So Last of Us II,which has an unavoidable conversation in the main storyline about how trans kids will not "desist" and trying to get them to is abuse,has sold over 4 mil copies Just something to think about when weighing the value of someone's Twine game vs AAA representation
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For all the screaming about how allegedly traumatizing the trans plotline will allegedly be for trans people (wasn't for me), consider how many of these copies are likely being sold in the UK where the opposite argument spreads like wildfire in the newspapers daily
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For some cis players this will be the first time they've thought about this issue and for others it'll be the first time they'll hear our side They would never be in the target audience for some experimental amateur game
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(incidentally based on trophies 25% have now completed the story, so it's likely a lot of people are definitely seeing this part of the story)
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(and I will note as I've seen the final trophy percentage rise, the Disc Horse about the game has become less overwhelmingly negative. almost like a huge number of people had completely wrong preconceptions, only like half of which were the developer's fault)
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Also I want to note that doing a post apocalypse shitworld trans kid storyline is actually a statement, in a way that doing it in Halo or something wouldn't be - because it's saying "no, trans people will exist even in evil zombie cults, there's no 'gender id*ology'"
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Lev very specifically has zero exposure to anything except the teachings of a right wing (obviously Christian heretics, but that's not stated) cult, no old world music or movies, and even believes most of it, but he's still trans
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But they also don't go and pull punches like Bioware did with their totalitarian cult with a trans person in it and say "oh yeah, they're only bigoted about things that aren't real, like magic, they're actually all about all real marginalized identities"
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I mean there's still games like Rimworld which are popular indie titles declaring homosexuality would be a disadvantage in a survival situation because Gotta Make Babies, and TLOU2 just barrels on past that bullsht But, Disc Horse gonna Horse on a Disc
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I have really mixed feelings about people getting all reactive and defiant "I want MY imaginary worlds to have NO real life oppression AT ALL" I can see the appeal of that sometimes but seriously
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