I can't take any of the pearl clutching seriously when I haven't seen any one of you pearl clutching about scantily clad females. In fact it's hypocritical to be calling for more semi-naked ladies while complaining about a man without a shirt on which is much more common irl than women running around in war bikinis
How is it hypocritical? What if I want more scantily clad people on both sides? Peronally I'm not "pearl-clutching" for less scantily clad males, I want more of both!
If you're looking for soft core porn and near nude models there are other websites for that. We don't need to sexually gratify anyone with a 13+ card game. That's not what this game is for. If seeing a male character with a shirt off means you feel entitled to near nude women in a card game meant to be acceptable for children then idk what to tell you.
And so the hypocrisy tables are turned, so to speak. If you find near nude people in art, male or female, like Harald (or Jorn, or countless others) to be "sofct core porn" and detestable, why didn't you complain about him too?
And if you think displaying the human body necessarily implies a sexual, pornographic connotation, then I don't feel any shame in calling you and people who think like you puritans. That's literally what puritans thought. The OG pearl-clutchers.
I can't take any of the pearl clutching seriously when I haven't seen any one of you pearl clutching about scantily clad females. In fact it's hypocritical to be calling for more semi-naked ladies while complaining about a man without a shirt on which is much more common irl than women running around in war bikinis
How is it hypocritical? What if I want more scantily clad people on both sides? Peronally I'm not "pearl-clutching" for less scantily clad males, I want more of both!
Aaand he has one of the lamest names anyone in Germany would give their child in 2021. Pretty much as modern a name here as Jebediah would be in the States. Great card nonetheless, and of course the gravy train for people who are into shredded shirtless guys is still running at top speed.
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I like the name Harald but it should heve been used for a human character, not a elf. Harald is a typical name for a gruff viking warrior-king, not a faeric Alfar.
The gods in this set feel more like goofy humans rather than gods. Not sure how I feel about them.
I mean, half the point of the Norse gods is that, first of all, as with certain other pantheons of gods (like the Greek gods), Norse gods are very close to the temperament and behavior of the humans.
Unlike most other pantheons, however, Norse gods aren't immortal. At all. On the contrary, when they die they go to Hel or Valhalla just like everyone else. And, unlike virtually every other pantheon of gods, the Norse gods are not inherently born immortal. They are ONLY able to stay youthful in body and long-lived enough to see Ragnarok because of magical apples grown by their fellow Norse goddess, Iðunn. If they did not eat these apples, Norse gods grow old and die of natural causes, just like everyone else.
Norse gods being fundamentally mortal but powerful beings is kind of one of the whole things that make them unique amongst pantheons.
While I agree with this description, this isn't unique to Norse myth.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I know this is a fantasy setting and the scroll tail is cool but as a fan of squirrels I wished our first squirrel commander actually looked like a squirrel.
The elesh norn is fake. Not just because the holostamp. Doing a simple google search for elesh norn fanart gives you a piece done by Zyralynn (Malena Santos) on artstation 7 months ago.
Also the redaction seems wrong. Pretty sure it should be "types of counter" not "counters", and the first effect says "types of counters ON you and permanents you control" whereas the second effect says "types of counters your opponents and permanents they control HAVE".
If true, my guess is that they'll splash praetors and maybe a couple other phyrexian cards in each new plane in the sense of "they're exploring, expanding, etc." as a way to build up for when they come back in full force. I wouldn't expect anything more than this, but maybe Jin Gitaxias or something in Strixhaven, etc.
I come from the Andes region. Symbols like the Hammer and Sickle, the Guñelve and the Clava have also been appropiated by narco-terrorist, racially inspired groups such as Sendero Luminoso and Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco. I doubt that if I displayed any of those here anyone would bat an eye. WOTC/this community is so US-centric and they're not even aware of it (which is fine, it's the country that produces the game), but I'd hope they'd be honest enough to just go with it instead of going "hey, we made a brown-haired PW, that represents you right Latinos?"
Btw, Latino or Latinx is such a nonsense term anyway. People from the Cono Sur have almost nothing to do with Mexicans or Caribbeans. If anything it only demonstrates ignorance of them.
17 "Diversity picks" in Standard Legendary characters represented on cards:
Ashiok - Non-Binary
Azusa - Female, Japanese
Basri - Middle-Eastern
Chandra - Female, (Indian?)
