The LGBT thread (Revisited)

[Runa216]

RolStoppable said:

Runa216 said:

Why would it? I think that'd be interesting, for sure, and given the writing of the last game I'm sure it'd be compelling somehow. (Kratos is Greek, and greeks had male lovers pretty frequently, if you remember history) Nobody's buying *Redacted* because The main character's a lesbian, they're buying it because it's fun and well written. Some people will feel more validated knowing that they are being included, but I can't think of any reason anyone would buy a game solely because there's a gay character in it. that would be silly.

The real question is: would you avoid the next God of War if they did that even if you otherwise loved the prior entries? 

The issue here is that gay folks buy games whether they're represented or not, but probably feel far better respected if they are represented. it's inclusion of minorities, not exclusion of majorities. Straight people (or otherwise bigoted people who are for whatever reason uncomfortable with gay/lesbian/queer folk) will VERY clearly avoid games in order to 'not support an SJW agenda' while trying to frame it as their actions being somehow rebellious or righteous. That's the issue. People who are part of the majority acting like they're being repressed because they are subjected to the reality of gay people existing in their bubble. This was never about 'pandering', it was always about representation. 

The way you phrased your question makes it sound like you were trying REALLY hard to 'gotcha' to whoever responded. Like, the way it was asked made it clear like you had a canned response of 'see? so why would you support this?' if anyone said 'No, it's thematically inappropriate' or something. Maybe you weren't planning that and maybe that was never your intention, but I see all sorts of that all the time on this forum and elsewhere. In time you learn to pick up on what's bait and what's a genuine question. whether it was intended or not, your inquiry sounded like bait to me. 

You are too quick to jump on the hate train and that's counterproductive if you are aiming for a goal of more tolerance and understanding.

I prefer to say that I've seen far too many examples of people being purposefully disingenuous or purposefully misrepresentating the issues to let this sort of thing slip past. 90% of political discourse today starts innocuously enough, with softball questions or leading questions meant to deliberately guide the thought process to a place where they can dictate the narrative. It's exactly the sort of thing that certain political commentators do to cat innocent. 'I'm just asking questions' or 'think about it'. 

It's such a reprehensible way to push shitty political agendas that I am particularly keen on stopping it in its tracks before it gets any momentum. 

I did not know TopCat was a Gaymer. The question was presented in a way it sounded like he was trying to...

wait, why am I responding to Rolstoppable? NOW I took the bait.