What does it mean? What is it implying? That neither of those creatures exist in slavic mythology and folklore and have simply been tacked on this universe without regards for their origins?ĭoes this imply that polish mythology is lame because it resembles or borrows from other mythologies, so fuck polish mythology? I don’t think so. On Twitter, WordMercenary offers a helpful list if you ever have to debate this:įor the next time some shitty egg tells you « The Witcher series is based on Polish mythology » /Xa9PgaKrXT
The invocation of a slavic essence in those games would just be a poor excuse to disrupt a needed conversation about race and representation, to keep fantasy white. Some other people responded that if the Witcher 3 was set in slavic mythology and folklore, it was beyond their ability to distinguish it from a standard fantasy setting, given that most creatures that appear in the game are recurring characters in most of western fantasy. An easy answer would be that given the Witcher 3 has sold 4 million copies in two weeks, its public largely exceeds Poland, and the game should be expected to be judged by different standards. Doing otherwise would be PC gone mad and imposing american standards of representativity to cultures that have also been marginalized which is also racist.
Some people were eager to respond that given the fact that the game was set in a wilfully slavic setting, a wilfully slavic mythology, you should expect slavic people to play the part. If anything, making us short, bearded white Scottish men, or very white, pointy-eared thin people reinforces how dismissed we are - by not even being considered human. This sci-fi/fantasy trope of dealing with racism by showing inter-species treatment could work - if all the humans weren’t white. We are relegated to non-human species, whose treatment is supposed to mimic real-world racist policies. People of color don’t.Īgain: This is literal dehumanizing of people of color. But even elves have the opportunity to exist. I’m not against racism being depicted the game actually portrays racism and bigotry as bad.
Indeed, it shows again that humans are white humans and everyone else is non-human and oppressed.
It should be mentioned that The Witcher 3 deals with « racism, » but other « races » literally refers to different species: Elves, dwarves and other non-humans face bigotry. The games series The Witcher and particularly its third opus, logically named the Witcher 3, has gotten some attention lately for its perceived lack of racial diversity in the design of its characters, which is racist and this game literally implies that people of color are not human :
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