Except asian culture within’ vendors in humans have existed for quite some time. Also they had darker skinned humans but the skin colors got lightened, I remember because I remember a few people being up in arms about it that I had known at that time. Regardless of this fact I feel like this conversation has gotten old at this point. Diversity can exist in anything, and should be known to exist in anything. And likely existed in everything from the beginning, it just wasn’t customized properly.
There were even darker than other high elven skin tones in a book that were noted to be from islands. Darker skin tones have existed. Darker skin tones can easily make sense. Any form of diversity from humans have existed.
Separated from their people due to a great cataclysmic and dividing war?
Alterred by their isolation?
Maternal society?
Plagued by great houses, and devoted to the improvement and internal conflict amongst those houses?
‘Hidden’ City?
Spiders? (Fal’dorei)
Darker skin than their origins and white hair?
Magic/over complicated melee style focused?
Bad guys?
We have the naive, but betrayed and fallen protagonist in the story line, Thalryssa Do’urden.
Tan elves aren’t “black” though. There’s a hell of a lot more involved with being “black” than just having dark brown skin. Honestly it’s kind of sad that that even needs to be said.
Also, the fact that way more people are complaining about super tan elves than are complaining about new racial options for humans ought to tell you that it’s not a racial thing. Folks just think the tan elf thing is stupid.
Having an excuse like that for added customization of real life human like races to be added in game for various races we love can be seen as insulting. I would be insulted… Just pretend it was always there. That this is a much needed update to the game.
I love how hysterical people are getting over this.
If you’re going to criticize the “accuracy” of having PoC represented in the races, you’ll also have to criticize the “accuracy” of Vulpera existing (sentient fox people? what?), of dragons existing, of magical DPS numbers appearing above an enemy’s head when you hit them, and of all the other silly things that happen in WoW that are there for us as players to enjoy.
It’s fantasy. And not only is it fantasy, but it’s a game that does and should prioritize the player experience to “accuracy” (accuracy to what? to something they completely made up in the 90s? this isn’t real). Having PoC represented in the races enhances player experience, period. That’s what it’s there for. It’s to make it so people can enjoy the game better.
If a human or elf or whatever else with dark skin triggers you to the point of leaving WoW, good. I don’t want you here. Your skin is too thin.
Seems like people have given plenty of reasons for that already, not sure what I’d add there.
I’m more interested to know why you and others seem to think that “having really brown skin” can make a fantasy elf into a black person somehow.
Also, if people are such hateful bigots - why are the complaints focused on brown elves and not on the actual racially diverse options that humans are getting?
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I agree that the customization options should always have been there. But they weren’t, and the way the original lore was built they wouldn’t have been for High/Blood Elves specifically.
The Quel’dorei were described as having shrunk in stature than their Kal’dorei roots, and their skin having paled over the millennia as they began to worship the Sun and Arcane magics versus the Moon and Elune.
That right there is the only reason I consider valid for anyone complaining about Dark-skinned Blood Elves.
However, I’m all for adding customization to the game and allowing players to look and be as they are in real life, or to live a complete fantasy with their character.
To not conflict with the established lore, something as simple as ‘a wizard did it.’ fits to allow the new customization, while not contradicting established Lore. It also feeds into the established vanity of the Quel’dorei specifically.
For Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes, or any other race? There should be no argument against more and varied customizations. WoW has always had a variety of skin tones available for humans, though I recall there were issues with the model updates and some skin tones being removed or altered. ‘A Wizard did it’ for them shouldn’t really be there and acting as though they were always there would be just fine for those races in my opinion.
I feel like this conversation has gotten old at this point. Diversity can exist in anything, and should be known to exist in anything. And likely existed in everything from the beginning, it just wasn’t customized properly.