should be seen!" and I'm just like "yeah, NOW. Not THEN." I just hope that narcissism stops being so damn important.

[@ryszakowy]

his first mistake was talking to them

[@lordkrauser]

Changing the ethnicities of historical figures is all part of the plan. Based on what I've gleaned from creators like Disparu and Little Platoon the BBC and other European entertainment entities want to make the past reflect the world of today so that it is more palpable to 'modern audiences'.

[@Arianeria]

@@redmagelala Its the same stupid narative for them like when Kingdom Come released they cryed why there are no blacks in medieval central European kingdom. Hell i live in today Czech Republic that was Bohemian Kingdom and i have seen black person maybe 5 time in my whole life and it was tourist. In medieval times they would probably burn them at stake as they would think black person is devil.

[@Tombbistol]

Some Chinese gamers recently stated on a website and I quote :“ Nobody in China or anywhere else plays video games or watches movies to be educated about American politics, we don’t care about your social issues , we just want to have fun !”

[@人生の長い]

Rightfully so be it.

[@Hongobogologomo]

Yes, seriously this. Its like American designers and writers just forget that the rest of the world even exists and is watching too. It results in repeated embarassment, but theyre too donkey brained to take the criticism as what it is, and not a personal attack.

[@Tom-rd8dd]

American politicians like to forget every other country that isn't helping or bothering them for the most part

[@robertgray3710]

I’m American and agree, watch the woke social justice warriors send pipe bombs to peoples houses if they preordered ffxvi

[@RealNuggetGoddess]

As an American I can agree to this. I really don’t care about woke content like movies or shows, it’s really gotten bad to the point that I don’t even want to watch tv because it keeps forcing that into just about everything

[@ericvulgate]

If people keep crying 'racism!!' at every turn eventually nobody will take any of it seriously. The boy who cried wolf was eventually ignored.

[@Ravagerblade]

We're past the point of the boy being ignored. We've gone past that and the boy was eaten by the wolf and ghat same wolf is dressing in clothes and taken the boys place, Wolf in boys clothing so to speak.

[@ChimpRiot]

@@Ravagerblade That wolf is now wearing a dress and using the girls bathroom.

[@Ravagerblade]

@@ChimpRiot That too.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

​@@ChimpRiot😆👏👏👏👏👏

[@thenomad4123]

Exactly these idiots are emptying the word out, and genuine racism cases are becoming harder and harder to notice.

[@terrylandes9566]

"i am witnessing two genuinely strong characters who love each other that don't push messages down my throat" oh dont worry disney will make a live action adaptation of the game to put a stop to that really quick.

[@D-W-N-Xsist]

Damn Prophets 😥

[@azeroth2994]

STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS

[@dylankeggen6668]

Watch Merrin become transgender and say normalize night brother horns on women because now I am a dathomirian night sister and you have to accept it 😂😂😂

[@Weeboslav]

This is reason I love Japanese Manga,Anime and games,they don't care about politic,they don't care about pushing message,they don't care about inclusivity,they care about story,well written characters,plot twists. Regardless if they are low budget or "I have budget and I'm not afraid to use it" like FF XVI,you can expect to be blown away by the story and characters,and that's why I love them

[@ashtongiertz8728]

Lol. They totally care about messages. It's just that their pushing Japanese norms, themes, and politics rather than American.

[@Zain94336]

Japan promote white male supremacy. They worshipped hitler and the nazi's. Insecure cuck race.

[@Asrael-xy7uk]

Japanese media actually have a lot of politics within them. The Japanese often just like to explore the thematic instead of just picking a side and hammering everbody in with the message. Even in stories where there is a lot of protagonist bias that makes it clear, the others are the bad guys, they are still allowed to present some good sides of their direction, while the heroes can show that their own direction is not completely flawless. Like in a game where you fight against video game piracy, one of the enemies defends it because "what about children who can't pay for games?" Or they explore them in a more abstract way. Like instead having two sides of white people and POCs who hate each other, they have humans and animal people, allowing them to explore the issues they want to talk about without pointing fingers towards a specific group of real-life people.

[@deathcorenerd8266]

You can tell in chainsaw man that they make fun of America feminism when main bad guy is and evil female know as the control devil that everyone is beneath her the way she try to control everyone is why her get Hannibal Lecter by denji is satisfying way for her to meet her end .

[@YN-Scrapz]

you are a idiot 😭

[@Saint_Wolf_]

What do you mean? Everyone loves "lesbian butch black woman" who's main personality trait is "better that whooaity" who's girlfriend experienced "traumatic back story" and who's supported by "women", and who's character arc starts in "I'm awesome" and ends in "everyone else now knows I'm awesome"

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

She truly is one of the characters of all time.

[@Saint_Wolf_]

@@MegamanXfan21xx she's trully one(+X) of the character(s) ever made X = number of characters that fit this character made by Disney, Marvel, DC, WB or CW.

[@Ravagerblade]

Lesbian, sure cool.. butch, fuck no disgusting. Black woman, hmm ok... That's pretty much it

[@TheLargeHardonCollider]

Don't forget the purple hair, and overweight and ugly! It's literally like their checklist of what makes a character "diverse" nowadays rolled into one. I swear they're just doing the troll face at us now, "Problem?"

[@leftyyy23]

Don't forget that her archenemy is a rich white straight man who is also racist and has a personal female assistant who is miles more intelligent than him and outsmarts him

[@darkroninmarvel]

I still remember when I told a Japanese friend, a huge Marvel fan, that the new iron fist would be an Asian guy, his reaction? Utter anger and frustration, accusing Marvel of replacing Danny with a stereotypical Asian guy who knows Kung Fu for corporate pandering. Other Asian friends expressed similar sentiments; they genuinely like Danny

[@EndymionTv]

When you tell people iron fist being a white guy is good they get mad cause they’ve been conditioned to believe only Asian people should know martial arts. Him being white was marvel breaking a stereotype & people got mad cause they believe certain things should belong only to certain ethnicities. So by making iron fist Asian they lost the plot & inadvertently made a non stereotypical character into as stereotypical as it gets. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@darkroninmarvel]

@@EndymionTv pretty much, yeah

[@D00M3R-SK8]

are they actually race swapping Danny? godman it, this is infuriating. IF is one of my most favourite characters. The whole point is that he is a white, rich kid who is thrusted into an alien environment, but through hard work and determination he manages to come out as an amazing warrior. I don't think these people get that K'un-Lun is made up of people from many races also. I do also agree that it's more racist to assume you have to be Chinese to do Kung Fu also. I wish these hacks would stop messing with the source material. Disney can fvck right off.

[@alwaysangry2232]

@@EndymionTv this, the woke cult are hypocrites, they are everything they accuse us of being

[@f145hr3831jr]

The Japanese sure like well-written fictional characters regardless of ethnicity or nationality. Too bad they absolutely hate foreigners in real life. Even half-Japanese people who always lived in the country are treated with utter scorn.

[@morgonfr33m4n1337z]

Frankly the fact Japanese people insist on designing characters that do NOT look like them (racially/ethnically) is proof enough that they are more committed to writing good people rather than checking boxes If you know anything about Japanese culture (and Shintoism), it is frankly shocking that they don't glorify themselves all too much

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

I think it's a refutation of ego and them looking up to western culture, in some way. Not 100% sure because I'm not Japanese or a Psychologist with the training to break that down properly.

[@PolarizedMechs]

WWII had a big influence on that. Hard to say you're a superior race when an "inferior" one flattened your cities and dropped the sun on you.

[@cheesecake7159]

The last time they glorified themselves they got nuke

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

@@xantishayde-walker4593 Could be a bit of both.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

Well, they used to... it went bad

[@KuulSHep]

Glad to hear that someone understands how fantasy doesn't work unless it's grounded in reality.

[@tonga_stone312]

You’d be surprised by the amount of ppl (including me) that are in agreement with him. He’s just brave enough to say what everyone else thinks

[@KuulSHep]

@Tonga_stone "Brave enough"? I've been saying it myself, but people don't seem to listen. The only rebuttal I hear ALL THE TIME is, "It's just a show, movie, or cartoon." It's annoying, especially when old media practically predicted this lunacy we're dealing with.

