"Let the weather win? I smile the frig out of clouds."-Sera Discussion Thread v3

Does internalized racism always mean that anyone who has it would change themselves physically? Even if they were being treated as no different from others, had a stable support group of friends and family?
I'd rather not presume something about someone as an absolute if they have not said anything that proves it.

I am British. I am not ashamed to be British. I can't stand British "patriots" who set Britain up as somehow as superior because we once had Empire that spanned the world.

I just popped in and have to say. Sera is one of my favorites from DAI. I can't bring myself to romance her because she seems so young, but I love having her in my party.

Now, the conversation about her hating herself because she's an elven, I never saw her hating herself, I saw her hating the system that called for elvens to hate themselves. Let's face it, there's an aire of discrimination in Thedas and it targets the elves, the poor and the mages. Ok, Sera may have issues with mages(I'd say it was because of what happened in the orphanage), but she rebels against the negative attitudes directed at the poor and the elves. The fact that what she is alienates her and puts her in a lower class isn't the issue, the issue is she challenges the percieved superiority of the nobles. As far as she's concerned they are no better than she is and she hates the idea of having to take rediculous measures to be accepted. That isn't self hate, it's her pulling herself out of the illusion of society and really pondering what qualities a person must possess to truly be superior...or if superiority is a lie.

Anyway, that's how I see her and I think she's awesome.

She doesn't hate herself. She hates being told what she should be.

She wasn't raised in the Alienage. She barely remembers it. She was raised by Lady Emmald and then on the streets.

She grew up apart from other Elves so she has no feeling for their culture, and it's clear from various comments she makes in that she has been teased for being different, and has rebelled against it. She hates being told that she's "the wrong sort of elf."

I think to fall into the "self-hatred" category you need to have been raised in a culture and made a conscious effort to reject it. That's not Sera. She was part-raised by a human, made her own way, and was then told that she was wrong.

Always? As in, every person who has been discriminated against that you don't know, who would have a different experience, education, peers, town, philosophy and lifestyle would always go to a doctor to change themselves cosmetically to fit in better?
And yes, self hatred is not a healthy state, but I wasn't trying to argue that. I'd like it if you'd pick out in game evidence that supports Sera wanting to be human compared to say, a qunari or a dwarf. Because otherwise, subtext is just a feeling for each person and feelings are too tricky to take as evidence.

Ah, did not know that. Are you able to find the exact quote?

Not the point. You can argue that the result looks like racist views in terms of her antipathy to Dalish culture, and she's clearly become obstinate and unreasonable about it, but at cause it's a reaction against them being mean to her. She's responding to those who said she wasn't a real elf with hatred.

She certainly doesn't hate elves as people, even if she despises the culture. See her reaction to the slaughtered servants at Halamshiral as evidence for that.

I'm pretty sure she'd have been happier with Elven culture if those elves who rejected her had been more accepting. By Trespasser she's calmed down about that side of things, anyway, as those events slip into her past and she feels that she has friends in the Inquisition.

These last few pages...



isn't he the guy who called Obama a house negro on BSN Prime? Got perma banned eventually for spouting off racist garbage, yeah, the ignore feature people is a wonderful thing. I look forward to his rebuttal, hope he brings some more lolReddit quotes. Tuck in those ears Sera, tuck em in!!! 

Oh and also, I've updated the OP. I think it's semi-decent, I'm no Natashina but I'll try to be organised somewhat.



If you got anything else you want me to do holler pls.

Yeah. In particular, "Thousand Cuts" definitely fits with a dual wielder better, but I just can't spec Sera as anything other than an archer. It doesn't seem right...