Meanwhile talon players like primmie , jitboys and a whole bunch of Thai pros and content creators like superbuss are literally tanned skin. I swear some ppl are just idiots including crazy Thai fans.
Wanna bet if waylay was designed fairer and “prettier” another side of the community is going to complain that she doesn’t look traditionally Thai enough… smh
I quite agree on the crazy parts, but I'm sure there are more people globally, especially from your countries on woke and anti-woke stuffs, than there are crazy Thai fans. Because Waylay appearance was similar to women trends once in 2000s and 2010s, it's not a trend anymore but as Thais with more than 20 y/o saw this trend quite frequently they won't have as much problem with the design unless they are kids.
And like you said "doesn’t look traditionally Thai" is something even Thai want to venture away from. In Thailand, there's a weak link of some traditions to corruption, which is why people, especially young age, don't want to look traditionally Thai. And most Thai people are growing toward a look that the world perceived us currently, like Lisa or Milli for reference. It's better for us to that the agent is more general look here than to be too Thai like Lifeweaver did in OW2. Don't want to use example that may create conflict so just think of any traditions in your country that you like it to be there, but rather not see it everyday. And that's surely gonna be a problem because it's not Thai. Cultural adaptation is sensitive topic among marketers and business people alike and still I think they did a good enough job at least for the design.
I think you misinterpret what I said about the skin. Thai trends in 2000s prefers to show off more tanned skins. Thai trends in 2020s get some influence to want to be more white in general. I only speak about information and that's the trend of appearance perception in Thailand and further clarify that it's as you said that we have tanned skin.
I think my first comment is too long and hard to read so I'm sorry for that. For simplification, "yes you're right but we had this trend in Thailand and was proud of tanned skin so no one gonna complain."
Loud minority, as a Thai person (with relatively fair skin) we are really diverse and no one (except the dumb yet vocal minority) really cares what the Thai character looks like unless she is of course a completely different ethnicity. If she speaks Thai and has Thai voice lines and presents Thai characteristics then I am happy with the inclusion regardless of whether I look like her or not. From the showmatch I think I only heard one Thai voice line so I really hope there is more.
She could be Southern Thai or Eastern Thai near the Cambodian border where people generally are associated with a darker skin tone and the South having more 'Malay' genetics. It really doesn't matter though I just wanted a character that didn't really play into typical Thai stereotypes of either a Muay Thai hero or Transgender (nothing wrong with being trans of course) or something that was so outwardly and overwhelmingly Thai that they overdid it, so it's nice to see a hero that is simply Thai by nationality and not confined to a box where they have to be a Muay Thai fighter or monk or float on lotuses or ride elephants lol.
I don't get the "Oh look at these social media people who are so fair skinned" take that some people complained about in this one deleted thread
Do people not get the concept that people on social media, try to look more fair because we are unfortunately still into the idea that fair = beautiful, that's what brings the views
I will show you a lot of Indian social media stars who may look as fair as milk on socials but trust me when I say that's not how most of us look like.
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