I usually stay out of online discourse and such because I do not have the bandwidth or patience to take part in it and would still not take part even if I did have the bandwidth but I’m fucking tired of this shit.
Can people stop misgendering Rika??? I’ve seen people who have played through the entire game and still call Rika a man and call her a guy and such when if you pay attention to the dialogue for more than five seconds it’s incredibly obvious that Rika is a woman and uses she/her pronouns. It isn’t that goddamn hard.
No she’s not a trans man, no she’s not a man. She is a fucking woman.
This whole vent doesn’t apply to people who say she’s nonbinary or headcanon her to be that way because Rika does give hardcore androgynous vibes but to the people that insist Rika is a man/identifies that way, shut up.
Women can have flat chests and are beautiful That way. Women can wear suits and are beautiful that way. Women do not have to always look feminine just to be considered valid women.
Just because Rika isn’t as hyper feminine as fucking Tulip doesnt mean she isn’t a woman. Stop claiming Rika is a man or wants to be seen that way when it’s obvious that she isnt.
Rika is really good representation for women and nonbinary people of different body types that usually are not represented in media ie. flatter chests, lanky, ect.
Stop insisting Rika is a man when fucking gamefreak themselves who created her call her a woman. She’s not a fucking dude good lord. Yall beg for representation or “tomboyish” girls and then call them men as soon as they don’t fit the hyperfeminized curvy standard you have been spoonfed.
And insisting Rika is a trans man just because she is androgynous and has a tomboyish vibe says a LOT about what you think about real androgyny and women who prefer to dress in “men’s clothes” and have a “tomboyish” vibe and who do not act like the “traditional” woman.
Stop being sexist bigoted fucks because when you say shit like that, even if you don’t mean to be sexist and bigoted, you are being that way and its not fucking cool. Use your goddamn brains and take context into consideration assholes.
Note: this is not against anyone who says they headcanon Rika as a trans woman or as a nonbinary individual because those are both valid headcanons, this is directly at those who insist Rika is a man or a transman or who still call Rika a guy simply because she does not adhere to traditional “beauty” standards. Also I don’t have anything against transmen, but claiming a female character is a transman simply because she does not look like a hyperfeminized woman is not okay and is bigoted as hell.