[@yoboiry]

Yea I never shut the fuck up about this stuff

[@assssaaasasass]

@@KuulSHep and the people who says that are the first ones to scream when the media isn't following what they want. 🤷‍♀

[@KuulSHep]

@@assssaaasasass Absolutely true.

[@shawntco]

The thing is, The Change actually has a really interesting concept. Menopause-induced superpower? Becoming a superhero in your middle years? There's a lot of really good storytelling that could come out of that. Maybe not something that could turn into a book series or movie, but still fascinating concepts to explore. But woke writing will likely make for a boring read.

[@ironclad4451]

Thats a cool concept actually! Anything that creates a grounding point for fiction is usually great!

[@UserName0043]

Not really lol

[@ironclad4451]

Its very similar to how super powers in many works are somehow linked to adolescence. The body is changing, and change makes a good starting point for any other change. (mutation, access to magic, etc)@@UserName0043

[@catandrobbyflores]

I read a book recently that had death magic brought on by blood. It was counteracted by a calvary of women. When asked how they were able to be immune to it, the leader laughed and mentioned some of them were having their "time of the month", basically the blood magic of death was defeated by the blood of life. And I'm sitting there going "that actually makes sense." It's how you present an idea.

[@CombativeMedic]

I hope that Square blacklists companies like Kotaku from reviewing FF16 and other games. They're not game journalists, they're people looking to drag others down.

[@mauistrife2567]

Square is a trash woke garbage company now. Of course they won't.

[@nyfinest487]

Like Nintendo 😂

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

@@nyfinest487 they might sent hitmen to their fans, but they sure got my respect for banning them.

[@madjoe8622]

90% of these "journalists" today are activists. All these companies could disappear tomorrow and it wouldn't be a loss.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Square has an inside infestation though.

[@celestialflea]

When we're surprised by straight characters and good stories with strong male representation in 2023, you know the world is fucked up.

[@harmonyqueue]

It's not even just that, man. FFS there's been zero effort in actually depicting gay characters when they do them. What are the romance options in AC? Oh, just two characters approaching each other before ... fade to black. So, honestly, what's the point in even having LGBT characters if the audience is still going to be outraged over adult behavior being depicted in games too?!

[@code066funkinbird3]

​@@harmonyqueueman western getting awful

[@gavinziozios1431]

​@@harmonyqueue I'd say the best example of LGBT I've seen in games is Dragon Age: Inquisition. Many characters are straight, gay, or swing both ways. The game doesn't shove it down your throat though. It's one of those things where it's like "There gay. Neat". The reason it's done well is because they didn't make it their whole personality

[@gavinziozios1431]

​@@harmonyqueue For example (sorry for getting this to you in two messages), Sera, one of your companions, is gay. Doesn't say anything about it unless you try and romance her. She doesn't make that her personality, she keeps her personality of "spastic, jovial, probably psychotic elf archer"

[@yasininn76]

Better question, WHY IS THERE A ROMANCE OPTION IN ASSASSIN'S CREED? Why is the game about history and cool hidden blading turning into a darting Sim ffs.

[@Dexter01992]

Not even my group of LGBT friends and my GF can stand woke characters. The point is always the same: "Woke characters are often written so badly that their only way to be successful is to be surrounded by absolute idiots at all times to supposedly put the protagonist on a pedestal so that they always win. It's achieving the exact opposite message the writers would want to provide. It's not them that are genuinely great, it's everybody else that is completely inept at the tasks they're meant to do!"

[@redmagelala]

Meanwhile, we got General Leo and Terra from FFVI. They're not white or male (respectively) but that's not why people look favorably upon them even decades later. Leo is conflicted helping the Empire and Terra is a half-God, essentially. They're not X for the sake of X. You feel me?

[@imonit4272]

I’ve often noticed this. If I were a part of a community I would be irritated (at least) by the one-dimensional, boring, Mary-sue writing afforded the characters representing my community.

[@redmagelala]

@@imonit4272 Fortunately, you are normal. People call 'em twitter freaks, the types of people upset that people don't want this stuff.

[@Greg-Storm]

I see Gay people and LGBT people as 2 different things. One lot is just regular people who are gay and the other lot are a pack of crazed activists, obsessed with themselves.

[@user-sn1hi7my7x]

It’s sad that the majority of LGBTQ people actually have common sense, yet are automatically sattled in with the woke community

[@MyHam-os4bq]

Honestly, I’m almost at the point of taking personal offense when people accuse Japanese creators of being racist or act like their creations are somehow not diverse enough. When it comes to their videogames and anime’s, they do the MOST research and hold TRUEST to their inspirations out of anyone in my opinion, while also taking creative freedom to whole new heights. They seriously take so much pride in the cultures they draw inspiration from and it shows in their work.

[@ashtongiertz8728]

I mean, Japan is notoriously ethnocentric, which is basically the same thing as racism.

[@Zain94336]

No they don't do the most research clown. They are a insecure pathetic race that promotes white male supremacy and nazi ideology. They worshipped the nazi's and hitler. Japanese men are little dick cuck like most yellow oriental men

[@dewolf123]

​​@@ashtongiertz8728 At least they keep it to themselves and still treat most ppl politely even if deep down they don't approve of their ethnicity. Shows a bit more maturity than a loudmouth who thinks sounding like a hick stuck on a conservative mindset from the old days will make them valid.

[@castiel4043]

This probably the same people who called the entire nation of Egypt as racist because they can't accept that Cleopatra appereantly is black people 😅

[@tengr0057]

I hope Japan never changes in that regard. What we are seeing is western culture crying while japanese manga, videogames and anime keeps doing that which they are good at. Being themselves and doing what they want to do!

[@Adorni]

Here’s the worst thing about that Fantastic Four panel: there are some people suggesting it was a parody, that the whole thing was a joke. And _maybe_ it was. But much like with Femputer, from Solo, the parody is so on the mark that it can’t work as a parody. There’s no satire there, it’s just a thing that happens, now.

[@dewolf123]

Do you know what that FF comic in the video is called?

[@landmindssoul4636]

Yes

[@knifetoucher]

problem with woke characters is that they turn it into their personality instead of actually giving them personality.

[@redmagelala]

And now people don't even want to see it. That character is x and woke? Not watching it.

[@knifetoucher]

@@redmagelala wokeness is actually making me recoil from it. was watching 'a man named otto' the other day on netflix and one of the characters is a perfectly fine transexual. 4 years ago i would have thought nothing of it, but seeing it today just made me roll my eyes

[@redmagelala]

@@knifetoucher You agree with me, but seem to have misunderstood me. Fair enough, I suppose. I meant, because of the wokeness, no one wants to see it.

[@rps215]

They are trash, simply that. In other words they are made to fill in the checkboxes, AKA to satisfy "journalists" rather than artistic passion. Looking at Japan for example, Yaoi and Yuri mangas have existed for a long time. None of whatever the wokists claim to be "the first" are new.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

@@redmagelala woke just ruining everything and anything. They make game ruined, movie bombarded with hatred from moviegoers, and in social political context they only make everyone crazy and confusing. Wokers say they creating equality but the fact is they just creating new type of discrimination

[@TheDrKuro]

By focusing on telling the stories of character and growth, Asian media have mostly triumphed over western ones, which unfortunately emphasizes more on identity politics. I'm really glad most Asian studios do not cave to western attempts to pressure or cancel the works. Great video btw!

[@ryszakowy]

asian stories: i want to help my people but the only way to help them is evil, am i doing the right thing? western stories: they (one dude) are gay

[@Mkrause762]

Japanese games are just better than most western games nowadays it’s like this current generation of game developers has no idea what they’re doing

[@Ravix0fFourHorn]

@@Mkrause762 they do they just dont care as long as we affirm their delusions and fetishes.

[@Mkrause762]

@@Ravix0fFourHorn then why are all the games boring and terrible

[@WaywardL80]

You’ve hit the proverbial nail on the head - my favorite studios are primarily located in the East. Lately I’ve been moving away from Sony’s 1st party western studios, primarily due to the masculinization of their heroines and the identity politics without real character development beyond this character is a this, or a that. I’m not surprised anymore when a formerly straight video game character is written as gay, or the female protagonist can practically lift a car over her head. Exaggerating a bit, but sadly the ‘Mary Sue’ contamination has reached gaming.

