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JWeinCom on 01 May 2020
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Snoorlax said:
JWeinCom said:

Explain to me why including positive portrayal of trans or queer people for instance would be "unnecessary political undertones", while positive portrayals of cis-gendered heterosexuals would not be?

The way I see it, it's a political message either way.  The only difference is how the complainer feels about the group of people or type of relationship being portrayed.

I don't think i need to explain this to you if you'd actually played the first game. Ellie was shown to have romantic feelings for another girl in the DLC which nobody had a problem with, in fact, most accepted or embraced it.

But her sexuality is not what the whole game was about nor even heterosexual relationships, it was about Joel and Ellie trying to survive this zombie apocalypse and building up this father daughter relationship together. 

From the next game's trailers, leaks, interviews and even response after the leaks it seems this whole sexuality thing is a major point of the whole game, ditching old characters in favor of this political acceptance message. Cause you see, some people here like to make it a "Heterosexual vs Gays" thing but it's not about that at all, it's that the game is being heavily directed in a way most fans didn't expect it to go in and is really not what the original game is known for.

I haven't actually played the game, so my comments are based in the general discussions I've seen around this issue.  That being said I believe Ellie was 14 or so in the game?  And this game she's a young adult?  It makes sense that sexuality is going to be a bigger part of her life at this point.  Just like romantic (yet strangely platonic) relationships became much more prevalent in the Harry Potter books as the characters aged. 

Disregarding that, do you honestly think the backlash would be the same if this was a heterosexual relationship?  Because I've seen similar objections tons of times in regards to gay, trans characters, in all sorts of circumstances, yet not once have I heard anyone accused of pushing a heterosexual acceptance agenda.