"Who cares about sexuality?" Cries the straights when people point out most media/fiction is about straight people.
"Who cares about sexuality I'm gay and I don't care" Yes because you're used and comfortable with most fiction/media being about straights! I get it, fellow straight fiction lover here, most of my life been focused on straight related media and I'm a lesbian. Most of my OTPs are straight pairings. Or were. Pricefield I confess has taken top spot!
"Representation is good and all but it doesn't need to be the face of this or that'
No one is saying that. People are just pointing out not every human being is straight and thus it makes sense not every story in about straight people? That's it? And that it's good to have other sexualities shown in characters? And that we should see more?
Worth pointing out by the way in the director's commentary of Life is Strange GUESS WHAT??
No company but Square wanted it because the game had two female leads. No male leads. They didn't want the game.
Lis came out in 2015. Almost didn't happen because two female leads.
This shouldn't have been an issue. Just like characters that aren't straight appearing in things shouldn't be a problem either and make people cry 'stop with the representation it doesn't matter!" If it doesn't matter, then why are you even complaining? Prove you don't care about representation by being okay with it!
All this article is about is talking about how good it is for more lgbtq+ games to come onto Nintendo.
@Cynas
Thank you for this. I swear it's so frustrating how slow people are in general about this sort of thing.
I'm a lesbian and look, I have grown up on straight fiction and I've got many straight OTPs. But I don't understand why it's hard for people to grasp when you're gay, sometimes it hits you that hey, maybe I'm craving stories that speak to me? Playing Lis/BTS was the first fictional story that involved gay girls in my life. Like Rachel said to Chloe, it was new and exciting and intense. And afterwards I began to search and read more sapphic stories. I'm so excited there's going to be this big bonus game about Steph, who is a proud lesbian. Also excited I have the option to romance Alex, who is bi, in True Colors.
The reason representation matters is otherwise everything is just straight? And that's not even realistic. Once upon a time people thought it was realistic, but it's not anymore. Straight people aren't the only people who exist on the planet, so it simply makes sense stories with gay characters should exist, and sometimes, GASP, be the main characters and not the side characters.
Nobody is saying "MAKE ALL THE CHARACTERS GAY" okay maybe we sometimes say that lmao, but what I mean is nobody is saying straight people shouldn't be a thing anymore in stories. They already are a thing. And it's time for gays to be a thing in stories too because hey, we exist, so it makes sense we exist in stories.
I love how in Lis, both Max and Chloe fell into romances with girls without judgement. It was a beautiful part of the story to me. And I don't get why anyone has a problem with that.
Life is Strange only ends in the death of gay character if you choose to let it, and like hell I will! Bae over Bay. I love how in Lis2 you can see an older picture of Max and Chloe together <3
I love all the games. I love Before the Storm and seeing a gay girl romance. It was so beautiful seeing Chloe fall in love! This kind of representation means a lot. The comics are amazing too. I just love seeing sapphic love stories.
I love the romance in Max and Chloe too. When you play Farewell you get the sense they had little crushes forming, even if they didn't know it yet, just with how they looked at one another, spoke to one another.
In Life is Strange, it's more subtle maybe than Rachel and Chloe, but they are getting to know each other again after five years. But it's pretty clear to me how they were falling for each other. The way Chloe began to flirt with Max, the way Max flirted back, the way Chloe was trying to figure Max out, the 'girls or boys' comment before the pool scene OMG the POOL SCENE, Chloe testing the waters with the kiss dare, the way Max, this shy anxious girl just lunges for that kiss. The way Chloe texts Warren about that kiss, and tells him basically Max is mine back off, and how Warren then texts Max back like I can see why you like Chloe you should go with her to the drive in ahhH! AND did I mention how Chloe straight up tells Max nobody is good enough for Max but HER???
The way they always are touching each other. Looking at each other. Everything Max does to protect Chloe. The fact Chloe can put Max on her PHONE WALLPAPER depending on your choices. And Max's journal entries, the way she begins realizing and questioning if they are more than friends ahhhhh!!!
So I chose bae because in my mind, Max loved Chloe to much to let her go. And Chloe deserves to be happy damn i!! She can't die in that bathroom feeling abandoned and unloved by all.
Representation matters so much. I am happy people who own Nintendos and not Playstations or Xboxes will now be able to get into these stories. For those who say why does it even matter?
Um hello!!! Most of us gay girls and gays grew up on just straight fiction! And hey I love my straight fiction, I confess. But look I was starving for gay stories. Starving for sapphic girl romances. Representation matters because otherwise everything is just the same. Straight. Straight. Straight. And straight isn't the only sexuality, but it can feel like it because that's what most fictional representation in books/tv shows/movies/video games is. It only makes sense then that not all stories need to or should be about straight people. Sometimes stories should be told about girls falling in love with girls or boys falling in love with boys mixed into the girls falling in love with boys stories. And sometimes these gay characters like in Lis should be the main characters, not just the side character!
I love how Chloe and Max both experience romances where there is no judgement. They both fall into love with girls. And it's beautiful and it's exciting. And I'm happy I got to experience this story.
Can't wait for True Colors. I already ship Alex and Steph! Sorry Ryan! xD
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"Who cares about sexuality?" Cries the straights when people point out most media/fiction is about straight people.