[@JS9Lion]

I remember a similar controversy when Final Fantasy 15 came out. All of the main playable characters were male and that didn't sit well with some angry journalists. When confronted, the game director issued a statement saying that the reason why he didn't have any female protagonists was that wasn't the type of story he was trying to tell. The director had to educate them on the unique bond that men share when going through challenging situations together. Like war movies, he just wanted to focus on that aspect of their friendship, not how powerful a Girl-Boss character could be.

[@johnhoran9840]

No more "Mary Sue"s like Rey Palpatine.

[@user-hr8gr7qf5s]

I don't remember this being a problem for FFX-2

[@HansDampf-bt8jy]

@@user-hr8gr7qf5s FFX 2 wasn't about any girl boss characters. They didn't belittle any men around them and they weren't surrounded by incompetent and/or evil men. And the main goal was still to look for Tidus and if he's somehow still alive.

[@user-hr8gr7qf5s]

@Hans Dampf Not talking about belittling or being a girl boss. I'm talking about the controversy behind having an all male cast in final fantasy 15 being a problem, where as an all female cast in x-2 wasn't an issue.

[@HansDampf-bt8jy]

@@user-hr8gr7qf5s Oh, misunderstood you then.

[@waywardhunter8633]

This is what happens when you pander to any community that will not end up buying your product anyway.

[@GotoMaki4Micah]

ive never had woke so close to home as a guy i know who wrote a book. the book was full of all colors, annoyingly specific mentions of countries and bits of different languages but void of any personalities or much story omfg plus the main character was a gender swap self insert from his own country with his own interests but still lacked personality.

[@amazingmrpig6369]

Why do liberals like self inserts so much? It like, never goes well. That’s not even a jab at liberals either, it’s just odd that so many liberal writers use self inserts. Like do y’all even like writing or do you just want the world to see your fantasies?

[@garryli2030]

Even Europeans are super diverse. Germanics,Slavs,South Europeans(Roman languages),Basque，Celtics（Irish and Welsh with Scottish），Hungarian（Attila descendants),Greeks and Albanians😅. Their cultures are prominently unique and distinctive from each other.

[@texmex8220]

They just mad no black people are in iy

[@garryli2030]

@@texmex8220 All those democratic racists they have been conforming all black guys the same even distorted their different culture and national backgrounds which really has me vomited. And as a Chinese myself i feel Asians are all the same in their eyes too which it's just intolerable. What they are doing is actually worse than Nazi.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

All white people so it doesn't matter.

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

​@@texmex8220 ☠️ man i hate so many mfs in this world who have no respect for Europe just because it used to have insane wars and power etf over the world

[@harmonyqueue]

​@@texmex8220 That's always what the issue is. "Diversity" is just street slang for "y u no have all black ppl??"

[@jonathanj8270]

"It's surprising to see two strong male characters in Star Wars of all things" this statement is really sad but it just goes to show just how woke and anti-masculinity the current media is. I love diverse characters, but please write them to seem like actual relatable people..

[@EndymionTv]

It’s sadly true though. Bode Akuna especially felt really refreshing for Star Wars. He’s this huge giga Chad dude who fights for his baby daughters future like what a great character

[@tabaflip]

Exactly! I'd love ANY sort of character, but they have to be well written and engaging!

[@spider-man500]

When making diverse characters, giving them various types of character traits and backgrounds and beliefs comes FIRST. Diverse skin colour should come second

[@perfectpotato_eu4129]

@@tabaflip​Which would require skill and commitment, traits which require discipline to acquire. As long as diversity and skin of colour are considered priorities to tick the boxes you'll get the garbage that is coming out in tropes nowadays.

[@jaybeam1466]

The problem is we know their intentions. Ripley (Aliens) was loved because she was a fleshed out, strong, and believable character that was written during a time when Hollywood wasn't obsessed with pandering. The same is true for Sarah Connor. I haven't been able to enjoy a female driven Hollywood movie in years because the messaging is so heavy-handed that it becomes almost impossible to enjoy.

[@reevesanthony8452]

Bruh im Black and it never even crossed my mind that i didnt see a black character at all so far. Ive just been excited for the game. These people are so damn backwards 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@EndymionTv]

I’m glad you can see past it & recognize they’re Japanese devs. The way I’m understanding their statements it seems like there is tons of diversity outside of where FFXVI takes place. Who knows maybe this won’t be the only XVI game? Maybe they’ll do sequels & show the rest of the world outside. Would be a shame to build such a rich world full of assets & systems & only use it for one game imo

[@redmagelala]

Nail on the head, you hit.

[@ChimpRiot]

The Final Fantasy series had good and relatable black characters before all this woke nonsense anyway.

[@oh_Penitent_one]

Same dude , it makes no sense at all , infact seeing a black character in some stuff no longer feels impactful cause they're just there to check a box and also race swapping some characters is absolutely insulting

[@RazielDark]

Square Enix has my respect when it comes about telling stories, it's ridiculous that people say such stuff about the game.

[@ButtersTheGreat1]

"She grew up to be a loving wife and mother, something she hadn't hoped for" is one of the most modern day sentences I have ever heard.

[@SlimSamari]

Thing: horribly disfigured, everyone sees him as a monster, belittled, learns to accept himself, has loving family, friends, and kids. Has saved the world many times. Rock lady: My mom put me in a dumpster, and I lived like an animal. So I gonna blame you for this! Modern comics, everyone no talent.

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

don't forget that Ben Grimm is of judaic descent (yeah, trying to avoid shitstorms here, I don't know if I can say the J word, I'm white and male, after all)

[@SlimSamari]

@Marco Della Torre The woke mob secretly hates everyone but pretends to be this holy white knight that can't do no wrong. If a minority doesn't want to play along with their bs, watch how quickly they will drop slurs. In reality, the people who do this stuff are just douchebags who wanna play hero to hide their crapy personalities.

[@TheBatman39]

​@@MrJerichoPumpkin it's not really a big deal to say the word jew here outside the US.

[@Mallard942]

Also a clearly a lie. If you grew up in the wilderness, you never gain the ability to talk or even socialize, and can't ever gain it

[@fabiocosta3830]

​@@MrJerichoPumpkin Well. If anyone shitstorms you for that, they openly expose themselves as amtisemites, i believe.

[@ChristianFrates1997]

I’m so glad I am not an SJW.

[@EndymionTv]

I could never wrap my head around having a victim mindset 24/7

[@stevencarmichael1985]

Same tbh

[@thegamingprozone1941]

I don't think no one is

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

@@thegamingprozone1941 If they are woke then they are an SJW by default. Those terms are synonymous.

[@Mark_Knight]

SJWs seem to have a lot of crossovers. They are mostly the below; Liberals Feminists Marxists Leftists Atheists It's very interesting if you look at who SJWs comprise of. It's astounding.

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

One thing I like about Kal Kestis is the actor who plays him. You can tell he genuinely has passion for Star Wars and is happy to be in it. That passion translates well into his performance.

[@Austin-cr5zo]

I’ll just never get over his super gay character in shameless.

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

@@Austin-cr5zo Oh yeah. I don’t watch Shameless so luckily it doesn’t bother me so much. I just remember him as Jerome from Gotham.

[@Austin-cr5zo]

@@averagechadlegionary5824 he’s still cool tho it’s just hard to see him as anything else I stopped watching the show ofc but how is Gotham?

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

@@Austin-cr5zo It’s shit lol. There’s some good but also a lot of bad. Talented cast for the most part though.

[@TheLmoney420]

@@Austin-cr5zo he won me over with his portrayal as Cal. I was worried at first because Ian (Shameless) was a total SJW. Fortunately, he killed it in the Star Wars games. But yeah, Ian was one of my least favorite characters on Shameless. Debs was worse imo, I couldn’t stand her

[@stuff4007]

As an aspiring screenwriter, THANK YOU for not siding with AI. You are 100% correct about it just making our woke problems worse. Hopefully the strike doesn’t completely wreck the state of American entertainment so we can fix it, get some actually good movies back in theaters again.

