Talk:Ebony

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Are we going to keep that Trivia line about her outfit being controversial due to her light skin and sexualized design? I mean, a fair number of megucas have sexualized costumes and we had a similar line about Lavi being controversial because she's not Native American but that got taken down. Also, where is this controversy supposedly happening? Sondenise (talk) 01:12, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

I suppose you have a point with how many characters have sexualized designs (unfortunately). But we may have to see if her story confirms whether she's natively Egpytian or not. If she is but is still light-skinned, I think it's worth noting the dissonance, and the same goes for Lavi not being confirmed to actually be any kind of American. And the controversy (at least about the racist elements) is "happening" on social media (Tumblr is where I keep up with MR news), and I imagine it might be more common in America than in Japan, but that's just me. --Garr9988 (talk) 01:53, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
I had a suspicion it was tumblr. I'm not seeing any controversy on FB or Twitter. I'm up in the air about Lavi though, it's not as if most of the costumes have to do with the character's race or profession. I mean, Chisato isn't actually a cop, Aimi isn't a cowgirl or has anything to do with ranching, and Sasara isn't actually a knight for example. Sondenise (talk) 02:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

I feel we could keep the controversies, we did leave it up for Rabi/Lavi for a good bit before it was removed, Plus, Chisato has actual controversy on her page where it states she "dislikes" her uniform. And further point. with the magis you mentioned. those are aesthetics. Racism is not an aesthetic. Aimi isn't a cowgirl. she is Japanese. Ebony is Egyptian. She is from Egyptian descent. so her skin tone being light is a fair trivia to have. Plus. if we have NSFW of magis on the page. i think controversy is ok... CafeAuBandage (talk) 04:17, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

If there's controversy, then I don't think there's anything wrong with noting it. It might turn out that Ebony is actually Greek and that's why she has pale skin, but if the story paints her as a native Egyptian, then it seems completely reasonable to note the dissonance. ~ Celtic Minstrel (talk) 06:15, 9 March 2023 (UTC)