Well it didn’t take too long did it?! Not even 12 hours after the absolutely amazing trailer for God of War: Ragnarok released, a few people we shall affectionately refer to as “Racist scumbags” have pulled themselves from the slimy pits of pain and despair to moan about a character in the game being black…
Oh yes thanks to the “Front page of the internet” I’ve now been subjected to the mentality of people who can accept that a Greek man wandered the world till he rocked up, fathered Loki and murdered a good few of the Norse gods, but heaven forbid if any other human on the planet made moves anywhere else, especially a black human. The character in question is Angrboda, a new face who seems to be an ally to Kratos and his son as they undertake their new adventure. If the mythology is anything to go by Angrboda will be a love interested for Atreus as the game goes on and will perhaps be one of the few remaining giants. However, while this all sounds very interesting, as above a few gutter dwellers of the web have taken issue simply because Santa Monica have cast her as a black character…
COME ON PEOPLE!!! The world if full of diversity! Vikings also famously liked to pinch people from places they plundered in the same way they liked to pinch objects, you think all those folk they kidnapped and enslaved were white? Welcome to reality, no forgo that reality, take your axe, and enjoy what will no doubt be a well crafted adventure, WITH PEOPLE OF COLOUR YOU GOD FORAKEN BIGOTS!