[@zerosen1972]

It won't wreck entertainment. Everything in the US is heading towards a collapse and inevitable rebuild. We just are going to have a lot of heavy lifting to do.

[@begobolehsjwjangan2359]

AI wont replace you, it only make your work easier. I tried. AI cant make plot twist. AI can only make your script edible to read. The plot and plot twist are the only thing AI would never able to produce. Those two are the heart of writings. Rest assured, AI would never replace writers, it only produce more writers/competitors like me who cant write edible, grammar correct writings. Again, you have power of AI in your disposal to finishing touch your writing.

[@chimponkoman]

Screenwriters are kne of the groups that started the woke nonsense. No sympathy whatsoever.

[@tomnorton4277]

I feel the same way. Using AI to write scripts is a terrible idea.

[@begobolehsjwjangan2359]

@@tomnorton4277 i use AI to inspires me when i stuck. yeah it a lot of works editing what AI just made. AI is just as far as our mind can imagine the words.

[@rafaelbravo4618]

When I started listening to the Synopsis for The Change, I jenuinelly had to pause, take off my glasses, and do my best not to scream since I was in my college's library

[@StarScreamReee]

Be more inclusive Be more diverse Be more of a talking point Be more of a puppet Be more of a tool Be more of an ideologue Be more of us Be us It’s cult and it’s ok to fight back against them.

[@redmagelala]

Amen.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Ironically, they aren't as inclusive as they believe themselves to be. Otherwise, they wouldn't be engaged in excluding white people and men.

[@chidubemanukwu]

No it's is not

[@daylightsavior6745]

the crazy part is there not the majority and yet some how believe people should bow to there demands for so called others.

[@redmagelala]

@@chidubemanukwu This isn't about diversity and inclusion, you parasite.

[@stickthelanding4785]

I love Japanese media because they don’t really pander to anyone which is why manga and anime are so widely loved.

[@MrAjking808]

Pander to pedos , weirdos who don’t get any real attention from girls .

[@bethanybrookes8479]

Generally, the people writing those stories are the same people that would also be reading them. They're just making more of what they love, not really pandering. Even when they make satire of it (konosuba and ouran high school host club, for example) there's still love for what is being satirised clearly evident in the work.

[@code066funkinbird3]

Yeah pls

[@mabynot9638]

Japanese culture is vastly superior to Amerimutt culture that revolves only around black cocks, hence i can't help but laugh whenever i hear these mixed-raced goblins calling themselves superior

[@marklower9383]

Yeessss, they spread pedophilia and sexual abuse in such an japanese way, its perfect for you isnt it

[@Poopustheclown]

The thing with modern activism and PC culture is that everyone involved is trying to be the next voice of a generation, but all they end up doing is making noise

[@candicemceady308]

Exactly!!! Cater to traditional values love and family the audience will thank you for it!!! Japan does it and they make bank. LGBTQ mess isn't unique special or interesting anymore it's nothing but a joke now anyways. They are the personification of greed and gluttony like greed they always want more and like gluttony they're never satisfied. I'm a Democrat saying this.

[@orrorsaness5942]

This

[@bethanybrookes8479]

The most frustrating part is that you can create diverse characters with different sexualities and skin tones amd gender identities and make the good. Heck, you could write a story explicitly about that sort of thing and make it good. In fact, it has been done plenty of times. But it takes care for the characters. It takes putting in the effort to make them more than just their race and sexuality. It takes giving the characters connections with other characters based on more than just their identity, because yes, a friendship can start like that, but that sort of thing can't sustain a friendship. But these creators don't seem to realise that and it's frustrating.

[@brantjustilian3791]

I remember messing around with AI dungeon, a little while back. My focus was just making a fun little fantasy story but the AI itself turned it into an eat the Rich mindset. So AI is already being fed the woke agenda.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Moral of the story: Eastern content is based and Western content is woke.

[@Dinoslay]

Based is a bedrock while woke leads to broke.

[@Spartan135]

western content is propaganda trash.

[@Matruchus]

Unless we are talking about Forspoken which is a woke Japanese made game for non existing western audience.

[@ThePeoplesMoai]

​@@Matruchus It had some woke idiots "reworking" it (since prior to its announcement, it was just a project with a regular female Japanese lead in a fantasy world) which then transformed into the abhorrent piece of "media" called Forspoken, terrible game.

[@bigtone7824]

Bingo

[@rohankulkarni9213]

I love that Japanese game makers couldn’t give less of a shit for wokeness.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

They actually put a ton of work in their creations. The last thing they want is some foreigner making weird complaints about trivial details.

[@Mr_Mistah]

Square Enix has gone woke before like with Forspoken and that game was a colossal failure. Japanese devs themselves aren't woke but they will absolutely play ball with Sony if Sony demands them to

[@rohankulkarni9213]

@@Mr_Mistah Forspoken has a number of reasons why it bombed....It's "woke" because the writers are all American and were trying to coast on "modern audience" energy.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

As they should.

[@blackrat1228]

Its really funny how despite claiming moral superiority these people have such a western centric view. Coworker of mine (not an sjw but an example of someone who doesn't think about something from different perspectives) was asking why so much anime had a medieval or western fantasy setting. Had to remind him that to the Japanese that's a unique setting to them. They grow up learning about feudal japan, their emperors, etc. That's all old hat thats been done already. On the flip side the medieval setting that many westerners are so familair with is fresh and exciting.

[@EndymionTv]

That’s a really good point that medieval European settings would be interesting to Japanese people, never thought of it that way good eye

[@NeoN-PeoN]

Also, Japanese learn a lot more about their own country that Americans learn about the history of Europe.

[@diersteinjulien6773]

Same logic as "why europeans love westerns"

[@MrAjking808]

Nah they have a obsession with white culture lol

[@Ticazoid95]

I think a woke villain could work as a character. Fits right into that archetype with religious figures/ righteous groups masking there true intentions or characters clearly misguided by their learned beliefs. I think the best way to approach a woke protagonist would be for them to go into a rough environment and experience the real world while slowly challenging their beliefs.

[@ShamanMcLamie]

Naoki Yoshida nailed it with that comment. They have a setting and they want it to appear realistic for that world. So much media injects diversity and it just breaks the verisimilitude of the story. That multiracial/ethnic village in the Castlevania Netflix series made absolutely no sense. People with a common language, culture, values and identity are able to better work together, organize and live harmoniously with each other. Even if we assume such a wide array of people can come together and form a society overtime they'd mix customs and interbreed till they become homogenous in every way, especislly if we're talking about a small village with only a handful of families in an era of time where very few people ever travelled outside their little village. Also another major reason to have a homogenous look for a group is the visual story telling. In DOTA Dragon's Blood there was an isolated Elven Village named Coedwig and everyone their dressed in the same style of clothes, had the same pale skin and fair features. Aside from being a more realistic setting you immediately can tell these people are part of the same faction just by looking at them. You could differentiate them from their enemies from the Nightsilver Woods who while more racially diverse with both humans and elves, everyone had the same clothing aesthetic of as well. So when the Coedwig Elves clad in their Greens and Brown attire fought the Selemene cultist from the Nightsilver Woods in their Blue and White Armor you weren't ever confused who was fighting who. Visual design also allows us to associate distinct, but related groups such as how in Star Wars the Clone Troopers have White Armor like their successor the Stormtroopers, or that the Republic used triangular capital ships like the Empire.

[@jjhh320]

I agree with most of what you've said and like your comment. Thank God for Square taking a stand and making their point in a respectful, straightforward way. I would disagree about Castlevania's village though. A problem which that show definitely had was the village's unnecessarily gurlboss leader and the way she treated Alucard, even in spite of more compelling female characters existing like Lenore or even Carmilla. But Wallachia isn't too far from Constantinople, so you'd have a lot of Greeks, Slavs, and even Turks in the nearby region if they felt inclined to mix in. From that region down to Anatolia, there were lots of people historically moving about and territory changing hands. A case could be made for any of them to stay and settle in a fictional village, whether they be 1st generation or longer.

