- To get it off my chest right away, it feels wrong to deem the people as “Hispanic Skull Islanders.” Seems too racial and might raise some red flags.
- The sword the main trio discover in “Breakfast fit for a Kong” has certain characteristics that align with the qualities of the swords used by Conquistadors from the Age of Exploration. The gold-tint, the design itself, and the fact that it displayed obvious evidence of aging. The connection puts itself together granted some research into history is done.
- Historically speaking, Conquistadors were mostly from what is modern-day Spain and Portugal. The language they would’ve brought wherever they went was Spanish, the very language that the Island Girl spook to Kong with. The Conquistadors explored and mapped everywhere in the world outside of European knowledge, including the South Pacific Ocean. There are certain routes that you can look up that intercept the area where the Monsterverse Skull Island is located.
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in what way is "Hispanic" racial and red flag raising
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Forgive me. Race and Ethnicity are NOT the same thing. A very bad misconception on my part…..
"Hispanic" is a Wikipedia page, and there's no indication of it being a sensitive term on Wiktionary. I cannot see the problem with this.
“Ferdinand Magellan, originally of Portugal, was commissioned by Spain to forge a route to the East Indies, which is today known as Southeast Asia. Although Magellan died during his voyage in the Philippines in 1521, his ship and crew made the first circumnavigation of Earth, meaning a complete trip around the world.”
A little something I found that upholds what I know. The facts check out enough that I had proclaimed the Island Girl and her people “Iberian” Skull Islanders for such reasons.
You took no notes from this conversation the other week, I take it.
You're once again overanalyzing minute details and running with whatever conclusion you draw from them as if it's unassailable. My understanding is that the absolute most we know about these islanders (from tweets and not even the show itself, mind you) is that the girl had ancestors who spoke Spanish and landed on Skull Island. You have entirely invented the notion that they were from the Iberian Peninsula, they came during the 16th century, and that they were sailing for colonization. What if the girl is only a few generations removed from them? Hell, even if they came 200 years ago that would still be too late to qualify as conquistadors. Or what if we said they did come in the 16th century, but they were from non-peninsular Spain or Andorra or Gibraltar, and therefore not "Iberian"?
You're making a series of extremely specific claims that are very easily dismantled without further evidence beyond, from what I gather: "there's a gold sword".
You’re raising continuous good points. I have not forgotten what I said 2 weeks ago. I did say that I would do my best. I’m trying.
I want to believe that, but I've yet to see it. Also, what you actually said in that thread was "I'm still gonna try my best to avoid expunging ... head-canon", i.e. you're not gonna stop. I assume that was a typo, but so far it seems more honest.