- Dec 24, 2018
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Finally got to play the new version.
Ashley's event was just heartbreaking but wholesome in the right ways.
Maria's was nice but i feel like the topic of society's view of half-elves/humans with Elf DNA needs a better explanation, or maybe i'm forgetting a previous dialog because i didn't understand why are Ash and Ellen good to go while Maria got the bad end.
From my understanding Runey is going off of what I'd consider recent concepts of slavery and how children born between free and enslaved parents are recognized.
It wasn't that long ago (and let's be honest, we still see it today) that in America, any African American blood subjected you to the 3/5ths rule. I can't remember if it was 1/16th or 1/32nd but basically any African heritage doomed you to being considered "subhuman."
We live in a world where DNA testing is possible, given how many of us have mixed heritages... well this should cut deep. It's an unfair system and I think Runey is portraying it correctly.