Re: DRE: CTS community mail

  • From: Di Lhong <geosaurus8@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 14:37:32 +0200

Bruce is half thai? i didn't know that.

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Donaldson, Alasdair <
alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Japan is a pretty insular country. Oh, and a pretty racist country too.
> I don’t think Harada makes the game to cater for the international
> community either. Historically they’ve been pretty bad about having
> characters of African origin. Bruce was there early on, but he was
> half-Thai. The capos are Brazilian, so not African (well, up to debate on
> naturalisation vs. how far back you want to go). Tiger was there, but as a
> palette swap. I’ve been to Egypt. The country views itself as part of the
> Middle East, not part of Africa. I don’t count Zafina as African.
>
> I was amazed at the inclusion of Raven. While he does seem like a bit of a
> Blade rip off, Namco actually included an African American character who
> wasn’t a complete caricature.
>
>
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> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *On Behalf Of *Manase Zote
> *Sent:* 06 February 2015 12:51 PM
> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: DRE: CTS community mail
>
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>
> Guys is the tekken team racist?
>
> I see no characters of African origin in T7 atm...
> What's your take guys?
>
> On 6 Feb 2015 12:28, "Ilitirit Sama" <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Did someone say Melty Blood?
>
> [image:
> http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091209080622/typemoon/images/d/d4/Mech-hisui_mbaa.png]
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> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Donaldson, Alasdair <
> alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Rei  is a clone created with no soul and no personality. She may be
> flesh and blood, but there is no difference between her and a robot.
>
> All of them have personalities in the end, but they don’t start with them.
>
> Also, by the end of Eva, Rei’s hopes and dreams all that junk still don’t
> amount to more than what’s been given to her (i.e. Gendo’s plan or Shinji’s
> decision). Chi is purely a product of Hideki. Alisa is just doing what Lars
> wants, until she gets the Jin wipe.
>
> None of them exist as independent characters. Sometimes characters in the
> stories will assume human motivations or such things, but usually they’re
> just lying to themselves.
>
>
>
> Alisa is a different story in her endings – I mean she seems to be
> attending school and actually not just sitting in Lars’ broom closet
> waiting for him to get home.
>
>
>
> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *On Behalf Of *Wynand-Ben
> *Sent:* 06 February 2015 11:40 AM
>
>
> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* RE: DRE: CTS community mail
>
>
>
> Eh...
>
> I dont really see the connections that binds those 3.
>
> Rei & Chi the "emotionless" aspect.
> Chi & Alisa are both "young" naive robots.
> I think Rei and Alisa have got personalities tho but not really Chi.
>
> Only one of the chars who really fits the trope I think you are describing
> would be Chi imo
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>
> From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:12:44 +0000
>
> Ugh. I have a dislike for the trope. She’s the same as Rei in Eva, or Chi
> in Chobits. Female characters with no personality. I understand why they’re
> popular – they can in no way ever be threatening or take any decisions
> which will negatively impact the people in their lives. They can have no
> personality flaws because all they will ever have learned comes from the
> (usually pathetic) main character on whom they are dependent. It’s a pretty
> insulting phenomenon.
>
> Effectively they’re blow-up dolls who can also clean the house and do
> laundry. Character design? What a joke.
>
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