Open Letter to the Devs Regarding Eden's Verse: Reflugence [Spoilers]

[heiligeharmonie]

Fiction =/= reality. Can people not grasp this? I get people have different opinions but Ryne is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER. FICTIONAL.
It's a video game. It's not meant to be real.
If you truly care about "young people being portrayed sexually", go donate to local funds that actually HELP young people that are in trouble? It isn't going to change. The fight was developed and released the way it is. What I don't understand why you are so concerned about what she looks like instead of the fight itself, the voice acting, and mechanics. It might just be a you problem, OP.

I'm honestly already getting tired of the "it's just a you problem." The fact that some of the first responses to this thread were, "ugh, another post about this?" is proof that on this forum alone, I'm not the only one with the problem. I can just as easily say that the fact that you see nothing wrong with the design is a you problem.

I apparently wasn't clear enough when I said that a fictional portrayal of a child is still a portrayal of a child. Something being fictional doesn't outright excuse problematic things. It's one thing if a point is trying to be made about that problematic thing, but that's not the case here.

Not saying that you are one, but 'It's just a cartoon, it's not real,' is exactly what an actual pedophile would say in his defense for getting off on cartoon porn of children. That's kind of why we shouldn't consider the sexualization of fictitious children to be "fine"; it provides actual pedophiles to with a safe grey area. No, I am not deluded enough to think that FFXIV is going to effect that perception on a grand scale, but doesn't it hurt to want them to not be part of the problem, does it?

I also said that I did find the fight itself to be a great design, but that the thought of Ryne being portrayed as she is distracted me from it. I can't help but wonder if you actually read the letter, or just saw a general opinion that you don't agree with and decided to voice your dissent.

I also shouldn't be expected to list my qualifications for holding a certain opinion. You don't know what I do or don't do to help exploited children. That doesn't matter.