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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I will not rest until all the characters are gay and you will not stop me

In all seriousness, this is a non issue and idk why you're trying to do some weird gay ratio calculus

[–] imaqtpie 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It seems to me that you're the one doing some weird gay ratio calculus. As far as I'm concerned, there is plenty of LGBT representation in video games and LGBT creators and consumers are perfectly able to create and consume all sorts of content that suits their sexual preferences. Sexuality can be emphasized or it can be minimized, depending on the individual preferences of the creators and consumers.

But you think that this state of affairs is problematic, and that we need to be making a strong effort to make sure that video game characters are explicitly stated to be LGBT as much as possible. Feels pretty egocentric; your obsession with having characters in media reflect your own traits would seem to indicate a difficulty empathizing with people from other groups with different experiences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I just made the following characters gay and/or trans

The Riddler

Crash Bandicoot

All of the characters of Kingdom Hearts

Don Lino from Shark Tale

Your mother

Isaacs mother from The Binding of Isaac

Ness' mother from EarthBound

I will continue and you cannot stop me.

[–] imaqtpie 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can have whatever headcanon you like, but imagining that fictional characters are gay and getting angry when others don't indulge your fantasy doesn't seem like the most enjoyable activity. Just let everyone interpret art however they want. Thank you for your cooperation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You are now gay

[–] imaqtpie 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Always has been