Why the name change?

[robomagon]

The old one was funny.

[Hanako Games]

It was never supposed to be funny. People kept getting the wrong idea about what the title was supposed to mean. We had this subtitle for years hoping to clarify matters... but the fact that you ask that shows exactly why it had to change. :)

[L.C.L.]

Thanks for the name change. I'm really happy with it. : )

[Maverynthia]

The original title was horribly offensive and included a slur. Glad they changed it. I can now replay the game without hurting my friends.

[Wolfiefang]

I approve of revival of this Necro to confirm the thanks of renaming things. o7

[robomagon]

Originally posted by Maverynthia:

The original title was horribly offensive and included a slur. Glad they changed it. I can now replay the game without hurting my friends.

Really? I had no idea some people considered it a slur. The few I've met on Steam even use the word themselves.

[Vance Finiraldi]

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by Maverynthia:

The original title was horribly offensive and included a slur. Glad they changed it. I can now replay the game without hurting my friends.

Really? I had no idea some people considered it a slur. The few I've met on Steam even use the word themselves.

The anime fan/weeb definition/understanding of the term doesn't necessarily have a negative/perjorative context depending on who uses it (at least in their eyes, some might disagree, I'm not going to get into that), especially when they exclusively apply it to fictional characters.

However, outside of said group, yeah, it's become an offensive term when applied to the trans community. Whether it be because the term migrated outside of its origins or because it predated the anime fandom definition of the term, I don't know. That's all I'm willing to explain on that because I have no interest in opening that can of worms. A quick Google search would tell you more.

[Tsunday]

Originally posted by Vance Finiraldi:

Originally posted by robomagon:

Really? I had no idea some people considered it a slur. The few I've met on Steam even use the word themselves.

The anime fan/weeb definition/understanding of the term doesn't necessarily have a negative/perjorative context depending on who uses it (at least in their eyes, some might disagree, I'm not going to get into that), especially when they exclusively apply it to fictional characters.

However, outside of said group, yeah, it's become an offensive term when applied to the trans community. Whether it be because the term migrated outside of its origins or because it predated the anime fandom definition of the term, I don't know. That's all I'm willing to explain on that because I have no interest in opening that can of worms. A quick Google search would tell you more.

Not trying to open a can of worms but I believe in a lot of anime traps are more akin to crossdressers than they are to transgendered people. Traps are just supposed to be anime characters/people that are so androgynous that they can pass as the opposite gender. At times you'll see these characters freak out when they realize that someone thinks they're a girl (or a guy for reverse traps) or they specifically just ignore any confirmation one way or another. I'm sure there are actual transgender characters that get translated as traps though and that there is a lot of miscommunication all around from something that stems off of another language.

I find it funny though...because I still have a physical disk at home of "The Royal Trap" that doesn't have the subtitle "The Confines of the Crown" on it and I was wondering for a long while what happened to the game in my Steam library only for me to find it under some random name I just assumed was from a junk humble bundle before. The box's synopsis has nothing to do with transgenders, traps, or anything at all that could relate to gender confusion so when the name was switched I didn't realize what the problem was with the old name until later on.

[Mysti_Fogg]

I never really thought about "trap" as referring to a trans chracter. I always thought of it in terms of the situation that the characters found themselves in with the demands of nobility/royalty impacting their lives.

The new title isn't quite as snappy as the original. But I understand changing it. I don't specifically go seeking GLBTQ titles, so my frame of reference is limited, but I loved this story for all of its twists, and its the best tale centered on a trans character that I've ever played.

[✿ Lilli Heart✿]

It'll always be called royal trap in my heart XD but honestly i never thought it meant male trap cuz like... u see a lady on the cover looking like shes about to fight so i alwaus knew, hm.