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WonderingSword5
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But just from the honest criticism alone, imagine how readers and critics out there will look at this, they'll probably call me a racist for making this storyIt's not a bad thing for authors to think about stuff like this, but you can't use it as
The MC's bloodline, his villain teacher and his good teacher all don't have any mixing of ethnicities and all three are just white. And the Chinese emperor would be just Chinese, so no mixed heritage as well. What do you mean by no ethnicity?Is there a bloodline that does not have some mixing of ethnicities? Is it possible to have a villain with no ethnicity at all?
I'm trying, but that fear sometimes takes overTruth is, the world is full of people who can deal, and those that cant will hold us back. Let go of them.
It's not that I don't believe in it, it's that I want to write it best I can so it doesn't end up as one big mess of clichés and stereotypesIf in writing your story your sense is its just too far over the line, then maybe its not the story you believe in anyway.
I have a great story in mind. I just need to change things up, maybe I should just change the wife's heritage from being Ainu to just Japanese?You need to the write the story in you heart and be true to it. A good story is a good story. Aim for that