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northern-passage · 2 years ago

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it's in the lgbt tag but people are mad that it's lgbt??? what do they expect

i think in IF when people see it labelled/tagged as lgbt they just assume it depends on the player. there are a lot of games that use the gender selection mechanic and the characters are "playersexual", so some players can play whole games without ever encountering any kind of lgbt content, despite the game being advertised that way. and i don't think that's necessarily bad, gender selection is like a very significant mechanic and why a lot of people like IF, and is exactly why there are a lot of lgbt readers to begin with. but it definitely blurs the line and can be disingenuous sometimes.

#which is like. i mean i don't inherently think playersexual is a bad thing i guess but it's not my favorite #but there are a lot of games that are like that and then just have minor side characters #that are nb/trans or gay. but that's something transphobes/homophobes can easily ignore #like a nb character that appears once in an optional scene or something...#but that's how you get bigots playing some of these games #that's how you get ppl saying shit like 'MY mason is straight and would never date a man'#lmfao #and IF has always been really weird abt nb characters #wanting their agab so they can deem them worthy of romance and ignore their gender expression lol #literally the last line of that review (which i cropped out) was that person directly saying they 'couldnt ignore it anymore'#so. 🤷#they admit it themselves #ask #anonymous

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