The Sonnenrad is a bit different IMO. It’s definitely a distinct symbol of its own, even if based on pagan symbols. The swastika was pretty much coopted as-is.
In a way that’s kind of worse. Hundreds of millions of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, etc have their holy symbol coopted wholesale by Nazis to the extent where clueless Westerners still show up in Asia and ask why there’s so many swastikas around.
Why, out of all characters, would you give a GERMAN character that outfit and why, out of all the ways to implement it, would you choose to make the sun look MORE swastika like?
I dunno it doesn’t really look that sus to me tbh. It looks like just generic “cool buff knight in armor dude” design to me. It’s like those “tribal” tattoos to me, it doesn’t mean anything it’s just there as an accessory.
I guess it’s possible the person that made that particular piece of content is secretely fash and it’s actually a dogwhistle but I don’t see it really. These kinds of motifs aren’t really that uncommon.
I mean the Sonnenrad was designed after a real pagan symbol and the Sun cross/wheel is not necessarily a nazi symbol. Although the black sun is.
Theoretically, yes. However, in practice it’s kind of a “the Swastika is a Buddhist symbol” kind of argument.
The Sonnenrad is a bit different IMO. It’s definitely a distinct symbol of its own, even if based on pagan symbols. The swastika was pretty much coopted as-is.
In a way that’s kind of worse. Hundreds of millions of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, etc have their holy symbol coopted wholesale by Nazis to the extent where clueless Westerners still show up in Asia and ask why there’s so many swastikas around.
Why, out of all characters, would you give a GERMAN character that outfit and why, out of all the ways to implement it, would you choose to make the sun look MORE swastika like?
I dunno it doesn’t really look that sus to me tbh. It looks like just generic “cool buff knight in armor dude” design to me. It’s like those “tribal” tattoos to me, it doesn’t mean anything it’s just there as an accessory.
I guess it’s possible the person that made that particular piece of content is secretely fash and it’s actually a dogwhistle but I don’t see it really. These kinds of motifs aren’t really that uncommon.