LogFAQs > #941585358

Solioxrz362 posted...

Legitimate question: doesn't great art resemble reality in many cases? Why wouldn't you want that representation? The game does not condone how the Scars are, and glorifies Abby for renouncing her faction to be a family of sorts with Lev and Yara. It says, "he isn't accepted in that group, and that group is in the wrong, but here is a character that does accept him as Lev and not Lily."

I'm not trans so I'll gladly defer to someone who is trans and played the game to completion saying they didn't approve of it for this reason. But I'd imagine the way this game depicts the transsexual struggle is welcomed because it's faithful to reality while also asking for reality to be better because trans people deserve better.

Trans people want to be represented positively without being reminded of various traumas they go through. That's really it. They don't want to be the surprise villain, they don't want their character to be a tortured soul. They just want positive representation for them.

I think Lev is a good character and about the only one I liked, but from what I understand from my trans friends, they just didn't want to play this game with a poorly conceived fantasy about real trans issues and experiences. That's really about it.

Edit: Also, it isn't really "faithful to reality" because they're in a zombie apocalypse, and it's a creepy religious cult, it discusses themes of 'being a warrior', and Lev kills his mother at the end after she tries to kill him. It's a fantastical take on the real issues that trans people go through, and one of my trans friends described it as 'trivializing'. It's really just a poor setting to deal with a sensitive subject like trans issues.

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