This conversation was happening in certain corners of our fandom long before the graphic novel art reveal took place yesterday. Much of the criticism also focuses on how that color (or, to be more specific, green skin) has anti-semitic connotations. There was concern we had failed to follow through on an opportunity to get better representation for Latinx listeners, instead opting to take a safe route, and make Taako a fantasy color without any kind of real-world connection. What we’ve heard most is disappointment that Taako is not realized in these pages as a person of color - or, to be more specific, a Latinx or explicitly Mexican character. More or less all of the criticism we’ve received centers on Taako, whose skin is a pale blue color in these designs. Us and the graphic novel team realized that, yes, that is extremely bad, went back to the drawing board, and had several long discussions about how to best rectify this situation, resulting in the artwork revealed yesterday. This artwork reveal came some months after the first reveal of some of our characters, for which we also received criticism of our three leads, all of whom were white in these initial designs. Yesterday, we revealed some pages for our graphic novel adaptation of the first Adventure Zone arc, and received some criticism of the direction we went with for Taako’s coloring.
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