I'm noticing a trend

[Thagomizer]

Is it just me, or is there a REALLY high percentage of Possum Springs that are gay/bisexual? Not that it's a bad thing, but it seems like every 2nd character (and all the main characters) are gay/bi.

That's probably why the town is dying, no population influx!

[Iron_Gears]

I guess it's more noticeable because there are the 4 main characters and 2 of them are gay and in a relationship with one another. Other than that I can't think of any others.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Iron_Gears:

I guess it's more noticeable because there are the 4 main characters and 2 of them are gay and in a relationship with one another. Other than that I can't think of any others.

CJ, Mae (she's bi), I'm sure I've bumped into a couple others.

Again, not an issue, but it does seem odd.

[Thagomizer]

Not just her immediate friends, but other randoms she runs into as well, like CJ.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Ozelot:

Honestly it would be even more odd if there were no gay characters in the game, since believe it or not gay people actually do exist.

False dicotomy much?

There is middle ground between "there is a weirdly high percentage of gay people in this game" and "gay people actually do exist". But way to attempt to paint my comment as something it completely wasn't.

I just looked up the statistics, and of the US states, the Disctrict of Columbia has the highest percentage of LGBT people, at about 8%. That quickly falls off to 5% and under for all the other states in the USA. So, even going with the highest percentage, that's still less than 10%. I'm going to ballpark here and say that there's about 29 named characters in this game, and I can name 5 of them off the top of my head that are some sort of LGBT. That puts the average at about 18%, just going off rough numbers (I didn't actually count out the total number of LGBT people in the game, but I think my rough numbers are pretty close).

Discounting any characters I forgot about, we're still sitting at around double the percentage in the state with the HIGHEST per capita number of LGBT people, and more than triple any other state.

So, even if we assume that the game is set in Possum Springs, DC (which it isn't), then there would still be a very high concentration of LGBT people in this town.

Going back to my original point: I'm noticing a trend. Perhaps anthropomorphic animals are more likely to be gay than humans, who knows!

[[AHDS] Ferrus Manus 🍀]

Bea is heterosexual

[SUNKENSλTURN]

Uh.. did anyone miss the fact that gregg and angus say they were the only homosexuals in possum springs?

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Я| SaturnSaturn:

Uh.. did anyone miss the fact that gregg and angus say they were the only homosexuals in possum springs?

Well, based on Mae being bi and multiple 1-off characters saying that they're gay, I don't know why they would say that.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Ozelot:

It's a work of fiction so literally every character could be gay and it still wouldn't be something to be confused about.

No one's confused.

That's 2 for 2 strawman arguments. Got any more?

[Thagomizer]

Everyone put your torches away, it was an observation, nothing more. No need to burn the witch for wrongthink.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Ozelot:

Ooh are you a poor innocent victim? Please tell us what you think your wrong think is.

Btw I didn't strawman you, just presented a basic counter argument you couldn't defeat and rekt you. :catwish:

Mmmmmhmmmm, if that's what you want to tell yourself, fill your boots.

[fullmaple]

I guess. Mae is possible bi, Gregg and Angus are gay,

Never heard of CJ before. probably because last time i played it was at launch. (now i that i got back onto the game i'v seen him. but don't recall him saying he is gay.)

While it might seem like there's alot of LGBT people in the town, In one of Gregg's night, (The Legend, chapter 3), he does mention that him and Angus are like the only gay couple they know in the town.

(Possible smol spoiler on a small theory i made just for fun)
One of the reasons that i think why the town is dying, simply put, There's no jobs, so no interrest in staying in the city. Folks get out. Older people and elders stay at the town, so you got an ageing population AND a staggering one. No wonder why the town is "bleeding".

[thisisaudo]

4 people in a town of a 1,000+ is really not that many.

4 characters out of the 80 or so characters with dialogue is also not really that many (it's about 5%)

The only real difference is just that in this game, most of the queer characters are in the main cast and so it stands out more to some people.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by thisisaudo:

4 people in a town of a 1,000+ is really not that many.

4 characters out of the 80 or so characters with dialogue is also not really that many (it's about 5%)

The only real difference is just that in this game, most of the queer characters are in the main cast and so it stands out more to some people.

Yeah, maybe that is what makes it seem that way. I suppose it would make sense though, because it's probable that any queer folk in a small town like that would likely be friends, so if you were looking at the town from their perspective, it would seem like there were more than there really are.

Interesting!

Thanks for the thoughtful replies, guys. Got me looking at it from another perspective instead of just going on the defensive because of spurious acusations.

[Thagomizer]

For what it's worth, CJ talks about his husband, and there is the girl in the club that Mae meets, but that's in a city and Mae specifically went looking for someone.

[pannicatack]

Greg, Angus, CJ, Mae, Bombshell, and Jackie... that's not really a high percentage of all the characters in the game. That's six characters out of like the entire cast. And three of them are very minor characters. Note also that CJ, Bombshell, and Jackie are from out of town. Gregg has a line about how he and Angus are "the only queer folks in town," which Mae can object to.