Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-173.70.139.196-20140205003219/@comment-71.241.151.169-20140426202635

Well, I don't think that this is something that can be dismissed as "Vale is kind of European and based on that kind of thing" because there are people of color in Europe. It's not like Europe is just covered with all white people especially in the modern day and age. Even then when you look at countries like those near the Mediterranean, the people there are actually a bit darker so it's really even with the more northern part of Europe that you have that more common stereotypical image of the pale, blond person.

In fact that was one of the issues that some people thought about Pyrrha's character design is that she's really pale despite that fact that she's inspired by a lot of Greek culture. But I've sort of reasoned that through Monty's statement that the world in RWBY is NOT representative of the real world and is just an interpretation. By that reasoning, Weiss is also pronounced with a W rather than a V.

There is definitely an issue here and I for one am not trying to say that RoosterTeeth is racist or anything like that. In fact, for being in Texas and having employees that have grown up in such a conservative state, everyone is actually quite liberal from what I can gather. But it is just a little disappointing to not see someone who doesn't look colored in the show. At least it's a little disappointing for those people of color.

Because when creating a fictional world, you are not limited by the real world in terms of what you can create. This is a world that was consciously created by people and designed by people and every detail was pored over and reviewed multiple times. And so it is just a little disappointing that no one thought to include more people of color during those discussions. And even now with the introduction of Turquoise and all that we really only have maybe Ren, Sun, and Turquoise.