Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6986530-20191121043451/@comment-6986530-20191121053408

2602:306:8042:1180:B83E:2E51:4490:ABA6 wrote: Octo, please listen to Jewish fans on this. I'm in full agreement that the references to Hitler are in incredibly poor taste, and claiming her to be fully inspired by him should not be allowed on the wiki. I've seen new fans be antisemitic fully because they think it's okay to be, since "the wiki says this one is based on Hitler."

This isn't a matter of whether something is quote unquote 'problematic,' its a matter of safety for fans. Also, she just straight up is not based directly on Hitler. Does she ever read from Mein Kampf in the story? Quote it? No. Does she quote the Manhattan Project's lead scientist? Yes. Does she parallel America's discovery of and subsequent destruction with nuclear bombs? Yes. I would argue that if not meant to represent America itself, she's meant to be a commentary on nuclear warfare being discovered immediately driving humanity to ruin. Ykno, Like A Japanese Man Might Write

I'm sorry if there are fans who are using Nemesis to justify their hatred and bigotry. I will say right here and now that the wiki does not condone this in the slightest.

But considering that Nemesis is, as I pointed out, a villainous (if complex) character that ends up murdering everyone on Earth, I don't see how it's dangerous to admit the parallels and clarify the differences between her and Hitler. She's not meant to be a role model. It's comparable to how Full Metal Alchemist's setting has parallels to Nazi Germany (complete with the Pride-sinned character being the Fuhrer dictator of that country too.)