[@Micolashcage1]

Man, The modern American consumers are insufferable. I can only imagine what Japanese artists and devs say about us when theyre working in the studio lol

[@xenomorpher5458]

Don't call these people Americans. These people aren't American they don't value America.. they value Globalism based Values so their globalists. They show apparent hate for American but refuse to move out of America like the older ones promised to do during the trump presidency. Also most people assume Americans are Fat, Stupid and lost their greatness. Can't blame them given how a incredibly small group has been foisted up and given a overwhelming voice against the majority of the population.

[@tallaajao7894]

The fact that there are people going to college to study social justice always baffles me 💀💀

[@redmagelala]

Weird how they're all getting fired all the time.

[@dyelahn1392]

I find it hilarious people will make 10+ videos on KZbin to complain about woke characters. Bro is HURTING

[@redmagelala]

@@dyelahn1392 How dare we get to hear about the evil that is social justice.

[@Shadowhunterbg]

If you actually knew how stupid most people are you wouldn't be baffled at all. Stupidity leads to stupid decisions.

[@Austin-cr5zo]

@@dyelahn1392 I find it hilarious people will riot over someone being killed that broke laws and resisted arrest and riot over something majority of people alive today had nothing to do with.

[@louashfield5902]

*_"Speak up, question everything and never stop."_* --Endymion Wise words my man.

[@Dr_Mr_Man]

The problem with most "woke" movies is that so many of them shove the message down your throat with all the subtlely of a punch to the gut...

[@colinguo5855]

To the woke authors: Please write fanfiction instead of physical novels or movies. It's better that way in general. (Open to talks about woke fanfiction at any time.

[@assassinunknown6664]

It’s such a coincidence that every game made by a non-western developer is usually better than any games made in the west

[@redmagelala]

I just hope the Western versions aren't altered for THE MESSAGE. Looking at you, Persona 5 Royal.

[@s0meweird_boi339]

Doom Eternal? Control? God of War Ragnarok? Hi-Fi rush? All made by western devs in the last few years? Stop sucking of the Japanese. Yes they make good games, but Square Enix also made Forspoken, you know the most made fun of game this year. Stop comparing the two and just support good games made by good devs no matter where they are situated.

[@redmagelala]

@@s0meweird_boi339 Not until Japs make shit games on average will we stop sucking off Japanese games.

[@rps215]

And who can blame people buying games like Atomic Heart and Pathfinder:Wrath of The Righteous

[@azrieldalusong5042]

​@@s0meweird_boi339Hi Fi Rush technically isn't made by western tho.

[@limitbreak2966]

1:24 ugh man this is why even though I’m in the left, I’m getting pissed at the crap they choose to focus on. Instead of focusing on legitimate issues, they instead keep focusing on dumb shit like that hogwarts legacy boycott (which large scale boycotts are legitimately impossible), getting mad at not enough people of color in JAPANESE GAMES (which Japan in general has less people or color and far more Asians, OBVIOUSLY, so they include mostly Asians. Like the left should be focusing on stuff like climate change, the rampant school / mass shooting issue we have in America, police violence, and even the sheer amount of people in poverty or homeless.

[@EndymionTv]

I agree I think telling a Japanese dev to be more diverse is hilariously tone deaf. Let’s be real if a primarily black developer had a game with only black characters they would champion it & not ask for diversity. But it’s a problem when Japan doesn’t feel the need? Make it make sense. It’s so dumb

[@limitbreak2966]

@@EndymionTv exactly man, tone deaf is the perfect way to explain it. And I guarantee they would. Funny thing is they did this crap to the Witcher 3 as well, when the developers lived in Poland which I just checked, the population of what they call “Afro-poles” is less than 0.1%. Like why would journalists focus on that when there’s so much good stuff in Witcher 3, instead of finally praising a genuinely good game, they always gotta find something…

[@clementj]

Wouldn't it be funny if they try to ask AI to generate a woke movie script that will make then money, but the AI, after analyzing all woke movies, just comes up with "get woke, go broke"... LOL

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

*That* would be (as the kids say) *EPIC*. 😏

[@ple8379]

@@YesTHATJohnSmith I would want to see those people's faces XD.

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

As would I! 😏

[@bladedgambit3158]

Props for using the Smiling Friends clip. Sidenote: If you're looking for a comic with more action and less words, BLAME! would be up your alley

[@natus5494]

My main issue with people who care a lot about diversity wouldn’t say a word about a game or series that doesn’t include white people at best they would praise it

[@teknyte-1]

I love that this boils down to devs choosing to invest in narrative instead of cosmetics. It’s refreshing

[@johnlea3597]

It’s insane that in 2023 the best star wars stories being created are from EA games and not Lucas Arts.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

More like Disney because Disney bought LucasArts 2012

[@Group-935]

So glad they didn't bend the knee, like so many studios do nowadays. That one quote is so powerful, I'm paraphrasing here. "They are making the characters diverse in their storys and backgrounds, not by the color of their skin." So many people could learn from this in this day and age. You don't need to match the color of the characters skin in order to relate to them.

[@hyperfusiongear9050]

But they did bend the knee for h○m○s just like that game the last of us 2 and Horizon zero Dawn 2 dlc. In one hand they censored woman clothing and the sexualize on them however on the other hand there promoting h○m○s kissing and doing it? Hypocrite?

[@613harbinger316]

The sad truth is that that particular powerful quote, or the idea behind it, has been in play for decades (and historically for thousands of years, really) on both the moderate right and left. It's only in the last few years that the so-called anti-racists have had enough cultural power to push the very opposite in what has to be one of the most hilarious examples of racist projection I've seen in my lifetime.

[@Group-935]

@@613harbinger316 Yeah... You know how there was the joke of the token black character. Well now it has come true, it's not really just a joke anymore. They are making token characters for every race now, even for sexuality's. And it is praised instead of looked down upon... It's funny in weird way.

[@mattjindrak]

I know man memberberries

[@moy_moy85]

It cracks me up when people come for Japanese developers with their woke nonsense and the Japanese are just like like 'wh.... whaaaaaat?'

[@nikoc8968]

whats even crazier is most of the woke idiots who do that have Anime characters as their profile pic...xD

[@150_asharifadhilaha2]

they thought American problems are worldwide lol

[@YN-Scrapz]

“woke nonsense” 🤖🤖🤖🤖

[@nikoc8968]

​@@YN-Scrapz yes, wokeness has a surprising number of bots pushing its ideas.

[@kakkacarmenelectra7229]

Just imagine how exhausting it must be to be woke. Having to constantly get updated on what is “right” and what is “wrong” for it only to change next week! It really does remind me of 1984, and how 2+2=4 and then in a weeks time, 2+2=5 and that’s how it’s always been

[@treekoace0259]

Seeing how they responded to the Woke criticism and how mature they were about it is amazing. Just wish something like the FFXVI game were more common.

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

I have 3 words for you: Elden Ring. Lol!

[@redmagelala]

@@xantishayde-walker4593 Pick a Form: Dark Souls Edition? Localization is dumb.

[@treekoace0259]

@@xantishayde-walker4593 yeah I know that's why I said MORE common. Love playing Elden Ring.

[@Makoto03]

Final Fantasy 16 looks incredible. Especially considering how disappointed i've been with FF since 12. I kinda wish the producer completely ignored the fake controversy in the west over having mostly white characters. But his response was also really good. I want Japan to continue doing their things and not let woke activists in the west affect their art.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

TPCi should scrap their DEI hires, and that likely yearly video game release rule. Even Japanese 2D anime graphical video games like what Entergram makes can sell.

[@TeamFriendship8600]

Trying to impose your values and beliefs on other countries is ironically a super American thing to do.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

@@TeamFriendship8600 imposing? Wdym? It's sounded like he was cheering for the continuation of good work rather than imposing.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

I was half hoping he would tear that shit to the ground and not give a single fuck and only care about giving their best, but I guess being professional to these rude people would kill the embers before it grows bigger.

[@VikingKong.]

Agreed, I haven't fully played a FF since 12, gave some a try but none of them hooked me like the PS1 era all the way up to 12 did (excluding X-2). This looks refreshingly good, and the producer's response is also amazing to hear. I really appreciate that he's trying to create a coherent universe regardless of what some SJW activists might throw a tantrum over. When creating a political statement is more important to you than creating a great setting then the end product is always going to turn out like shit.

