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The hype over Yasuke is getting out of hand

sanghelle56 · 2024-05-15 10:19:06

He was a SWORD-BEARER, NOT a samurai. Yet, the latter is what all these media projects coming out about stick to exaggerating.New Assaassin's Creed game aside, it is historically cited by Japanese sources that a Portuguese friar there had plans to bring him to India, where he likely spent the rest of his days tending to a church rather than becoming a Rajput.As much as this was a bummer for Yasuke - as the friars kept tabs on him and were disgusting racists of their day - at least media could tell a romanticized version of the truth. I.e. a sequel to the upcoming Max biopic where he DOES become a Rajput. Not saying it's a smart idea, but there is no stopping these kind of blueprints, if they care so much about him.What REALLY bugs me about all of this is the notion by the mainstream that African peoples didn't have their own warrior castes or code. Hollywood must focus on them if they care about representation and money, because they're just as much BIPOC as the Japanese. But you know as well as I do they won't. What if I told you, Mozambique did indeed have native warriors. They were called Mang'Anja.

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SargentD

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#51 SargentD

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@Jag85 said:

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Was AC ever historical tho? I thought all the main characters were made up? Is this the first one based on a real person?

All the player characters were fictional up until now. This is the first AC where you play as a historical figure.

Word, yeah the ones in the past I thought were fictional, I guess from now on they doing real people

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#52 Edited By Robertos

Member since 2023 • 1071 Posts

Oddly enough seems more historically accurate than other AC's, which have tons of wild bullshit. This at least is based on something real lol. Not worth getting mad about though, but I do understand SOME of the complaints.

What's more pressing is the payment/content model for a SP game, and any potential shit gameplay decisions. But of course this stupid nothingburger drama will hide those REAL problems.

8 months ago