why trans characters in video games are important.

[yee zee]

Hey gamers, today let's talk about the importance of having trans characters in every video game. Representation matters, and including trans characters not only provides role models for players but also challenges stereotypes. It's all about fostering empathy and understanding, giving players a chance to experience different perspectives.

Imagine mandatory inclusion of trans characters in every game – it's a bold move, but it could reshape the gaming industry and contribute to societal progress. Let's push for a more inclusive and diverse gaming landscape that reflects the world we live in. What are your thoughts on this? Drop your comments below! 👾🌈 #GamingDiversity #TransRepresentation

[Holografix]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Holografix:

the concept of "bad writing" is a shibboleth among a certain group of angry gamers. it's another term used to create a false distinction.

So....... you think most things have GOOD writing or something?

Or is "false distinction" just your way of deflecting a reasonable criticism of current media?

Those questions are for you to answer. Also, look up the word 'shibboleth. '

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

Just because some of us can see the problem and point it out does not mean the problem doesn't exist.

no, just because you see a problem doesn't mean there is a problem. that's called the false problem fallacy.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

If you have something meaningful to actually refute me with,

show me how to refute someone on the internet.

[Unmotivated]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Holografix:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

So....... you think most things have GOOD writing or something?

Or is "false distinction" just your way of deflecting a reasonable criticism of current media?

Those questions are for you to answer. Also, look up the word 'shibboleth. '

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

Just because some of us can see the problem and point it out does not mean the problem doesn't exist.

no, just because you see a problem doesn't mean there is a problem. that's called the false problem fallacy.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

If you have something meaningful to actually refute me with,

show me how to refute someone on the internet.

i'm not going to play this pointless back and forth pseudo intellectual attempt at an argument. you're not saying anything of worth, and trying to use vaguely applicable terminology as if it's a proper deflection to criticism. i'm not obliging further.

have a nice day.

[Polverrati]

Good idea, then when these games start adding them, I'll have an easier time knowing which games to skip.

[Holografix]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Motivated:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Holografix:

Those questions are for you to answer. Also, look up the word 'shibboleth. '


no, just because you see a problem doesn't mean there is a problem. that's called the false problem fallacy.


show me how to refute someone on the internet.

i'm not going to play this pointless back and forth pseudo intellectual attempt at an argument. you're not saying anything of worth, and trying to use vaguely applicable terminology as if it's a proper deflection to criticism. i'm not obliging further.

have a nice day.

well, that's definitely a technique. i suppose you're free to write whatever you want about whatever subject and choose with whom to engage with.

congratulations on discovering your limits.

[Not Big Surprise]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Megabyte RSSD:

how about if you want them, mod them in? If others don't they can mod them out. PC gaming and mods are a wonderful way to get literally EVERYTHING YOU WANT.

is it an issue for games to bring openly trans characters in?

[Unmotivated]

Is it just on my end, or did half of this topic get yeeted out of existence?

[Chunk Norris ☯]

Hey there gamers, to set the mood for this question. Please play this back-ground music while considering your answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3YzmjmAGoI

[【ＴｈｅＢｏｓｓ】]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από yee zee:

Hey gamers, today let's talk about the importance of having trans characters in every video game.

https://youtu.be/VK72SYHg4yA
HEY GAMERS, LET'S GET A GRAND-SLAM BREAKFAST FROM DENNY'S!

[sleeps]

aint read but last time i remember the whole community is separated because a character got the whole archetype wasted and thrown away while for others it's something that makes you a bad guy or even a demon for thinking it's a bad thing or something whatever if that's a point or not.

while the minor 1% says it's because of the british origin because of course they can

no, seriously, i feel like everyone did them dirty and for what?

[Lunar Fang]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από apathy:

Somehow I doubt games like DOOM would be any different if the Doomslayer was revealed to be trans.

It doesn't change the core mechanics of the FPS.

And what if the Doomslayer isn't trans?

You defeated yourself with your own argument, by saying who cares. What does it matter if he is or isn't if it doesn't add anything to the game.

But you care if he is.

[Spencer]

By their own "why do you care" reasoning they are not important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqSVhxfsgmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N2praAS2BQ

[Candyy]

If the ppl want these characters ,then add them... If not, no 🤷‍♀️

[Acetyl]

Trans characters should only be included in the sense of a sort of "One made Many", Rebis, or fractal decomposition allegory. Like the characters in Inuyasha for example (which came back to my mind strongly recently, due to being fixated on pyramids and Sirius), and their entire world actually, is a decaying philosopher's stone. A failed alchemical wedding, given that the red king and white queen killed each other. The well she falls down is a basically a symbolic prism that breaks her mind apart and turns it inside out. Either that or they should be higher beings who can shapeshift, imitating humans. Memory wipe optional.

Other than that you could have a post-traumatic aspect, a sacrifice (eg in Cybele's Gallus), or some other forced inversion. I wouldn't consider this "trans" though, it's more "the world apart", so non-human or subhuman states. Which is a very different story structure. The whole trans allegory is about control. Shrugging off the world but also trying to run from what one is through a futile effort to dominate the physical body. May also be a duper's delight illusionist component, freedom through manipulating your appearance. These traits are established in early childhood and there's a correlation with autism. It's basically noticing that when you put on different clothes you can become someone else, like a character in a play or self inserting in a game or movie, and then asking "if I'm somewhere else, does that mean I'm someone else?" If the answer is yes then you would seek to contro the internal conception of the where and the self. ie internal illusions and redefinitions to force a certain script. The dissociative (autoplastic) ones do this internally, the alloplastic mjilitant ones project the libido outwards and try to force others to acknowledge them and play along with the script. In the desire for stability (and invisibility, a buffering layer, insulation, obfuscation) therefore they try to put on new skin. Cutting out the middleman so they can have the object of their desire by becoming it, or perhaps redirecting libido onto the self, then merging with that powerful (quasi-maternal) character, not unlike a child hiding behind their mom or big sister, it's a layer of indirection, interacting with others "through" the parent, which is also common in autism. So these early childhood systems are resurrected in an idealized form in response to stress. Etc.

The other thing you can do with the character concept is gender the soul. And then say well this thing reincarnated into the wrong thing. The issue again is that the soul likely isn't gendered. What's actually happening is there is a weakening of the tether between the "I" and the psychophysical (body and mind), leading to a lack of conception of gendered behavior. This is also why in autism you tend to see either null states (a drabness, lack of gender) or the odd self soothing compulsion to mix the masculine and feminine into one frame.

Either way, the utility is limited. The only other thing you can really do with it is do a sort of "rejection" allegory. Escaping from society and the family to shrug off a "false self" and become a "true self". So freedom through death and rebirth, transformation. Transhumanism basically, self determination and self identification at any cost, with refusal to yield to the obvious reality ie that the mind may be willing to play those little games with you, but the body isn't. The false self aspect being what I consider a form of brainwashing and part of a broader manufacturing pipeline, similar to any other sort of cult initiation you see all throughout history. It's an eternal formula, it works and it works well.

[sleeps]

well, do it from the ground up would be a better options instead of twisting all the ways...

and you could bring up celeste the game but i never actually play it

[gugnihr]

In every game? Yuor trolling is so laughable except you know I'm sure actual trans people will not appreciate it because whoever might take you seriously will see it as a reason to hate against them.