why can’t we have nice things?
so I’ve seen some posts going around saying horrible things about Detroit: Become Human and I have to ask myself, why does this always happen? Undertale, Steven Universe, Markiplier, Thomas Sanders…it’s like an endless cycle. Once a thing gets popular enough there’s all these jerks that swarm it picking at it for horrible scraps to say that it’s wrong and you’re horrible for enjoying it
Anyway, I’m here to counter-point and rant a little, so let’s get started
To the people saying shit about Connor and the other characters’ designs. Those aren’t designs, those are actual people’s faces
Bryan Dechart and Jesse Williams are real people who physically acted out the scenes with motion capture. So, you’re not insulting some game designer with a tablet, you’re insulting actual live people and that’s not okay
And if you’re shitting on people for finding them attractive, seriously why even? People are allowed to be physically and/or sexually attracted to whoever they damn well please. You can’t police that and expect people to think you’re clever. Let people enjoy their cute faces, it wont kill you, damn
To the people pissed about how it’s ‘racist’ because it’s taking real world concepts (hate speech, segregation, etc.) and making them fictional with non-humans. Fiction has been doing this for years. It’s very common to use fictional stories to show real world bigotry in a different light. Harry Potter and Zootopia are two prime examples that I can think of off the top of my head
It takes real life racism and makes it easier to relate to, more obvious to those who refuse to notice it, and this is not the worst way it’s been used, I assure you. In fact, the game even brings it up with Rose mentioning that Blacks were treated the similarly and how people helped them escape and that’s why she was helping Deviants in the first place
And finally, to the people crying out that David Cage, producer and creator of the game, has been accused of sexual assault and how supporting this game is evil because of it. First of all, some people didn’t know I certainly didn’t and you can’t call them out on something that isn’t their fault to begin with, it’s a dick move and we both know it
Second of all, yeah, the guy is a massive dick and I agree he should go to jail for what he’s done, but he’s not the only one that worked on this game, is he? No. There’s writers, animators, musicians, actors, editors-for fucks sake just read the credits for once in your life
A shit ton of people came together to make this game and they’re proud of their work and they should be. The game looks amazing, the actors did a fantastic job, the characters are well written, the story is fun and easy to understand even if you’ve never done RPGs before
So yeah, David Cage did horrible things, no one is surprised, okay? But those dozens of people who made this game deserve to know they did a good job and made a really good game for people to enjoy. Me buying the game and enjoying it isn’t for fucking David Cage, it’s for them
TLDR: the world isn’t black and white, nothing is inherently good or bad, grow up. Also, People are smart enough to enjoy things and still acknowledge that it isn’t perfect, what a surprise
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