"Who cares about sexuality I'm gay and I don't care" Yes because you're used and comfortable with most fiction/media being about straights! I get it, fellow straight fiction lover here, most of my life been focused on straight related media and I'm a lesbian. Most of my OTPs are straight pairings. Or were. Pricefield I confess has taken top spot!
"Representation is good and all but it doesn't need to be the face of this or that'
No one is saying that. People are just pointing out not every human being is straight and thus it makes sense not every story in about straight people? That's it? And that it's good to have other sexualities shown in characters? And that we should see more?
Worth pointing out by the way in the director's commentary of Life is Strange GUESS WHAT??
No company but Square wanted it because the game had two female leads. No male leads. They didn't want the game.
Lis came out in 2015. Almost didn't happen because two female leads.
This shouldn't have been an issue. Just like characters that aren't straight appearing in things shouldn't be a problem either and make people cry 'stop with the representation it doesn't matter!" If it doesn't matter, then why are you even complaining? Prove you don't care about representation by being okay with it!
All this article is about is talking about how good it is for more lgbtq+ games to come onto Nintendo.
Re: Soapbox: Life Is Strange On Nintendo Switch Signals Better LGBTQ+ Rep To Come
@Cynas
Thank you for this. I swear it's so frustrating how slow people are in general about this sort of thing.
I'm a lesbian and look, I have grown up on straight fiction and I've got many straight OTPs. But I don't understand why it's hard for people to grasp when you're gay, sometimes it hits you that hey, maybe I'm craving stories that speak to me? Playing Lis/BTS was the first fictional story that involved gay girls in my life. Like Rachel said to Chloe, it was new and exciting and intense. And afterwards I began to search and read more sapphic stories. I'm so excited there's going to be this big bonus game about Steph, who is a proud lesbian. Also excited I have the option to romance Alex, who is bi, in True Colors.
The reason representation matters is otherwise everything is just straight? And that's not even realistic. Once upon a time people thought it was realistic, but it's not anymore. Straight people aren't the only people who exist on the planet, so it simply makes sense stories with gay characters should exist, and sometimes, GASP, be the main characters and not the side characters.
Nobody is saying "MAKE ALL THE CHARACTERS GAY" okay maybe we sometimes say that lmao, but what I mean is nobody is saying straight people shouldn't be a thing anymore in stories. They already are a thing. And it's time for gays to be a thing in stories too because hey, we exist, so it makes sense we exist in stories.
I love how in Lis, both Max and Chloe fell into romances with girls without judgement. It was a beautiful part of the story to me. And I don't get why anyone has a problem with that.
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@KateGray
Bae over Bay everyday! <3
Life is Strange only ends in the death of gay character if you choose to let it, and like hell I will! Bae over Bay. I love how in Lis2 you can see an older picture of Max and Chloe together <3
I love all the games. I love Before the Storm and seeing a gay girl romance. It was so beautiful seeing Chloe fall in love! This kind of representation means a lot. The comics are amazing too. I just love seeing sapphic love stories.
I love the romance in Max and Chloe too. When you play Farewell you get the sense they had little crushes forming, even if they didn't know it yet, just with how they looked at one another, spoke to one another.
In Life is Strange, it's more subtle maybe than Rachel and Chloe, but they are getting to know each other again after five years. But it's pretty clear to me how they were falling for each other. The way Chloe began to flirt with Max, the way Max flirted back, the way Chloe was trying to figure Max out, the 'girls or boys' comment before the pool scene OMG the POOL SCENE, Chloe testing the waters with the kiss dare, the way Max, this shy anxious girl just lunges for that kiss. The way Chloe texts Warren about that kiss, and tells him basically Max is mine back off, and how Warren then texts Max back like I can see why you like Chloe you should go with her to the drive in ahhH! AND did I mention how Chloe straight up tells Max nobody is good enough for Max but HER???
The way they always are touching each other. Looking at each other. Everything Max does to protect Chloe. The fact Chloe can put Max on her PHONE WALLPAPER depending on your choices. And Max's journal entries, the way she begins realizing and questioning if they are more than friends ahhhhh!!!
So I chose bae because in my mind, Max loved Chloe to much to let her go. And Chloe deserves to be happy damn i!! She can't die in that bathroom feeling abandoned and unloved by all.
Representation matters so much. I am happy people who own Nintendos and not Playstations or Xboxes will now be able to get into these stories. For those who say why does it even matter?
Um hello!!! Most of us gay girls and gays grew up on just straight fiction! And hey I love my straight fiction, I confess. But look I was starving for gay stories. Starving for sapphic girl romances. Representation matters because otherwise everything is just the same. Straight. Straight. Straight. And straight isn't the only sexuality, but it can feel like it because that's what most fictional representation in books/tv shows/movies/video games is. It only makes sense then that not all stories need to or should be about straight people. Sometimes stories should be told about girls falling in love with girls or boys falling in love with boys mixed into the girls falling in love with boys stories. And sometimes these gay characters like in Lis should be the main characters, not just the side character!
I love how Chloe and Max both experience romances where there is no judgement. They both fall into love with girls. And it's beautiful and it's exciting. And I'm happy I got to experience this story.
Can't wait for True Colors. I already ship Alex and Steph! Sorry Ryan! xD