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What do you mean by "English", in a modern day sense or in a 10th century sense? I'm not even sure there was a concept of "English" in the 10th century.
by shusson 6y ago
What do you mean by "English", in a modern day sense or in a 10th century sense? I'm not even sure there was a concept of "English" in the 10th century.
- billyoyo 6y agoit was precisely the 10th century when the concept of English emerged, with Athelstan being regarded as the first king of England. the ideas of a unified Anglo Saxon people started to emerge at the end of the 9th century I believe, with leaders like Alfred the Great
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoWhat he means is that you can't expect a mostly French Canadian talent pool to create a work of fiction that isn't at least slightly biased against the English. Everyone has their biases.
- belval 6y agoThis is just untrue. Most French Canadian don't have anything against the English and most certainly did not use a video game to express their "anger" of events that happened more than 300 years ago. 9th century England had very little in common with the British empire of the 18th century that crushed the French in America. If you want to argue that they have biases against the English because they are "French" Canadian, then I think you need to avoid making claims on the Internet on topics of which you know nothing.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoMost Americans don't have anything against the Russians yet they seem to be the default bad guys in a lot of our fictional entertainment. And you need to do some reading up on Canadian history. French Canada doesn't like the rest of Canada and vise versa. But the animosity extends in part to the European counterparts. You seem to think I think the Ubisoft employees are seething with hatred for the English. I don't. I'm just saying that given their cultural baggage (as a group) this is likely to a blind spot where they're less likely to notice.
- robteix 6y ago> French Canada doesn't like the rest of Canada and vise versa. Please stop these generalizations that are borderline racist. I personally have nothing against the English, for example. If you hate us so much, that's on you. Go watch, say, The Last Kingdom on Netflix. It wasn't made by Ubisoft or French Canadians. And yet the depiction of English vs Danes is pretty much the same: the cowardly christians with their silly religion. That's the POV of one character. It is flawed as well. But it has nothing to do with French Canadians, come on. > I'm just saying that given their cultural baggage (as a group) this is likely to a blind spot where they're less likely to notice. I'm sorry but you seem to be showing your own "cultural baggage" here and projecting it onto others.
- phaemon 6y agoThat's just nonsense. The Last Kingdom literally includes every element that the article complains is missing from the game. Cornwell certainly has an anti Christian bent, but he at least tries to compensate with some relatable characters (Leofric for example).
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- belval 6y agoI live in Quebec and spent most of my high school learning about Quebec (and Canada's) history. Guess what, we actually had a vote on whether we wanted to stay in Canada twice and decided than we'd rather stay with the federation. Do people in Quebec have various opinions on Canada? For sure. Does it extend to the US, UK and the rest of Europe? Absolutely not. And since this is about Valhalla, why on earth would people in Quebec have some biases for Vikings? Quit spewing nonsense on the Internet.