Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident

Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by celticmusic on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:28PM (#21204767)

There was recently a brouhaha over a cosplayer being accused of blackface for cosplaying a league of legends character named Pyke.

This cosplayer was a finalist and the competition in question removed her over it.

When I first encountered it this morning my thought was that she ultimately wins because she's getting exposure that she never would have gotten before, and most people aren't ridiculous.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by esrauch on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:49PM (#21205025)

That... doesn't really seem the same.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by kaybe on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:14PM (#21206140)

So what would be the PC way to cosplay a specific dark-skinned character when you are really light-skinned?

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by citizenkeen on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:32PM (#21207700)

Black people seem to be able to dress up as white characters without using white face just fine.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by apacheCamel on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:36PM (#21206407)

Be a light-skinned Pyke. The costume IMO is the most important part. If you have the look, you don't need to put on black-face to have a killer cosplay.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by celticmusic on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:55PM (#21207263)

that's not Pyke.

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Re:Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident by celticmusic on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:35PM (#21206396)

There is no PC way, that's the problem. People just need to get over themselves.

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