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Topic	The Last of Us 2 topic (ongoing spoilers)
PrivateBiscuit1 07/02/20 7:14:47 PM #290:	Solioxrz362 posted... Gone Home must be not faithful to the experiences of lesbians then, because most lesbians don't have a family with a mansion and don't run away from home with their girlfriend who ditched the military. But obviously, the mansion and the military ditching aren't the point. Most games exist in a bit of a fantastical situation. "Faithful to reality" doesn't mean it creates a 1:1 mirror of our reality. It means it gets to the heart of the issue and depicts that within the circumstances the game takes place in. Again, I'm not trans so my opinion doesn't matter as much on this, but I didn't feel like it trivialized anything. I'm a straight white guy who lives in Texas, so my demographic would be one to normally trivialize the issues trans people face. Yet I played TLOU2, and I feel the same way about them as I did before: they deserve better, and our culture needs to evolve to include them properly. I think comparing the how faithful to reality Gone Home is to TLOU2 is a gigantic stretch. You asked why trans people are upset. I explained to you why based on conversations I've had with them. This isn't like some kind of allegory like X-Men for racism, it's taking trans issues and then framing them in a way that takes away the realness of the actual abuse they receive from friends and family, and how they cope, and how they deal with these issues. I think it was all done with good intentions in mind, but it was also done in a clumsy manner that probably could have used actual trans voices reviewing it. They felt like it didn't get to the heart of the issue at all, clearly. And I'm willing to take their opinions on it far more than yours because, as you said, you aren't trans and they are. --- Check out my entertainment blog!: www.heroicbiz.com I discuss video games, comics, movies, and TV! <cite>PrivateBiscuit1 posted [p:941589900] in The Last o... [t:78784127]...</cite> <quote>Solioxrz362 posted... </cite> <quote>Gone Home must be not faithful to the experiences of lesbians then, because most lesbians don't have a family with a mansion and don't run away from home with their girlfriend who ditched the military. But obviously, the mansion and the military ditching aren't the point. Most games exist in a bit of a fantastical situation. "Faithful to reality" doesn't mean it creates a 1:1 mirror of our reality. It means it gets to the heart of the issue and depicts that within the circumstances the game takes place in. Again, I'm not trans so my opinion doesn't matter as much on this, but I didn't feel like it trivialized anything. I'm a straight white guy who lives in Texas, so my demographic would be one to normally trivialize the issues trans people face. Yet I played TLOU2, and I feel the same way about them as I did before: they deserve better, and our culture needs to evolve to include them properly.</quote>I think comparing the how faithful to reality Gone Home is to TLOU2 is a gigantic stretch. You asked why trans people are upset. I explained to you why based on conversations I've had with them. This isn't like some kind of allegory like X-Men for racism, it's taking trans issues and then framing them in a way that takes away the realness of the actual abuse they receive from friends and family, and how they cope, and how they deal with these issues. I think it was all done with good intentions in mind, but it was also done in a clumsy manner that probably could have used actual trans voices reviewing it. They felt like it didn't get to the heart of the issue at all, clearly. And I'm willing to take their opinions on it far more than yours because, as you said, you aren't trans and they are. --- Check out my entertainment blog!: www.heroicbiz.com I discuss video games, comics, movies, and TV!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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