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Whine harder you assholes (lemmy.world)
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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm not seeing the double standard there. Their overall stance sounds like they don't gaf about anyone complaining about the sexuality of characters in video games because it's often completely irrelevant to the game itself.

Or did I misunderstand and you mean that since they didn't call out people complaining about a lack of gay representation they shouldn't call out everyone complaining now that the complaints go both ways?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    I’m not seeing the double standard there.

    If you sleep through all the romantic subplots of the last 40 years of RPGs, but you wake up offended when you discover that Ellie and Riley Kiss at the end of The Last of Us: Left Behind, you're working from a double standard.

    you mean that since they didn’t call out people complaining about a lack of gay representation they shouldn’t call out everyone complaining now that the complaints go both ways?

    Basically this, yes. Although, generically complaining "Ew! Kissy stuff!" would suffice.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    No one gave a fuck about Ellie and Riley kissing in 2014. It wasnt until after the culture wars started that it became a thing. Im still not even sure it is a thing, since everyone was saying that not liking part 2 was only because you dont like "the gayz". Which is bullshit. The fans of the game, knew for 6 years that Ellie was gay, and that she was going to be the only playable character(which turned out to be bullshit), and everyone was still looking forward to it.

    Then the leaks happened, and all of sudden half the fans are bigots...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It just wasn't clear what the "this" in the comment I replied to was referring to, the OP or the comment it replied to. My own comment assumed it was saying thr comment it replied to had the double standard, but I see now that it might have been agreeing with that comment's sentiment but saying the OP was about a double standard.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm in a perspective of hoping for more romantic subplots of any kind. I never played through any generation of RPGs that made those popular, and when they were there, they were hastily written in, or just optional.

    It's why I'm excited for a certain JRPG remake that puts one such relation (between a guy and a girl) front and center, so much so that it becomes a driving element of the story. Those who know, know I suppose.

    One thing that helps in its case is, it doesn't advertise on the box "Romance 1-1000 characters!!" IMO, a good romantic plot sneaks up on you after you've invested in the characters.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    It’s why I’m excited for a certain JRPG remake that puts one such relation (between a guy and a girl) front and center, so much so that it becomes a driving element of the story.

    Are we talking about FF7 or something else?

    IMO, a good romantic plot sneaks up on you after you’ve invested in the characters.

    That's good writing for you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Honestly, I suppose FF7 is another great example, but I was thinking of the Trails in the Sky remake due out in a month or two.

    Sorry if that's a vague spoiler. It wasn't even something I knew about the game playing through, but the slow-impact delivery of it worked fantastically.

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