Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Xirean]

Ok so I saw nonbinary and neo pronouns get brought up and I'd like to throw in my 2 cents. I think it's fair to say that most people have a vague understanding of Man and Woman and how binary trans people fit into that. Assigned one sex at birth, but identifies as the other and will most likely pursue transition later in life, pretty easy. Nonbinary stems from the idea that Man and Woman is not an accurate descriptor of how that individual sees themself. Imagine you live in a world where everyone is color blind (I'm using a specific version of color blind for this example) and you are not. You point at the blue sky and can see that it is a different color from an orange. Others think the sky and that fruit you are holding are actually the same orange color. They can't see what you see. But also, because everyone is color blind in the same way, there isn't a word for blue. As far as you know, you are the only person who can see this color and you have no word to call it. How then do you describe what you are seeing to others who don't see it? To a lot of them you might even sound crazy for suggesting that the sky is different from what they see, especially if you're the only one.

That's a lot of what being trans is like. Most people around you have an internal sense of gender that does not conflict with their physical form, but for others it does. Now neo pronouns come into play with the term part of that analogy. "I don't feel like a man or a woman, so how do I communicate that? Do I have to make a new word?" It might seem odd to people who don't think about this on a regular basis, but for the person in question it's a very big deal. They are trying to understand themself and trying to explain themself at the same time. Cut people some slack. I thought for a while that I would have to understand nonbinary to respect it. I learned that the more I try to nail down what nonbinary is to one thing, the more upset it makes people. Better to just use the pronouns people ask me to use and not bother them about it.

[Reinha]

Most people around you have an internal sense of gender

Do they? What does it feel like?

[MilkieTea]

Phew, the TERFs are here in full force today, I’m going to ignore playing around in this thread for my own mental health. See you ‘round Vahlnir!

[Vahlnir]

Phew, the TERFs are here in full force today, I’m going to ignore playing around in this thread for my own mental health. See you ‘round Vahlnir!

I'm out too. lol

[Padudu]

Phew, the TERFs are here in full force today, I’m going to ignore playing around in this thread for my own mental health. See you ‘round Vahlnir!

Don't leave me alone here! What am I supposed to do, wait until you and Vahlnir get back?!

[Lubu_Mykono]

It's cisphobic if you don't stay.

[MilkieTea]

Don't leave me alone here! What am I supposed to do, wait until you and Vahlnir get back?!

Don’t worry, you’ll be safe so long as you don’t touch the nasty… in other words:

[gotaname1]

Just a friendly reminder to everyone that does not think children can be trans: Don't feed the trolls. They make a point of engaging in a (one-sided) conversation about their favourite topic and beat you with stupidity.

[Tehmon]

Now, to be more on topic, I would like to see a more prominent (budding) gay romance or a gay couple in the game, not because the game needs it, or because of any political reasoning, just because I'd personally like it. Video games are still pretty new to including such content, and as someone who enjoys video games as my primary form of preferred entertainment, I do enjoy every bit of such content, granted it is well written and doesn't feel too weirdly forced and essentially writers patting themselves on the back for being iNcLuSiVe.

I actually really liked the male highlander x mooncat couple from the Wanderer's Palace (Hard). I always exhaust all their dialogue because I find them endearing. There's also one quest in Kugane where a male elezen ends up being completely fine with the revelation of an '' actress '' he was infatuated with ending up being a beautiful crossdressing male hyur. It was both entertaining and quite joyous. I would like some similar content beyond just irrelevant side characters in irrelevant side quests. Arguably there is Haurchefant, who is very interested in the WoL regardless of their sex, but the localization team chose to censor all that because western players wouldn't be comfortable with very clear sexual interest of an NPC being '' forced '' on the player.

All in all, FFXIV has done pretty good considering romance and love has been an extremely small part of any character and the story overall. The little bit that is there is actually quite fine. I would welcome more, but I understand it is hard to implement.

[Jybril]

Don't fall into the bait guys.
They do this on WoW forum's too just so they can gang up and report you and get you banned. We have the same crap going on in their forums on every single day. It's a trap. So be careful what you say.