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I've been mulling over a story for quite some time and I have a question to ask the community. First off, let me start by saying I am in no way racist towards the below mentioned people and that it is in no way terrorist propaganda, second, I want to tell you how I came to this:
Awhile back I was thinking of making a story in a completely fictional world with characters that had our world names. The setting was kind of inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender, and at the time I was like "oh, fire=bad" so I started off by giving all of the bad guy characters names from really hot places, like: South America, Africa, the Middle-East etc. But then I was like "they're too diverse; I want them to be more of a collective, but still show the good and bad of both sides" so I looked up the hottest place on Earth (which was Libya) and gave the antagonists names that were native to Libya. I went DEEP into research for each character's name so that each one meant something. I'll give some examples: Muammar Saab=Long Lived/Morning, Marid Nagi=Rebellious/Close Friend, Shahin Rostami=Falcon Bird/unknown etc.
Now at first they ARE the antagonists, but as the story progresses we see the good and bad of not only them, but also the other 4 fictional places I made up that were inspired by real-world places (Africa, the Americas, Eastern Asian, and most of Europe) and gave the nations made up names (Middle East=Orisuphar, Africa=Kapher, Europe=Eurzhou, Asia=Asugea, Americas=Novumeric).
Now, this always bothered me because if I ever came out with an actual story like this, people might think of my intentions as intolerant and racist, but like I said before, we see the good and bad of everything. The only difference is that at the start of the story Orisuphar is the antagonist for war, but then we see Eurzhou getting involved with some questionable shit (i.e. kidnapping, creating monsters, and ruining civilian lives), Kapher turns out to be disorganized and filled with crime, Novumeric is also out of control with constant smuggling/drug trade/political imbalance, and Asugea is very intolerant/strict.
However, my story also portrays some very nice and upstanding people from those very places. It also shows the good and beauty of each nation, and how they see the world.
Anyway, it turns out very political in the end.
So what do you guys think? I think the character names are pretty set in stone but I wanted some feedback.
PS Please no joking.
PPS I would also like to mention that because I was already worried about negative feedback, I made 5 of the main characters from different ethnic backgrounds: Hebrew, European, Indigenous American, African, Middle Eastern.
Awhile back I was thinking of making a story in a completely fictional world with characters that had our world names. The setting was kind of inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender, and at the time I was like "oh, fire=bad" so I started off by giving all of the bad guy characters names from really hot places, like: South America, Africa, the Middle-East etc. But then I was like "they're too diverse; I want them to be more of a collective, but still show the good and bad of both sides" so I looked up the hottest place on Earth (which was Libya) and gave the antagonists names that were native to Libya. I went DEEP into research for each character's name so that each one meant something. I'll give some examples: Muammar Saab=Long Lived/Morning, Marid Nagi=Rebellious/Close Friend, Shahin Rostami=Falcon Bird/unknown etc.
Now at first they ARE the antagonists, but as the story progresses we see the good and bad of not only them, but also the other 4 fictional places I made up that were inspired by real-world places (Africa, the Americas, Eastern Asian, and most of Europe) and gave the nations made up names (Middle East=Orisuphar, Africa=Kapher, Europe=Eurzhou, Asia=Asugea, Americas=Novumeric).
Now, this always bothered me because if I ever came out with an actual story like this, people might think of my intentions as intolerant and racist, but like I said before, we see the good and bad of everything. The only difference is that at the start of the story Orisuphar is the antagonist for war, but then we see Eurzhou getting involved with some questionable shit (i.e. kidnapping, creating monsters, and ruining civilian lives), Kapher turns out to be disorganized and filled with crime, Novumeric is also out of control with constant smuggling/drug trade/political imbalance, and Asugea is very intolerant/strict.
However, my story also portrays some very nice and upstanding people from those very places. It also shows the good and beauty of each nation, and how they see the world.
Anyway, it turns out very political in the end.
So what do you guys think? I think the character names are pretty set in stone but I wanted some feedback.
PS Please no joking.
PPS I would also like to mention that because I was already worried about negative feedback, I made 5 of the main characters from different ethnic backgrounds: Hebrew, European, Indigenous American, African, Middle Eastern.
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