[@MorteoLX]

I’d love to see a series where people gain super powers when they hit old age. They’ll destroy everyone younger than them to preserve their ill-gotten gains. I’d call in The Boomer Blight

[@johannessevantettehvantett5432]

ever read inuyashiki

[@charmingpeasant9834]

Sam Maggs actually made Merrin pansexual in the game's tie-in novel that she wrote, and then proceeded to make a big deal about it on Twitter. So it's bit of a miracle that the game's writers portrayed her with interest in Cal.

[@1SpicyMeataball]

Pansexual is just bisexuality for boring people who want to feel special about who they f**k.

[@TheBatman39]

In the Star Wars universe everybody is non-straight like Sodom

[@WandererEris]

Beautiful statement from Yoshida. If I hadn't already pre-ordered the game I'd do it immediately after hearing that. Putting the narrative and worldbuilding first instead of arbitrary inclusion is fantastic to hear.

[@lukerycyja5716]

The older woman superhero could be potentially interesting as a graphic novel. Just add a young character as a second protagonist - like a niece or something - and make her the sidekick. Then take the aunt and like make her save the niece and gain superpowers. Then niece pushes her to become a hero since now she can and the kid gets to be a helper or something. That premise as a lighthearted comedy could have potential. But its probably going to be "oooh, look, am a whamen and whamen strong, racism and men bad" and that sucks, cuz i would buy a comic about crazy grandma superhero simply because of the funky idea

[@draecath5953]

Crazy how easy it is to make a interesting premise yet they can't seem to do it.

[@emberd-l795]

Everyone here would call that premise woke and would buy those comics just so they could burn them on video. These people don’t want new and novel characters. They want the same character and the same story arch mass produced over and over again, with a few lines changed here and there so the teacher won’t know they copied their homework. It’s ironic this guy was complaining about AI scripts, because from everything he said in this video, I think he’s LOVE AI scripts as long as they were trained on the things he already likes so he can get the same story spoon fed to him over and over for his entire life. The idea you came up with, the story about the older woman and her encouraging niece, would never be accepted by the anti-woke crowd. Especially if those characters weren’t white.

[@WarpChaos]

​@@emberd-l795 Go back to reading The Change.

[@emberd-l795]

@@WarpChaos never read that. But I did read an incredible book recently called legendborn. But you probably wouldn’t like it because the protagonist is black and you guys don’t like black people.

[@WarpChaos]

@@emberd-l795 Yeah, we sure don't like characters like Storm, Black Panther, Static Shock, John Stewart, John Henry Irons, War Machine, Falcon, Spawn, Cyborg, Luke Cage, Blade, Black Lightning, or Monica Rambeu. All those characters who were actually interesting and (mostly) original. Yeah, we hate all those.

[@AshXXMayftw]

It's seeing stuff like this that's causing me to go into self-publishing when it comes to my own stories. All this wokeness being funneled into not just movies and comics, but books as well, it only cements the notion that my stories would not get along with modern publishing companies.

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

I self publish and only read old classic books I know are good and well received. I tried reading a few modern books out of curiosity, it's so full of LGBT, gender identity, diversity and so forth it's not only annoying but also distracting from the actual story and you end up with novels that are just confusing jibberish, hard to follow and nauseating to read, watch, listen to, look at. The state of comic art in 2023 is pathetic, like a child drew and painted it. Wtf. Why is it in a family friendly Spiderman movie MJ randomly says the Washington monument was built by slaves or a random character mentions they are actually trans? I know *WhY* those scenes exist, but in context of the story, it's just out of left field and unrelated to the actual plot. Marvel is FULL of pointless pandering like that, it results in a collective sigh across the whole cinema.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

@@NewOrderOfAlexandria I recently writing a horror fantasy novel, but I doubt the story will be accepted positively in today annoying woke rule. The main characters are male African American but very few female character, this of course will angered sjw type folk that forcing whatever gender diversity despite feel unrelevant in the storyline. I deliberately make them all male because there's a scene where the characters sleep together in one place (a young man and his two nephews) This will become unpleasantly risky if one of them is girl

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Characters need to have some kind of personality, backstory, and motive. They can never be just about being beige, female, strong, or whatever. People are allowed to love characters that different from themselves. Kids also love those. I love a lot of the girls and some of the boys in the Pokémon games, and they look nothing like me. I even played as Eri or Fio in Metal Slug 3 as one of the first female video game characters I played.

[@庫倫亞利克]

True. When I (a non-white) read stories, I never really pay attention to the characters' skin tones; it's the actions they take and the emotional chords they strike that matters. Like how in a dream you don't identify people via their faces but via the emotional responses they elicit in you when you see them; if there's a theme or emotion I can relate to, I put down the book and sigh "Ahhh...right. I know what they're feeling." Also later, in life, at any given point, I would encounter something or someone that reminds me of certain plots or characters; and even if it's not a 100% match, as long as there are some applicability, I will have flashbacks to not my own memories but the plot of the book, almost as if I've incorporated experiences I pick up from stories into my own. To me the woke mindset of "the character must look like me for me to relate to them" is utterly alien. No they don't. Hell, the character I grow to relate to recently is a bespectacled dinosaur hermit living in Mesoamerica even though I'm a human living in Asia.

[@daphne8406]

I have always preferred the way of story telling used by Manga. Manga’s usually are really good at letting the images tell the story and not loads of text 🤷‍♀️ Also within manga you can find any topic under the sun. I recently read one about the creator of cup noodles and another about raising an autistic child. I also enjoy some shonen/shojo-ai stories and geniounly want the two leads to end up together because the story and characters are interesting. And I have no connections to cup noodles, autism or being gay at all 😅 A good story and interesting characters really is all you need, the subject then can be anything at all.

[@ironclad4451]

THIS! if your concept is interesting, and your characters fun to learn about then you could do almost any setting or subject successfully. But if the only thing to learn about the character is "AM GAY" there just isn't the nuance and layers to discover. Manga is good at showing us the characters personality through ACTION, which people should use more often.

[@raidanforster6273]

It’s kinda bullshit how much sway people hold when it comes to representation, “you have to have x amount of black people, x amount of women, x amount of homosexual people and x amount of all of the above. If not, you’re a terrible person who deserves every bad thing to happen to them.” Yet the majority of the people complaining and whining about that stuff are the people who wouldn’t buy the product anyway

[@Mad-Cat_Dan]

In the words of Quentin Tarantino: ideology trumps art, ideology trumps individual effort, ideology trumps good, ideology trumps entertaining

[@aonghusofaolain8686]

Not if we boycott it into failure

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

​@@aonghusofaolain8686 sadly normies who have no time to not enjoy life or are just lunatics will and have been ruining it for most of the things anyone is passionate about

[@mister-x2]

Those comic panels HAVE to be some kind of parody. No way. I know Marvel is beyond lost, but man, my morning is ruined.

[@EndymionTv]

Unfortunately very true & I’m convinced they just make comics at this point to maintain licenses. Cause I dunno how anybody can make that & be like yes this will be great unreal

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

SJW writers: "People just love to see popular comic book heroes humiliated in public by complete strangers, who are smug activists, right?"

[@EJaDav]

I love that quote “It doesn’t matter what the character looks like, as long as they are genuinely interesting and great” As it goes both ways, I will bet my entire existence that there can absolutely be great masculine female characters, characters of color and varieties of sexualities and genders. But the problem is that they are always written soooooo poorly. It’s always so stereotypical, and they push their single woke identity and try and have it overshadow the narrative or the other characters. If there was any care put into writing these characters then the landscape would actually change.

[@Cardinal_claw]

I desperately want to see a strong woman and a soft man in an "You saved me, I'll save you" in their own ways Also agreed. Writers need to stop making one trait the character's whole personality unless the point is to grow from it. It feels like its part of every "writing advice for beginners", the more character you add to the character, the better off you'll be in general

[@TheMemo659]

There have been strong women in literature since literature was a thing. Those characters were strong because they were written that way, not because of what they were born as. This is an inconvenient truth for some.

