LogFAQs > #950830231

There's a lot to unpack here, but I'll start with, "The Last of Us."

I don't claim to be 'Woke." I'm a black, handicapped man, living in South Mississippi, that is married to a very white country girl. Seriously, she grew up in the country, on basically a farm. She canned fruit during the summer for fun. Sorry, went on a mini rant, but I wouldn't call myself "Woke" in any fashion.

Now, do I have different life experiences than a lot of you? Absolutely. But being discriminated against outwardly and subtly is my life. Therefore, while I'm not gay, I morally identify with their struggles. Discrimination doesn't have to be just white or black; it can be LGBTQ, straight, or rich or poor.

My point is that no one is "Woke" for liking the plot of TLOU 2 or not liking the plot. But until recently the LGBTQ community was ignored in the media representation or played up for laughs or scorn. Same for my people in movies and television shows. We were either gang bangers or drug dealers or unemployed vagrants. I'm not a huge fan if Tyler Perry, but at least he portrays black people with nuances and layers and normal successful people. It's why Black Panther will always get love in my house until the end of freaking time, same with Coming to America.

So when Naughty Dog makes a layered LGBTQ story I don't get all up in arms because how often does that happen?

Furthermore, if the people that claim to love TLOU as a series know, Ellie has always been a lesbian (look at the DLC from the first game.) Then why would you be upset or surprised this is a minor plot point in the next game, or lose your mind over Abby and her story in the sequel. TLOU has always been a series about the LGBTQ community.

And that's the dumb part about this outrage. Because the third game will get made and it's going to be even more heavy into the LGBTQ community. If you have a problem now it's not going to get better later. There's even a bigot Ellie ignores at the beginning walk through section of the second game. So, you bigots out there can feel representation too.

Now if you have an issue with graphics (you don't) or the gameplay (you don't) then that's different, but if you're upset that there's a story where two fictional characters smash fictional body parts together then I can't and don't want to help you. But representation and diversity is good, even if it makes you feel uncomfortable.

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