What's new

Ed Boon reveals a sneak peak at Sektor game play, a new Sonya Kameo move, and more!

Comments

People who whine about stereotypes usually do not understand why they exist in the first place.

There is nothing wrong with stereotypical villains, or stereotypes in general. The orcs - back when they were stereotypes - were nothing but pure rage, the berserker who wants to pillage and maim, the destructive nature of unchecked raw power that keeps going until it is forcefully stopped. They lived in caverns, caves, dungeons and dark places, emerging only to conquer and kill. So when you thought 'orc', you would immediately picture this image of an olived skinned brute with blood all over their body, living with hundreds of others of its kind, hidden in the darkness, and either be intimidated or think it was 'cool'. But there was an image, a stereotype, associated with that fictional creature.

Then, people complained and said that orcs shouldn't be all evil. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't live in huts or caves or caverns only. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't be illiterate. Because it was problematic. So orcs have changed in the majority of the most famous IPs of the West, and now orcs could be good or evil, orcs could live in forests, villages, cities, orcs could farm and build, orcs could have families and all orcs could seek their destinies under the stars, capable of both good and evil.

So basically, in the wokies' never ending quest of making things less 'offensive' and less 'stereotypical', orcs are now basically olive-skinned humans with tusks. Being an orc doesn't mean anything special anymore, an orc has just as much potential to be anything a human is. They don't have a tendency to be violent, they don't have a problem living in civilization and there is nothing unique about them. The 'problematic' image of the orc has been erased, replaced with a blank canvas.

So when an orc is everything that a human is, what is the point of even having orcs in the first place?
 
People who whine about stereotypes usually do not understand why they exist in the first place.

There is nothing wrong with stereotypical villains, or stereotypes in general. The orcs - back when they were stereotypes - were nothing but pure rage, the berserker who wants to pillage and maim, the destructive nature of unchecked raw power that keeps going until it is forcefully stopped. They lived in caverns, caves, dungeons and dark places, emerging only to conquer and kill. So when you thought 'orc', you would immediately picture this image of an olived skinned brute with blood all over their body, living with hundreds of others of its kind, hidden in the darkness, and either be intimidated or think it was 'cool'. But there was an image, a stereotype, associated with that fictional creature.

Then, people complained and said that orcs shouldn't be all evil. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't live in huts or caves or caverns only. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't be illiterate. Because it was problematic. So orcs have changed in the majority of the most famous IPs of the West, and now orcs could be good or evil, orcs could live in forests, villages, cities, orcs could farm and build, orcs could have families and all orcs could seek their destinies under the stars, capable of both good and evil.

So basically, in the wokies' never ending quest of making things less 'offensive' and less 'stereotypical', orcs are now basically olive-skinned humans with tusks. Being an orc doesn't mean anything special anymore, an orc has just as much potential to be anything a human is. They don't have a tendency to be violent, they don't have a problem living in civilization and there is nothing unique about them. The 'problematic' image of the orc has been erased, replaced with a blank canvas.

So when an orc is everything that a human is, what is the point of even having orcs in the first place?
Sounds like they were enhanced and fleshed out.
 
People who whine about stereotypes usually do not understand why they exist in the first place.

There is nothing wrong with stereotypical villains, or stereotypes in general. The orcs - back when they were stereotypes - were nothing but pure rage, the berserker who wants to pillage and maim, the destructive nature of unchecked raw power that keeps going until it is forcefully stopped. They lived in caverns, caves, dungeons and dark places, emerging only to conquer and kill. So when you thought 'orc', you would immediately picture this image of an olived skinned brute with blood all over their body, living with hundreds of others of its kind, hidden in the darkness, and either be intimidated or think it was 'cool'. But there was an image, a stereotype, associated with that fictional creature.

Then, people complained and said that orcs shouldn't be all evil. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't live in huts or caves or caverns only. Because it was problematic. And they shouldn't be illiterate. Because it was problematic. So orcs have changed in the majority of the most famous IPs of the West, and now orcs could be good or evil, orcs could live in forests, villages, cities, orcs could farm and build, orcs could have families and all orcs could seek their destinies under the stars, capable of both good and evil.

So basically, in the wokies' never ending quest of making things less 'offensive' and less 'stereotypical', orcs are now basically olive-skinned humans with tusks. Being an orc doesn't mean anything special anymore, an orc has just as much potential to be anything a human is. They don't have a tendency to be violent, they don't have a problem living in civilization and there is nothing unique about them. The 'problematic' image of the orc has been erased, replaced with a blank canvas.

So when an orc is everything that a human is, what is the point of even having orcs in the first place?
Old man yells at clouds.

Mad that the world has left him behind.