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Super glad to hear we're about to get the first trans character in a video game!!! And so soon after the first lesbian main character (Ellie Last)
It's real cool and also very queer-friendly to erase or minimize the work of indie creators in favor of the hot flavor-of-the-week
I hate hate hate the way AAA games suck all the oxygen away from individual creators who actually push these boundaries forward, and I hate the way the games press encourages and enables it
When I complained about the breathless coverage of LOU2's "gay kiss" teaser trailer people told me 'it's important to have representation in big popular titles' but actually that just seems to hide the work of actual queer creators
...in favor of giving Druckmann the "creative pioneer" legitimacy he so clearly craves
It's easy to say "well the studio doesn't control what the press says about them", but, like, they do. The "first gay main character" thing is a marketing story that's been polished and refined by ND. They could easily open that subject by citing other games and creators
