fuck
valve made a non-binary hero in deadlock apparently
thats sorta surprising but also nice
I mean frankly Iâd be surprised if they didnât atp
what
I would be surprised if Deadlock didnât have at least one character that was LGBTQ+ representation
oh i meant âwhy?â
because what big hero-based game from a dev of any size hasnât in the last decade
it would actively go against the grain to not and like for what reason lol
i mean yea but like
[flashbacks to the right boycotting Bud Light because they did a partnership with a trans woman, and the only thing she did was be trans]
[âflashbacksâ to transphobia among gamers being well and alive]
okay but like those people arenât in charge of making and marketing massive games lol
and even if they were they would lose
yeah but i mean like, business executives are always afraid of that kind of shit (see: disney (i think?))
and conversely we spend every june meming about how quick these companies are to embrace it for the month and then drop it right after
also like have you seen how much florida hates disney rn
shrugze
LGBTQ+ acceptance is so mainstream that the entire position of people against it is that mainstream media has âgone wokeâ or whatever the fuck thatâs supposed to mean
wellâŚ
itâs not universal but itâs definitely mainstream
weâll get there on that first bit eventually
i wouldnât go that far
thereâs pretty few transgender and non-binary reps in games, especially big games like anything that comes out of valve
that and a lot of people being transphobic
gay acceptance is, at least in America, pretty far along
but trans acceptance is uhhhh not