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MA student @commuic | 2021 REMS fellow @umsi | 2021-2022 editor @PS_journal | identity, multiplicities, & digital cultures | they/them thylf who says things

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    1. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

      Hibby Retweeted Carolyn Petit

      I want to start off by saying that this is an AMAZING piece that really expresses how I felt watching my partner playing this game - I can’t play these games myself because I suck at anything not turn-based (also because I get scared so easily) #LastOfUsPartll #LastOfUsPart2https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle/status/1277730092160962560 …

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      Carolyn PetitVerified account @carolynmichelle
      I wrote about The Last of Us Part II, games as dreamspaces, and how this game completely lost me, then won me back just a bit. Like the game it's about, my piece is arguably too long, but I had a lot to say. I've never wrestled with a game quite so much. https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/broken-people-broken-worlds-thoughts-on-the-last-of-us-part-ii-a012de5d2acf …
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      Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

      But I wanted to touch on some points Carolyn had about the queer/trans representation in this game. I’ve been researching trans rep for the past year, using @adrishaw’s @LGBTQ_GA, and while I am still quite new to research and scholarly work, I wanted to express my own thoughts.

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        2. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          First, this game is centered on two queer women: Ellie (white) and Dina (Jewish-American I believe), as well as a white woman with a muscular build, Abby. Lev, an Asian trans boy, is a huge part of Abby’s side of the story.

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        3. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          The first Last of Us game really shook up the AAA scene, as Left Behind showed us that Ellie liked girls, one being her best friend Riley. Not only was it a same-sex relationship, but Riley was also Black. It was and is still very rare to see QTPOC, let alone QTBIPOC, in games.

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        4. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Riley dies however, and in this newly released second game, Dina is Ellie’s new love interest. I remember being surprised when they opened up E3 with Ellie and Dina’s kiss in 2018. In an industry full of toxicity towards women, queer/transness, and PoC, it was shocking to see.

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        5. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Unsurprising however is the fact that this series’ inclusion of (and in Part II, centering of) queer/trans people has been met with a lot of backlash from gamers. GamerGate is still alive and well, but cishet dudebros weren’t the only ones mad.

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        6. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          LGBTQ gamers/players were also outraged, as info came out about the queer/trans characters in the game. I remember on Part II’s launch day having my feed full of angry queer/trans people, talking about a “trans sex scene reveal” and “trans character being crucified and deadnamed”

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        7. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          I was instantly interested in finding out more, because I had seen in my research that so much of transness in video games is suffering, being the butt of a joke, and being treated like a freak. My partner bought the game and I quietly watched to see if what I had heard was true.

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        8. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          First off, there is no trans sex scene reveal. And by “trans sex scene reveal,” I mean a scene in which a character’s transness is revealed during sex. Usually this is accompanied by shock or disgust. Some examples of this include:

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        9. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Shablee from Leisure Suit Larry 6. She’s a Black trans woman who is revealed to have a penis when Larry is about to have sex with her. The moment after implies that Larry was r*ped by her. She’s misgendered from that point on.pic.twitter.com/XLVD7CBDbo

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        10. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4. While not explicitly trans and never shown having sex, their inner self attempts to perform a gender reaffirmation surgery on them to “become a man”. This shocks the rest of the cast and they fight to stop Naoto’s “Shadow” from doing this.pic.twitter.com/GJwTsjJc7f

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        11. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          There are other examples as well, & Naoto isn’t the perfect example, but their portrayal still echoes trans narratives. Anyways, Abby was thought to be trans but she’s just a very muscular woman. I saw both cishet dudebros & trans gamers think this (purposefully or accidentally).

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        12. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          It’s problematic because it assumes women can’t be of Abby’s build. If she’s muscular, she’s not feminine, and thus, lesser and ugly. Whatever your opinion of Abby as a character, she is refreshing representation for an industry that rarely shows body diversity in women.

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        13. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Then the second thing: a trans character crucified and deadnamed. When I heard this, I immediately wanted to tell my partner to not buy the game. A trans character not only being murdered, but CRUCIFIED? It really made me angry.

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        14. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          However, this is partially false. Lev, the character in question, is tied to a pole near the end of the game, but this is because him and Abby are kidnapped by the Rattlers, a group who catch humans to force them into slavery. Nothing to do with his transness, BUT

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        15. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          I will say that my heart hurts to see another trans character face violence when so many trans people (especially trans PoC) face violence in real life. However, violence is central to this game, but its violence overall is another discussion to be had.

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        16. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Trans characters in all media face so much violence. Trans people really can’t get away from this violence that they already face in real life. Just look to @Disclosure_Doc for how this manifests in film and television.

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        17. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Now onto the deadnaming, Lev is only ever deadnamed and misgendered by the religious group he comes from, the Seraphites. He’s hunted after shaving his head to match the men of the group. And I’ve seen critiques say, “deadnaming no matter who does it is still bad” and to that I-

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        18. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          agree, but it is really astounding how NO ONE outside of the Seraphites ever misgenders him. Everyone, even the Rattlers who kidnap him, refer to him as a boy. While I’m sad trans characters still have to face harm to be seen, I take this as some progress.

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        19. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Now, is this groundbreaking representation? It depends what you’re considering groundbreaking. Has there ever been such a mainstream game that centers queer women and a trans man of color? Not that I know of. However, as @carolynmichelle talked about in her piece, a truly bold-

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        20. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          and divisive game would imagine a reality in which this violence doesn’t have to be all there is. It’s a limit that AAA games have - if the shooting stops, it’s no longer of worth. As she said as well, I really want Lev, Ellie, and Dina to be happy.

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        21. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          I want queer/trans people to be represented in not only their suffering, but joy as well. There’s not enough queer/trans joy in video games currently. #LastOfUsPartII #LastOfUsPart2

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        22. Hibby‏ @HibbyThach 30 Jun 2020

          Idk if that was as helpful or as insightful as I wanted it to be, but I hope it helped or informed at least some people. Also, #BlackLivesMatter and #DefundThePolice.

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