boon cotter (lighting artist for naughty dog), shutting down homophobes and misogynists on twitter. (x)
The people who say shit like this probably haven’t played many games. Because the option to play as a female character has been there for decades. It’s not uncommon in the slightest.
And the inverse, the people who say all gamers hate female characters have probably never played games or met gamers either.
Boon Cotter works at Naughty Dog, who is releasing the newest The Last of Us.
People have issues with the marketing. And as a lesbian, so do I. Because something like a third of the trailer is dedicated to Ellie awkwardly flirting with, then kissing, another girl. Which is likely a minor or irrelevant aspect to the entire game, rather than an overarching plot.
And people are upset that the game is now starring Ellie and not Joel, who was a fan favorite.
They’re using social justice to shield themselves from criticism. They’re using the fact that Ellie’s a lesbian to hide from anything anyone says about their game they don’t like.
It’s such a blatant fucking misrepresentation because people are fucking hyped for Beyond Good and Evil 2, which has a female protagonist. And people seemed interested in Sea of Solitude, which stars a girl.
These fucking cancerous people need to be excised from the industry. I’m so sick of these ideologues shitting on gamers and trying to push the “gamerbro” label on people.
Fuck off, Boon Cotter. And I’ll go as far as to say fuck Naughty Dog too.
Tumblr removed thousands of fake black people not long ago. When they remove the fake lesbians, is your account going to be on the list? You obviously do not know THE basic and most true rule of ladies who love the ladies and hangout in fandoms.
Never thought of this but now I am, because calling anyone who ensured a queer girl is a main gaming character “fucking cancerous people” and then being all frothy angry about developers calling out people who oppose diversity and inclusion is kind of suspect from a supposed lesbian…
Fake lesbian
Even as someone who hasn’t suffered from rampant homophobia, I had to raise my eyebrow at this. Since when, exactly, have wlw not cared about representation above all else? Story is certainly important, but more important than real, live people seeing themselves in their favourite games/show/books and feeling accepted? I gotta agree with the fake assumption. Either that, or you’re fucking high and have been living under a rock your entire life.
Since when, exactly, have wlw not cared about representation above all else?
Holy fucking shit. How about 2005? There are plenty of gay and bi women who aren’t so obsessed with their sexuality that they NEED to put representation above everything.
Fuck me sideways.
Omg… You are so fake. Why are you here pretending to be a lesbian? Isn’t there a rock somewhere you need to go crawl under? Or are you one of those self-hating idiots trying to fit in with the nazis and the homophobes?
I don’t feel the need to fit in with anyone. Seems like projection to me. Who’re you trying to fit in with and why is it so important to you?
When you are a lesbian you don’t have to try to fit. You just do, because you are a member of said group. Oh my God. You are out here pretending. This is pure Tumblr gold.
>lesbians are one homogeneous group
I only play videogames that have POC protagonists because I…wait no thats fucking stupid. Why would I not play a game because I don’t share a skin color nor sexuality with the main character? I’m still going to buy TLoU2 even though I’m a straight black male and Ellie is the complete opposite of me. If the race/creed/sexuality of a character weighs that much on how much you enjoy the material rather than the material as a whole than you’re extremely shallow and need to develop an actual fucking personality.
Soooo according to ashermajestywishes, anyone who doesn’t agree with her is a “fake lesbian” because heaven forbid lesbians be individuals with their own opinions, own experiences, and own thoughts. Heaven forbid lesbians not be some giant hive mind full of identical Barbie-dolls with no individual opinions. Heaven forbid Lesbians be real people capable of thinking for themselves. Haven forbid sexual attraction be only a part of someone’s identity.
Sounds to me like ashermajestywishes is the only faker here.
Also, if you’ll only buy a game if the protagonist is exactly like, you, then you clearly lack any form of empathy.
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