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    Valamist Hurlstone
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    Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
    This already occurs though. There’s a gay couple in the wanderer’s palace questline. There’s bi cat girls at bronze lake. There’s gay guys at the kugane hot springs etc. There’s multiple examples it’s just not enough for people. They want it plastered everywhere.
    Oh I did not mean to say it does not already occur. Sorry if thats how it came across. Like I said above, I love how casually the idea is addressed in the Level 80 Warrior quest, and I hope that was the intent. That said, the scales of Nald'thal do very much side with a very hetrosexual viewpoint on things in Eorza, despite the odd dips here and there. To be fair as well, two of the above mentioned come from ARR, and the other I think was more of a Simpson meme (Though I love its inclusion!) I could be completely wrong, but it has been a long while since we have a open LGBTQ+ NPC involved in a quest, for example… although I suppose you could count Sadu there, but that is rather ‘coded’ and not explicitly said. It could also be attributed more to the Dotharl’s view on reincarnation (Hay! A part of the lore that can be/is enhanced by diverse themes!)

    Anyway, I am grateful for what they have added, and from what I have read Yoshi-P sounds like an alllie (And I appreciate the continued de-gender locking of outfits). I hope in the future we get more such examples, I did think Endwalker was lacking of any interaction or notion outside of Sadu but I could easily be missing something. Are there more important things that need to be dealt with? Obviously yes (Hello Houseing…) but I still think this is an issue which deserves to be spoken about, and not buried in a ‘Be grateful for what you got’ attitude.

    Just to add, I get why we do have so little of such non-traditional interactions compared to other games and MMOs like ESO & SWTOR. The game is creatively created in a place where open acceptance of LGBTQ+ issues is not as common or as well understood. At the same time, I do not think that means we do not have to stay quiet about the idea of more open representation.
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    Last edited by Hurlstone; 04-19-2022 at 11:41 AM.