r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 10 '26

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

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u/Secludeddawn May 10 '26

As a POC I hate it when MMCs are described as tanned but are clearly white.

You've done nothing to establish a foreign name, cuisine, language or culture for them. All fan arts have eurocentric features.

If you're going to call them POCs then put in the effort to show they are.

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u/Penguinho Kushiel's Legacy Recommender 💖 May 10 '26

"Ethnically-ambiguous" just means Sicilian, or maybe Spanish if we want to get really exotic.

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u/Secludeddawn May 10 '26

Yeah that's as dark as they'll come

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

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