"Half Breed"

As a mixed person I find what the character Arenvald says highly offensive, please fix this so it suits what he says better. Because Half Breed is a racist slur for MIXED RACED people. He also says it like he's ashamed, I don't know his story yet but please fix this.
http://i.imgur.com/dd4hoXI.jpg

His story was explained if you talked to him in the Waking Sands at various points throughout the 2.0 story. He is half highlander and half garlean. Born as a result of a garlean deciding to have his way with his mother. I find it fairly understandable that he would be ashamed of his heritage.

Interestingly, I was playing this in Japanese yesterday and at that line he straight up says that his father was Garlean and his mother Ala Mhigan. I guess for the English translation they expected you would have already talked to him in the Waking Sands and remembered?

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Originally Posted by Mholito

His story was explained if you talked to him in the Waking Sands at various points throughout the 2.0 story. He is half highlander and half garlean. Born as a result of a garlean deciding to have his way with his mother. I find it fairly understandable that he would be ashamed of his heritage.

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It's interesting that he would have what appears to be a Garlean surname if his parents weren't (I assume, if it wasn't a consensual relationship?) married. I wonder if Lentius is the Garlean equivalent of a bastard-name (ala Greystone), or if his Waking Sands dialogue might have been yet another English localization blooper, and his parents' relationship misrepresented. In fact, I kinda hope that turns out to be the case, since I'd personally find a Garlean defecting because he or she fell in love with one of the locals a more compelling story than 'har har, the Garleans regularly abuse the local women, look how evul they are!'

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Originally Posted by MK92

As a mixed person I find what the character Arenvald says highly offensive, please fix this so it suits what he says better. Because Half Breed is a racist slur for MIXED RACED people. He also says it like he\\'s ashamed, I don\\'t know his story yet but please fix this.
http://i.imgur.com/dd4hoXI.jpg

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There is racism in Eorzea just like there is in the real world.

He has been made to feel ashamed and not as worthy about himself because of it and the dialogue reflects that.

It's fine.

Go be offended somewhere else.

Regrettably he does feel ashamed of his lineage, so his insecurity was clear in the earlier conversations he had with the WoL (if you ever spoke to him).

Absolutely unacceptable for people to use language like this towards others in real life, but understandable in the context of the line the character spoke.

Nice catch on the name though. I hope the poor guy gets some good development in this expansion and finds peace with himself (not much further myself, too much real life stuff!) I was pleasantly surprised when he showed up again.

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Originally Posted by MK92

As a mixed person I find what the character Arenvald says highly offensive, please fix this so it suits what he says better. Because Half Breed is a racist slur for MIXED RACED people. He also says it like he's ashamed, I don't know his story yet but please fix this.
http://i.imgur.com/dd4hoXI.jpg

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If you're that easily offended by it, then maybe you shouldn't be playing the game. Also, you'd know his story if you'd actually been paying attention in ARR.

As someone who is also of a mixed race I see nothing wrong this. /shrug He's obviously hesitant to say it himself because he is one, so yeah...

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Originally Posted by New_Game_Plus

As someone who is also of a mixed race I see nothing wrong this. /shrug He's obviously hesitant to say it himself because he is one, so yeah...

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Exactly.

I see the storyline as decrying racism far more than it does promoting it. A bit like the same sex relationship NPCs we have encountered. They explain that they've faced prejudice but overcome it in the end. They're *positive* messages, not negative!

No need to be rude people. It's not that I'm upset that he is ashamed its the TERM he used which is "Half-breed". Don't patronize me I know racisim exists doesn't mean I just have to be cool about it. If he said another racist slur to describe himself or anyone else and I feel that they could make it come across another way then I'm allowed to ask about it. Geez.

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Originally Posted by DarthSanguine

If you're that easily offended by it, then maybe you shouldn't be playing the game. Also, you'd know his story if you'd actually been paying attention in ARR.

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I can't remember everything.
No need to be a rude at all.

Why are you so upset at him using that term to describe himself? It is not directed at you, or anyone else. It's not the nicest way to describe someone of mixed lineage, sure. But that's why it is an apropriate word for someone that despises their mixed lineage in the first place.
Do not judge words alone, because words need context to have any real meaning!

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Originally Posted by MK92

No need to be rude people. It's not that I'm upset that he is ashamed its the TERM he used which is "Half-breed".

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There's a pretty clear reason why he's using that term, instead of straight out telling the Rhalgr's Reach leader that he's half Ala Mhigan/half Garlean.

Y'know, since the Ala Mhigan Resistance has been fighting Garleans for years now.

Okay, but if it bothers you so much, what term would you suggest to replace it? Because there really isn't one I can think of that has the same connotations.

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Originally Posted by MK92

No need to be rude people. It's not that I'm upset that he is ashamed its the TERM he used which is "Half-breed". Don't patronize me I know racisim exists doesn't mean I just have to be cool about it. If he said another racist slur to describe himself or anyone else and I feel that they could make it come across

If the game was entirely politically correct then there would be no FF14. This is a another way then I'm allowed to ask about it. Geez.

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world where war is a constant thing and so is racism. I understand being offended by something like this in real life. But this game is not real life and its not a really happy place in this world people are scared and afraid they don't trust other nations and many races. This line fits the lore of the game and is not meant to offend anyone in real life.