Eutropia - Female, Black
Jolrael - Female, Black
Kaervek - Black
Linden - Female, Black
Mangara - Black
Narset - Female, Asian
Niambi - Female, Black
Oko - Asian
Rielle - Female, Black
Subira - Female, Black
Tazri - Female, Black
Teferi - Black
Vivien - Female, Black
Out of 113 characters.
Also, I take minor issue with this point. There's quantitative minority, and there's qualitative minority. Sure, quantitatively speaking, there's more "white" characters in MTG, but in terms of who are emphasized and displayed the most? I took a look at product and key art from recent past products. If it's not a monster or non-human character in the art, it's mostly one of those "minority" characters in main display. Teferi for Core2021, Vivien in Ikoria, Chandra in Core 2020, and now Kaya in Kaldheim. Yes, there was Rowan in Eldraine and Jace and Liliana here and there, but as I said, the "overrepresentation of white people" argument is vastly exaggerated IMO.
Y'all really sounding like Jussie Smollett with these delusions.
The idea that far-right groups use Norse symbology is a demonstrable fact. The actual Nazis used a bunch of them- the whole idea of the Aryan race was linked with this sort of history.
This isn't a debatable point.
Also, many other people who use such symbols are actual fans of vikings, scandinavian culture, certain TV series' fans, including people who are non-white.
Perpetuating the idea that "hey look I got a cool Mjollnir tattoo"="I'm a nazi" only helps create more division.
From the forum rules: "You may attack ideas, but do so while being civil."
I hope this was civil enough. I'm literally attacking an idea, not a person.
And so the hypocrisy tables are turned, so to speak. If you find near nude people in art, male or female, like Harald (or Jorn, or countless others) to be "sofct core porn" and detestable, why didn't you complain about him too?
And if you think displaying the human body necessarily implies a sexual, pornographic connotation, then I don't feel any shame in calling you and people who think like you puritans. That's literally what puritans thought. The OG pearl-clutchers.
How is it hypocritical? What if I want more scantily clad people on both sides? Peronally I'm not "pearl-clutching" for less scantily clad males, I want more of both!
I like the name Harald but it should heve been used for a human character, not a elf. Harald is a typical name for a gruff viking warrior-king, not a faeric Alfar.
Except for the females, where we can only imagine them because apparently to WOTC the female body is somewhat of a taboo?
My bad. Good thing I'm not on Twitter!
While I agree with this description, this isn't unique to Norse myth.
That's my point. What we call "silliness" is already in the source material. I don't understand the sarcastic complaint by 5colors.
They have a chariot pulled by cats which is almost as silly as Radagast's rabbit-sleigh. I think we'll live.
I love the art personally.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I know this is a fantasy setting and the scroll tail is cool but as a fan of squirrels I wished our first squirrel commander actually looked like a squirrel.
Also the redaction seems wrong. Pretty sure it should be "types of counter" not "counters", and the first effect says "types of counters ON you and permanents you control" whereas the second effect says "types of counters your opponents and permanents they control HAVE".
Btw, Latino or Latinx is such a nonsense term anyway. People from the Cono Sur have almost nothing to do with Mexicans or Caribbeans. If anything it only demonstrates ignorance of them.
Also, I take minor issue with this point. There's quantitative minority, and there's qualitative minority. Sure, quantitatively speaking, there's more "white" characters in MTG, but in terms of who are emphasized and displayed the most? I took a look at product and key art from recent past products. If it's not a monster or non-human character in the art, it's mostly one of those "minority" characters in main display. Teferi for Core2021, Vivien in Ikoria, Chandra in Core 2020, and now Kaya in Kaldheim. Yes, there was Rowan in Eldraine and Jace and Liliana here and there, but as I said, the "overrepresentation of white people" argument is vastly exaggerated IMO.
Also, many other people who use such symbols are actual fans of vikings, scandinavian culture, certain TV series' fans, including people who are non-white.
Perpetuating the idea that "hey look I got a cool Mjollnir tattoo"="I'm a nazi" only helps create more division.
From the forum rules: "You may attack ideas, but do so while being civil."
I hope this was civil enough. I'm literally attacking an idea, not a person.