[@lindinle]

Cyber6 your welcone

[@ashtongiertz8728]

Thing is that writers are only capable of writing personalities they are familiar with. When you force a writer to write a character archetype they have zero experience with, you'll end up with a poorly written character.

[@dewolf123]

​@@ashtongiertz8728 That's why a truly good writer should always follow the rule of art and creativity which is to never stagnate yourself because then you end up being a one-trick pony and it makes you predictable as hell. This also applies to actors as there is a reason A-listers got many Oscar's and awards for different things because a truly good actor has range and can do more than one character, otherwise you get actors who are typecast and they can be predictable and boring to some ppl.

[@evanlin8435]

The writers on Netflix and Disney should hear what Naoki Yoshida has said!

[@Goremejy]

Isn’t it crazy how Japanese people watch western media, but don’t whine about the lack of Japanese characters? Somehow they are able to actually look past the characters race and still relate to them, isn’t that insane?

[@denizkomut2981]

I was almost in disbelief when Cal and Merrin were by the fire catching up. Merrin is such a badass and yet she still shows her vulnerable side to Cal and even snuggles up to him which was so cute coupled with her social awkwardness. After years of seeing Mary Sues I finally got to see a real female character who just happened to be strong with amazing abilities while lacking strength in some areas, you know, like a real person. I haven’t finished the game as of yet but I’ve been having a blast with it, hope you’re enjoying it as much as I have! Also great video as always.

[@yawarapuyurak3271]

Who would've guessed that women also have flaws? You know, like every human ever?

[@denizkomut2981]

@@yawarapuyurak3271 Yeah that’s kind of the point of my comment; while it’s a no-brainer for you and me, that doesn’t seem to be the case for a lot of the writers working these days.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

@@yawarapuyurak3271 for some reason, sjw hate women with flaws. They love making overly perfect one

[@LTJfan]

Times may change, but at the same time, we should not forget what made good characters likeable....and that's integrity

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

I honestly think using menopause as a sort of catalyst for special abilities to come out isn't terrible writing per se if it were merely a peripheral detail amongst others, but it's terrible to make it the whole core of the premise.

[@tmoney360]

This is such a weird subject. I'm half black and half Puerto Rican. While I enjoy characters like Miles Morales I've never needed a character to look like me to or share some cultural similarities to care about them. I don't plan on playing FF16 but if I did the colors of the characters wouldn't even be a thought. That said let's not pretend that if the next Call of Duty had you play as a black soldier in WW2 where the campaign followed real all black companies and regiments all throughout we wouldn't see "They're trying to force woke black BS on us" by a lot of people either.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

The interview pretty much nailed it. Yes it is fantasy, but all fantasy has roots in reality.

[@inotaishu1]

When you talked about the lack of positive male characters and lack of straight good female characters these days, I was reminded how I hear from the other side the exact opposite, that there are tons of positive role models for straight men and no good gay female role models. It is as if you have people live on entirely different worlds.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

well, to be fair, gay female role models in the west usually suck...

[@inotaishu1]

@@benjaminthibieroz4155 Which ones are you talking about specifically?

[@Trizzle97]

@@inotaishu1 ghost busters remake, terminator remake, Galadriel and bronwyn from amazons rang of powwwweeerr, mindy callings Velma, should I go on?

[@inotaishu1]

@@Trizzle97 Velma is bisexual, I don't know the terminator remake and so can't comment on that. Who in the Ghost Busters remake was shown to be gay and why on earth do you think Bronwyn and Galadriel are gay?

[@silverhawkscape2677]

We do live in Completely different worlds.

[@ciphernine7824]

I'm glad to see Square Enix is pushing back against woke revisionism and modernism in gaming. After all, it's fantasy. The point of fantasy is that it doesn't have to reflect present day society. It can be whatever the devs want it to be, as long as the story is engaging, and the characters are in some way relatable. Inclusivity should not be a factor.

[@redmagelala]

These people think today should change yesterday.

[@suc125]

an important part of their message which was implied - just because it is fantasy doesnt mean that we dont want to make a world with coherent rules. And for this world - monoethnicity is important

[@ashiel035]

13:13 Wait, there's already a live action adaptation of The Change! It's call the View 🤣🤣🤣.

[@XDarkEcho]

Remember when people used to just care about how fun a game was, not caring about all these identity politics and shit? I remember those days, I don't think I ever really cared on why I never saw more POC in games, or as main characters, as I only cared about the story, characters, and if it was enjoyable to play through. Now it just seems like that's what all everyone cries about, and stirring up stupid controversy over something that's not overall important; compared to more pressing matters like game performance, being unfinished or extremely bugged, extremely plagued with microtransactions or a horribly done Live Service model, etc. I always just ask these people, "Why does it REALLY matter?" Because we don't really NEED representation or inclusion, because I can always relate to a character that's gone through the same struggles I have, and they don't have to be my race at all; or I can sympathize with them because of there background and overall character growth. Ain't gonna lie, see all this makes me really want to just write my own little story and get it out there, I mean...shit, if garbage like we've been getting nowadays can get green lit, published and produced; I don't see why an amatuer like me can't do it too.

[@theupperechelon7634]

How is it that every single struggling author know that self-inserts are the biggest no-go and yet Hollywood and comics are full of these terrible writers?

[@Embrace-The-Dork-Side]

Self-inserts can work, but they require a level of honest, sometimes brutally honest, introspection that most people simply aren't capable of. I don't think anyone really cares if the character is based on you, provided they're flawed and relatable. That's where most self-inserts fail, they're authors can't even see they're own flaws, much less immortalize them in fiction. Thus, we get boring, flawless Mary Sues.

[@sizlax]

It's sad that the only change that would need to occur in order to erect a large red flag for FF16 being woke, would be for the prince, to instead, be a princess. I've got nothing against women in the media, and until the last few years, I have not been at all put off by them being in the shows/movies I watch. But lately, it's like, as soon as you notice a female portraying a role of power, and/or lead role, it's just a big exasperated sigh of "Oh god.. Not more of this..". I'm not racist or sexist by any stretch of the imagination. But this woke stuff just completely butchers the content of which it's a part of. Especially when so much of the dialog is anti-male. I'm a guy, I don't wanna be directly insulted by the content I'm trying to enjoy..

[@ThePeoplesMoai]

Unfortunately, I find myself rewatching older anime/movies/western animation, since a grand majority of modern day entertainment is just not enjoyable, a few things here and there that are actually good (Invincible and The Boys come to mind) but overall, it's just not worth your time, if you wanted to get truly brainwashed, might as well fill some bathtub up with soap, stick your head in the water, and stay in there for a bit, as I assume that would be WAAAAAAAAAY less painful than endure some woke, dumb product meant to hate men, or some stupid shit like that.

[@sizlax]

@@ThePeoplesMoai Damn rights. Unfortunately for me, I am not a huge fan of dated content. I got anxiety, and focus issues, so without being visually stimulating, most shows have a hard time keeping my attention. Both those shows you mentioned were great, but far too little and too far between.. Both are supposed to have seasons coming but not until forever from now, and that'll just be a couple days binge watching when they do come. But yea, things are pretty screwed up now; when people can claim that not using their pronouns is 'hate speech', yet a woman can literally state "I hate men, and what they bring into this world" On a TV show, and that is literal hate speech, but no one bats an eyelash.. And beyond the dumb/ignorant dialog, honestly what grinds my gears even more, is when some woman is just endlessly chewing out some dude on a show I'm watching, and he's just full on simping out and apologizing.. It's fucking sickening to watch.. Especially when she's chewing him out for something that she literally just did, and he said nothing about it.. Or when there's other dudes standing around while she's doing this, and acting like it's completely normal.. And if the woke content isn't bad enough, the sex is off the hook.. Like, I don't need to see tits flying around in literally every show I watch.. That's what porn is for.. It's gotten so bad at this point that I've literally become repulsed by them.. I used to like them, but not anymore, thank you modern television.. And then there's the non stop face-mashing, and hallow disposable relationships that take up so much of the watch time. As for anime, I do like some of that as well, but it depends on the mood I'm in. And since I watch Dub animes, not sub, cuz I like to actually understand what they're saying instead of reading the bottom of the screen while they scream a buncha gibberish (effectively gibberish since I can't understand it); The selection is somewhat limited. Erased was a good anime for people that imagine reliving their youth. The promised neverland, was super dark.. I also loved HxH for being a feel good/dark anime. Obviously Naruto is on the list. It was a bit cheesy in the beginning episodes, but it got real dark later on (but not as dark as the promised neverland). Wasn't a fan of onepiece cuz of it's wokeness with all the simps, and abusive female characters. How bout you, what animes are you into, or would you recommend?

