tbh i think part of making a queer-friendly game world is just really tiny side bits like this
like obviously you need actual queer characters, but also the occasional NPC just offhand assuming like "yeah girls show up to pay for girl dancers" or whatever is a neat way to show that gay people are normal and not like "everyone is hetero, except for you"
like it's the tiny stuff that makes being gay feel normal BECAUSE it's bland minutiae too instead of just major characters/events i feel??? idk
like having gay main characters and dramatic story scenes or whatever is really good at showing the game/devs are fine with gay/trans people when they happen to show up
but the little touches like an NPC just blurting this first line offhand somehow goes way further toward making it feel like the world and people are accepting too, and that it's a common normal thing that isn't seen as strange or up for debate
it's just a neat writing thing i want to see more of
like idk one character being very loudly positive makes it feel like the rest of the game world may not be accepting, but that character is
the occasional character being totally bored about it in casual conversation like you just commented on the weather or something makes it feel like the whole world is used to it and cool with it
it feels warmer to have both instead of just one, somehow
i've been trying to figure out for years what ff14 does different from other games representation-wise that makes me weirdly overattached to it and i think it's this, really
little stuff like this makes the world feel like home, i think
@Kat also it's actually less work.
Because you don't have to have some weird gender marker and two different dialogues.
Just one dialog for everyone + gay girls wanting to see girl dancers is wholesome
@Kat it just reminds me of this
Gamers: "Adding pronouns choosing to games is too much work. Devs should only concentrate on important stuff."
Also gamers: "Doing two separate dialogues, based on some obscure gender marker is necessary."
I do really love when devs just say screw it and don't put the effort in to make things different.
Just like me like girls, while I'm also a girl and it be totally normal.
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