Hi there! I really liked your post and I think there is something weird about the whole pride forgetfulness. I originally noticed it during the game, though it is much more subtle with just one comment from Dina which can be easily missed, and then again in the show, where it is much more present. I agree with you in the sense of not being verosmil, but not as much in the sense that there is no other bias or prejudice in the game. Yes, it's true that it seems that way, but I believe that it is because we have not spent enough time with large groups of people or communities, neither in the game nor in the show, to be able to recognize some of that, we spend almost the entirety of both games with two characters in isolation, where communities are only shown to provide context or move the story forward but not in depth as to what goes on inside them. But, take the scars or Seraphites for example, they have a very strict gendered way of living, where women have the caretaker and domestic roles and men have more of a leader or soldier role (we have Yara tell Abby that Lev was supposed to be on cleaning duty like the women, when he wanted to be a soldier like the men). So, in conclusion, I do think they could have not included that pride segment but at the same time I don't think the world of The Last Of Us is completely void of every other prejudice, it's just that we had not the chance to see it. Thank you for your post!
Hi there! I really liked your post and I think there is something weird about the whole pride forgetfulness. I originally noticed it during the game, though it is much more subtle with just one comment from Dina which can be easily missed, and then again in the show, where it is much more present. I agree with you in the sense of not being verosmil, but not as much in the sense that there is no other bias or prejudice in the game. Yes, it's true that it seems that way, but I believe that it is because we have not spent enough time with large groups of people or communities, neither in the game nor in the show, to be able to recognize some of that, we spend almost the entirety of both games with two characters in isolation, where communities are only shown to provide context or move the story forward but not in depth as to what goes on inside them. But, take the scars or Seraphites for example, they have a very strict gendered way of living, where women have the caretaker and domestic roles and men have more of a leader or soldier role (we have Yara tell Abby that Lev was supposed to be on cleaning duty like the women, when he wanted to be a soldier like the men). So, in conclusion, I do think they could have not included that pride segment but at the same time I don't think the world of The Last Of Us is completely void of every other prejudice, it's just that we had not the chance to see it. Thank you for your post!
good point! the seraphites do seem to be operating under a more conservative mindset in that way