Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[ForteNightshade]

Geezus, the things people get mad about. Wuk Lamat is fine. She's like 90% of every other character in FF14. I started the expansion very meh about the story. Interest piqued halfway. Went back to meh briefly, then was piqued again for the remainder. Which, if I'm being brutally honest, is similar to just about every previous expansion (Shadowbringers might be the only one that was interesting throughout most of it).

Is it dumb that we, the WoL, stand by and let various people die? Sure. But, it's hardly the first time. It's a fictional story in a video game. It's never been particularly sensible, and it just feels like nothing can simply be enjoyed on the internet any longer. Everything has to be dissected into problems because outrage is what gets clicks.

As far as the voice acting, it's hard not to think there's an undertone of racism involved, as it's easy to imagine if Wuk-Lamat had a European accent, all that outrage would vanish. Personally, I'm not blind to my own biases. I don't generally associate positive vibes to South American accents. But, the VA is good, my own prejudices over the accent aside.

Anyway, I never post. But, it just feels like everything everywhere is torn down through concerted fake outrage (that's so far down its own butthole that its essentially transformed into real outrage), and maybe normal people need to start speaking up so creators don't feel like the entire world has gone down the outrage vortex.

In a sea of criticisms from both sides spanning over 100 pages, this has got to be the worst take imaginable regardless of where your opinion falls on Wuk Lamat and Dawntrail's MSQ on the whole.

You cannot seriously be attempting to argue (poorly) that criticism towards the English VA is tantamount to racism? I guess we're simply not allowed to critique her performance whatsoever because, what? Hurt feelings? Putting aside the complete absurdity of such an argument, the character aspect is immediately refuted by the fact JP is equally critical of her. Could it possibly be she's an extremely divisive character a sizable portion of the fanbase simply doesn't like for no other reason than what they're voicing and not this ridiculous assumption? Nah. It's racism, guys.

Good lord.