OK no but for real, if the devs behind FFXV legit think they've made a "sincere and honest" portrayal of how straight dudes act sans ladies-
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- then that's down to a vast and yawning chasm of cultural difference, a false perception of how hypermasculinity works, and/or queer devs.
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Honestly, I suspect the second one of those is most likely. It's like that episode of Supernatural where Dean ends up in the real Wild West-
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- and suddenly has all his polished, stylised, Hollywood notions of cowboying blown to shit by the sordid reality. Only here, it's like -
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- what you'd get if, instead of going to the *real* Wild West, Dean wrote a game about how he thought it would work. There is a dissonance.
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"Ah yes, hypermasculine soldiers should CLEARLY be wearing 'fatigues' that are, in fact, super queer club gear. Especially Gladio."
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"Sir, do you think soldiers in the field would really give up an armour slot for hair gel?" "Of course they would! They're not ANIMALS."
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oh my god. oh my god, you guys. I just realised. it all makes sense now. GINA LINETTI DESIGNED FFXV.
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EVERYTHING ABOUT FFXV'S QUEERNESS AND ANACHRONISMS MAKES PERFECT SENSE IF YOU IMAGINE GINA LINETTI AS THE WORLDBUILDING CONSULTANT.
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Devs: Are you sure straight men dress like this? Like, manly straight men? Gina: They do in my dreams, sweetpea.
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Devs: So, should Noctis talk about Luna's hotness? Gina: Pfft, that scrub? Girl, she could do SO much better. Devs: [furious scribbling]
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Devs: We're stuck on how Noctis & Luna can communicate through the blockades- Gina: Give them a dog. Devs: What? Gina: Dogs are AMAZING.
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It has to be acknowledged, though: it's a recipe for the BEST GAME EVER. xD xD xD
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