[@redmagelala]

Game better be fun and require effort first, story and all that should come second. That's why Dark Souls is so popular, you can't just win with little to no effort.

[@sizlax]

@@redmagelala Different strokes for different folks. I was never able to get into those games, cuz dead end repetition isn't really my thing. Some people actually like new and unique experiences, but then there's a lot of braindead people that are still watching 'Survivor' after over 800 episodes. Not one person has died in over 800 episodes, I'd hardly call that show 'Survivor'.. More like 'Glorified popularity contest with infinite safety nets" Now that's something that could use a boost in difficultly to make it actually entertaining. But then 'Survivor' doesn't have any story, it's just a buncha prats camping on an island with minimal supplies, and pretending their lives are hard.

[@redmagelala]

@@sizlax You seem upset that FF isn't going turn based in any way any more.

[@flicka25]

If some people plan on boycotting the game well they can look and see what happened when they had the same idea for Hogwart's Legacy.

[@gyanupdate546-sc8jg]

People of colour just means black people on it, some one tell them Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Arabs are also people of colour.

[@verindictus3639]

Technically white people are also "people of color", as white is a color.

[@hermitcard4494]

Whoopi is gonna buy her own comic book to make it a success.

[@JS9Lion]

It never ceases to amaze me that with the internet and literal decades worth of information about the subtle nuances of a character and what he represents, people can miss the mark so completely. Ben Grim's (The Thing) whole element was that he wasn't completely accepted by society BECAUSE of his appearance as a rock monster. He had to work hard to become respected, often suffering in silence at peoples intolerance and not giving them further reasons to distrust him. That should be the aspect that people gravitate towards, similar to how X-Men is an allegory for being "different." However, these activities literally can't see past the fact that he's cis and white to dunk on him.

[@redmagelala]

We'd be here ALL YEAR if we talked about Berserk and Guts.

[@Ravagerblade]

Stop using the word cis.

[@HolySteve999]

Honestly, I was holding up on spending my money on Jedi Survivor because I was worried that it too would be infected with WOKE subliminal messaging, and I made a promise to myself to never give Disney any more of my hard earned money until they stop forcing their WOKE agenda down our throats, and return to the loving, family friendly company that existed before the late 2000's. But after hearing that Jedi Survivor doesn't have any agenda behind it, I feel more comfortable with supporting Disney for actually green lighting a genuine product.

[@nyfinest487]

I would get it around Christmas, let all the bugs gets straightened out

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

I actually think Jedi Survivor may set a new trend for Disney, realising what people really want

[@bladereeper]

@@ZenMonkeyGod Don't hold your breath on that, the people running that company have their heads too far up their rectums to practice even 1st grade level critical thinking and pattern recognition.

[@justinswogger2792]

This is made by ea who has the sw license so I would assume ea would get the money more than Disney

[@Achieme]

Diversity has been around, I like seeing OG diverse characters what I don't like is the diversity being up in your face about it treating it as their only quality for existing while also being a dick and demanding respect. What people like/want are good characters that have flaws, be entertaining, good themes and message. No one wants to hear I'm powerful because my ethnicity, gender and sexuality.

[@rayDJ.AbdNas]

I'm so glad I came across this channel, I was losing hope in finding reasonable viewpoints on entertainment/media and your channel speaks out on exactly that while maintaining composure and reason. I find that I'm in a weird spot with the vocal majority of the people (who are my age) aligning themselves with the woke agenda, most of the information and stances, for a lack of better words, forced onto me, not only online, but in the real world as well are far left/radical woke ideologies that I cannot stand with. Honestly gets sickening listening to their bs over and over again, especially considering that if you make your viewpoint known, they'll try their best to ruin you... Such "nice" and "friendly" people the woke crowd are Anyways I'm waffling a bit but I just appreciate your viewpoints and the way you express them, it helps me further understand and navigate my way through all this nonsense, and helps me make proper, informed decisions on choosing what media to consume, and hopefully help nudge those close to me onto the right path....

[@EndymionTv]

Thank you very much for watching & I’m glad you found me! I just wanna be a leveled place for people to discuss

[@TheRisky9]

The root problem with "woke" characters is that the authors have come to write to characters and not to themes. What do I mean by that? A character is a player in any particular story. Think "All the World's a Stage" by Shakespear. But what role should each character play is determined by its themes. And each of the characters should represent a different viewpoint of those themes. The problem with a lot of "woke" characters is that they aren't presenting as any particular embodiment of the themes. They simply have a vague moral code and that's it.

[@Theorphan81]

Honestly, "The Change" would probably be an awesome and well beloved comic.. In 2004. When it would be something unique and different and telling a story that superhero comics didn't typically tell. The problem is, it's literally like every other mainstream comic out there right now.

[@Mallard942]

It would still be awful since the worldview it lives in would be just as silly then. Wokeness is just not connected to reality, that's why it's so corrosive

[@edgar-.-6785]

100% agreed, it has potential to be a funny, light story but because its 2023 it would probably be just another woke lecture

[@tsipher]

Or 2009 when a certain President was running with the messaging of hope and change

[@SolidNeodark]

I recently played FFIV for the first time, and I was surprised by how refreshing this old game seemed to me, in modern times. It was refreshing because, though the gameplay is somewhat outdated, the characters are so well written that I realized how few characters are that interesting in modern AAA games. Cecil, Rosa, Edward, Kain, Yang, Tellah, Rydia, Edge - none of them are "woke", but they're still incredibly diverse in appearance and personality.

[@kaizze8777]

'it will be better if its diverse" Me: name one. Just ONE game. Movie or book that has woke BS in it that's actually GOOD? ANY TAKERS?

[@icedragongamemaster6797]

What a magnificent analysis! I bow humbly to your heavenly wisdom sir! Thank you for this.

[@luminyam6145]

Great video, my son recommended it. Thank you.

[@alpharorschach8708]

Naoki Yoshida is too eloquent for those woke journalists, they never saw it coming. I can't wait to play this game.

[@MrLolguy93]

Because they're not used for story telling, but for the writers to vent about their unresolved issues from high school. Not to mention how often they're just self-inserts

[@thetraveler1182]

I’m Black, ALWAYS Loved FF…leave it alone! If you are going to bring in “diversity” it has to make SENSE! I don’t need a BW with braids and a “take no BS” attitude that’s completely out of place!

[@yderga8707]

Woke is like if you took that one tokenized character that's just there to fill a quota and you made them the main character.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

If you would have told a kid version of me in the 90's that things would be the way they currently are now: I wouldn't have believed you and gone back to watching "X-Men the Animated Series". The story of mutants was universally relatable. They touched on difficult topics yet in captivating ways. (That's what MARVEL is to me) Media abstractly taught me life lessons, touched on difficult situations, found intelligent ways to tell stories. So much so that when I've gone back & rewatched them as a adult. I realized how well they told & crafted stories that anyone can enjoy & appreciate them. (Pretty much anything created by Don Bluth or Written by Roald Dahl had such creative range) Growing up in the 90's there was such a wide range of Stories, art styles, topics they touched on, unique Character's, creatures. They embraced the weird, odd, macabre things. I loved how things used to embrace these things, the difficult things. Good stories used to be told, in very creative intelligent ways. Nowadays everything feels or comes off like a cheap cop out, shallow live action version of nonsense. I miss the Era of creativity, of animated series, or use of Practical effects, filming techniques and use of miniatures. Things used to make us utilize our intelligence, tap into parts of the human condition that abstractly connects us to any character no matter what kind of character, creature, specie's, talking object they are. (Just felt like I had to express this) Regardless: I am very greatful I got to grow up throughout the 90s and experience all that came along with that.