D&D 5E WotC to increase releases per year?

[LuisCarlos17f]

I have just read eOne is going to produce a preschool cartoon, Kiya, an African 7y superheroine.

‘Peppa Pig’ Studio eOne Greenlights Pre-School Series ‘Kiya’; Disney+ Picks Up Show Globally

EntertainmentOne, the Hasbro-owned studio behind Peppa Pig, has greenlit new pre-school series superhero series, Kiya.

deadline.com

You can bet Hasbro will hire cultural consultants and not only for WotC.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

England and western Europe hasn't really been treated with the same sort of Otherness that Asia and Africa has.

Especially in fantasy... most fantasy written by Americans that is set in a "pre-modern technology world" is inspired heavily from Western European history.

Most famous example, George RR Martin and Game of Thrones. American author, very much British medieval inspired, and I don't think any Americans think of it as "Other."

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Yes and I SPECIFICALLY call that kind of thing out.

I mean, I picked up the worst example of this to illustrate my point, but if you play a samurai and are doing a Japanese accent the whole time... well, maybe don't do that.

 

[Deset Gled]

No, Americans means anyone from the continents of North and South America. Just as European means anyone from the continent of Europe, and that includes the English, whether they like it or not.

Veering farther and farther from the topic of the thread here, but...

This is something that I have been told a few times in my life, but never by someone who it would actually apply to. The Canadians that I know would generally be insulted to be called American, as would people from Mexico. People from South America use South American, when needed, but would more typically use Brazilian or whatever nationality is specific. People from Central American countries are often grouped with some variation on Latin (previously Latino or Latina, nowadays Latin, Latinx or Latine), but Latin-American is really only used for US citizens.

While I understand that you are trying to be pedantically and linguistically correct, it doesn't really work that way in practice. It would be confusing to call someone from Chile "American" the same way it would be confusing to call someone from Yekaterinburg "Asian" or someone from the Middle East as "African". Also, it can sometimes come off as a little culturally insensitive.

 

[Parmandur]

Veering farther and farther from the topic of the thread here, but...

This is something that I have been told a few times in my life, but never by someone who it would actually apply to. The Canadians that I know would generally be insulted to be called American, as would people from Mexico. People from South America use South American, when needed, but would more typically use Brazilian or whatever nationality is specific. People from Central American countries are often grouped with some variation on Latin (previously Latino or Latina, nowadays Latin, Latinx or Latine), but Latin-American is really only used for US citizens.

While I understand that you are trying to be pedantically and linguistically correct, it doesn't really work that way in practice. It would be confusing to call someone from Chile "American" the same way it would be confusing to call someone from Yekaterinburg "Asian" or someone from the Middle East as "African". Also, it can sometimes come off as a little culturally insensitive.

In English usage, yes. In Spanish, "Americano" does refer to all inhabitants of North and South America, and "Estadounidense" refers to those from the U.S.A. (literally "United States-er").

But to Americans and Canadians...an American specifically means somebody from the United States. And more on topic, the Sword Coast is a deeply Canadian fantasy Setting, not American.

 

[tetrasodium]

In English usage, yes. In Spanish, "Americano" does refer to all inhabitants of North and South America, and "Estadounidense" refers to those from the U.S.A. (literally "United States-er").

But to Americans and Canadians...an American specifically means somebody from the United States. And more on topic, the Sword Coast is a deeply Canadian fantasy Setting, not American.

I'm pretty sure "Americano" is generally a reference to a cup of coffee prepared in a particular way

 

[Urriak Uruk]

In English usage, yes. In Spanish, "Americano" does refer to all inhabitants of North and South America, and "Estadounidense" refers to those from the U.S.A. (literally "United States-er").

But to Americans and Canadians...an American specifically means somebody from the United States. And more on topic, the Sword Coast is a deeply Canadian fantasy Setting, not American.

Considering how Wisconsin is practically Canada, can we just say all of D&D is Canadian and wrap up these debates?

 

[Parmandur]

I'm pretty sure "Americano" is generally a reference to a cup of coffee prepared in a particular way

in italiano, si.

 

[Parmandur]

Considering how Wisconsin is practically Canada, can we just say all of D&D is Canadian and wrap up these debates?

The distance between Wisconsin and Ontario isn't huge, in the grand scheme of things, either culturally or geographically.

 

[tetrasodium]

in italiano, si.

Most of the Cuban restaurants I've been to as well. With all the cuban expats here in south florida I doubt it's coincidence that it's a cubano, cuban coffee, or americano with "coffee" always getting confirmed