Elf fans. Do you still want High Elves?

[Lannislight-wyrmrest-accord]

@Lightspeêd-proudmoore

since azeroth is not real life, they argued that the races should just follow the lore. if humans always looked caucasian, they should always look caucasian.

@Baalsamael-turalyon

Because all other people’s IRL were used for the monster races

That is the point of the game

Troll = Subsaharan Africa, Southern Amerindian, Latin American, and Caribbean
Dwarf = Scottish + Irish
Etc

You cannot assign Phenotype Blackness to a singular kingdom because it forces a racist narrative onto the game that separates Black people from all in-game Human Lore as we know it

And you certainly cannot double dip on Cultural Blackness, that ship has sailed long ago

I don’t give a damn how other franchises do it, because other franchises didn’t make the active choice to assign NonWestern Cultures to Monster Race ubiquitously and invariably and “forgot” to include NonWhite Humans for two decades.

All Humans come from Tentacle Monster Cursed Robots Of Varying Materials that landed on the shores of Lordaeron and established kingdoms with vacant blank slate histories ATM meant to be analogues of Western Europe and Anglo America.

PERIOD

You’re trying to inject IRL racial histories and opening the door for racist players and absolutely not.

There’s enough cultural diversity within the context of Western Europe to create nuance for the Humans. More than enough.

Quoting another thread where this same convo has come up / the answer I would point to on the issue.

But simply put the humanoid races including High Elves should and do have diverse representation and that should receive 0 objection from anyone unless they have a certain mindset.

https://i.imgur.com/PkeqouN.png

Quelthalas and the kingdom of the High(Blood) Elves are one such race that is diverse, full stop. That diversity doesn’t end for any High Elves that are neutral / Alliance leaning is what I am saying, because the thread took a turn in several places where peoples suggestions were…

@Emet-zuljin

Reddened Skin are due to Fel Magic which was all around them. Blood Elves racial also had them eat the magic around them. That was changed later on.

@Fenelon-wyrmrest-accord

Was never canon, even by the time the RPG book was released it had already been de-canonized because it had veered too far from WoW’s actual lore, per the devs.

Here was one such case, where Fenelon corrected them.

@Lightspeêd-proudmoore

nature is efficient, so if you dont get sun exposure often or intense enough to require melanin increases, your skin cells economize and you end up pale after many generations. it has nothing to do with politics, its just how nature deploys resources in the body.

I’m a bit confused by youre statement because you seem to say “it has nothing to do w politics” when saying this but

@Lannislight-wyrmrest-accord

Representation and diversity are not “real life politics”

But what I said was verbatim that.

Where I’m noticing the disconnect and I don’t know why, is because you seem to be defending people who say problematic things if they hide behind saying its for lore reasons.

While I hope you find this answer insightful maybe even going through the linked thread w the quote I provided, I will say I am done w this convo, because it seems circular both in our exchange but as the topic as a whole- I only chimed in because I think its important to note that High Elves like humans are diverse in wow end of story.