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I wonder if there could be different cultural associations at play with the FGO robin. I associate Robin Hood with woodsiness and therefore with colors like bro
by harimau777 2y ago
I wonder if there could be different cultural associations at play with the FGO robin. I associate Robin Hood with woodsiness and therefore with colors like browns and greens. So a bright blue bird looks out of place to me while a mostly brown robin would not. Perhaps there is something cultural that blue might seem like less of an odd choice to someone from Japanese culture?
- esdf 2y agoThere is actually a blue/green language quirk in Japanese and they even have blue traffic lights because of this
- KineticLensman 2y ago(UK here) Several native UK birds - e.g. Blue Tits - have blue elements but I don't think we have any wholly blue birds, so yes, an entirely blue bird to me immediately seems exotic, and definitely not a robin. Because we have juvenile Robins in our garden I am quite used to seeing Robins that don't have the classic red breast (they acquire this permanently in their first main moult) and I can now recognise Robins from their behaviours as well as their colouration. I agree with you that Robin Hood would have 'woodsiness' colours but until I read your comment I wouldn't have thought of comparing Robin (the bird) with Robin Hood (medieval outlaw).
- Dalewyn 2y agoFor some context, FGO Robin Hood (he actually hails from Fate/Extra) is not actually the Robin Hood. He's actually "a" Robin Hood, a random bloke out of many more "honorable thieves".