Keyleth's cultural appropriation

[quietmoon]

I need to voice my frustrating and discomfort with Marisha and Matt appropriating Maori culture for Keyleth's people.

Some twitter threads:

• However Keyleth not being Maori and having Maori tattoos and using Maori words (incorrectly I might add) isn't fine because it impacts real living people. So you see that's not just fantasy. That's cultural appropriation.
• A recap of why I'm always bringing up the issues with Keyleth with Maori tattoos because apparently a lot of people missed this when it happened.
• relatively gentle reminder to not give keyleth maori tattoos and use kaitiaki as a greeting since neither she or marisha are maori and kaitiaki isnt a greeting in the first place
• Y'all want to hear about how ironic it is that CR is misusing the word kaitiaki? Of course you don't but you're going to anyway

And I'm getting the sense that maybe later Marisha acknowledges this and apologises (although the poster of the tweets wasn't entirely happy with it I think) but didn't ask any of the fans to stop using it as well? I can't speak to future events, but just watching this through right now as a poc who knows what's happening is so uncomfortable. I love Avatar and elemental druidic magic, but every time someone uses kaitiake incorrectly and inappropriately I get taken completely out of the moment and it ruins the interactions tbh. Which (on top of being, you know, cultural appropriation) sucks because she's my favourite character. TvT

I love CR, but it's very white, and you definitely feel it while watching.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

If I don't talk about D&D during sunshine_challenge (doubtful) then I'll be sure to talk about it after. I did a lot of work on that one!

Sina Una screams to me. I will definitely be getting that book eventually. The $40 preorder is a good price too (for a campaign guide with a small publisher) so maybe later this summer I can place that order.

[quietmoon]

Wooh!

Yeah, seems sensible. I only wish shipping or customs to the UK was kinder haha.