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Happy Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day!

Here’s looking at Iron Bull, the pansexual mercenary of Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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guess who played disco elysium a lotta art from it incoming brace urselfs

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Happy Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 

Here’s looking at Alex Chen, the lead of Life is Strange: True Colors

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Manners cost nothing, Batman, a ’please’ wouldn’t go amiss.

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“We’re on the trail of the lost treasure of El Dorado, and it’s brought us here, to this tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.” 

                UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE (2007)

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Nate, Joel and Ellie in the PlayStation Productions Opening Animation

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❝ so.. come and dance with me! : : ❞

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Life is Strange: True Colors (2021)

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Scenery in Red Dead Redemption 2 07/???

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The Long Dark (2014)

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valheim

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Patrick Weekes, EA/Bioware writer, discussing the development of Cremisius “Krem” Aclassi, a trans character in Dragon Age: Inquisition:

“On the writing side, I wrote Krem as best I could, and the editing team looked at every line and cleaned up dialogue and paraphrases that could give the wrong impression. I then passed him to two friends in the GQ [genderqueer] community… at which point they showed me where I was absolutely messing things up and gave me constructive feedback on how to improve. In the first draft, Bull was the one who brought up Krem's binding as a friendly joke. My friends pointed out how incredibly hurtful such a callout was for many trans people in real life ("Hey, by the way, you're actually a woman, just wanted to remind you!") and that it made Bull into an incredibly offensive jerk. This was not at all what I wanted—people playing now will note that Bull and Krem give each other grief about little things all the time, but never attack truly sore spots—and I rewrote the scene so that Krem is the one who brings it up first. This makes it clear that Krem is comfortable discussing being trans, and the player will not be offending Krem by asking questions about it.

In the investigate hub where you can ask Krem about his past in Tevinter, the first draft had him deserting after fighting off someone who discovered his secret and tried to assault him. My friends noted that this played directly into the sad "attacked trans person" cliché, and while it was plausible, it was an ugly event that could well trigger trans people who have experienced harassment in real life. The goal was for Krem to be a positive character who was living his life happily now, and I revised his departure from Tevinter accordingly.” (x)

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Far Cry 6 (2021)

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Ian Alexander, the voice of Lev, speaking on deadnaming in The Last of Us 2: 

One of the most criticized moments occurs during an early shootout in which Lev’s own people deadname him in front of Abby, effectively outing him as a trans character amid a traumatizing experience.

“I completely understand a lot of people’s frustrations,” says Alexander. “Obviously, the writers have the best intentions and wanted to bring authentic representation, and they might have missed the mark a little bit with that.”

But Alexander views the scene through a different lens: At the end of the fight, when Lev and Abby are safe, Lev turns to her and asks, “Did you hear what they called me?” When Abby confirms, Lev follows up by asking, “Do you want to ask me about it?” At this most vulnerable moment, an exchange of power happens between the two characters: Rather than pry or demand an explanation, Abby gives Lev the ability to reclaim agency over his story by giving him a choice, asking, “Do you want me to ask you about it?”

“I felt like it was really important, not only for myself as a trans person to see that scene but also for cis allies to see that scene and realize this is the way that a discussion surrounding someone’s gender should be,” says Alexander. “It should always be their decision. They make the first move. They have agency over talking about it, because it is something that’s really deeply personal and can be very triggering to talk about.” (link)

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Assassin’s Creed: Ragnarok (2020)

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The Long Dark (2014)

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Jotun (available here)