Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Oldschoolegamer38]

FF14 is a wonderful game. It's beautiful, the gameplay is fluid, the lore rich, and the graphics stunning, especially in the Azim Steppe.

Part of the reason why it's so wonderful is because it is possible to fully immerse yourself in this game. Characters all have a backstory, many NPCs are fleshed out, have their own personality, and you really feel like Eorzea is a place you can live in.

However, the lack of representation of LGBT characters in this game is frustrating for a billion-dollar video gaming company. While I applaud SE for allowing the Eternal Bonding to take place between two people of the same gender, there is not much else in this game that represents LGBT characters, other than a token gay couple in Upper La Noscea.

Some people will also bring up characters like Alphinaud (weird) or Haurchefant, and say they're "WOL-sexual". But you know that they're not actually designed as gay characters. They just happened to be perceived as LGBT because of the fandom.

Many other RPGs are already fully embracing the need to represent minorities in their game, because minority representation is an important issue that affects the psychological development of minority youth.

I hope to see Square Enix do more to represent LGBT characters in their game, because by doing so they'll let LGBT youth feel like they have a place in Eorzea and feel welcomed.

I know some people will think I'm joking, but I'm not. As a LGBT PoC myself, I am deeply invested in this issue.

There is more than enough. Your using it as a tool to push folks that are not LGBT out!!!

[dustdjinn]

There is more than enough. Your using it as a tool to push folks that are not LGBT out!!!

What do you mean pushing none LGBTQ folks out? Are you trying to say that witnessing story lines that aren't centered around you and your life experience make you feel...... excluded. That cant be right, because wanting to feel apart of something is just an excuse. At least that's what I'M hearing on here.

[Oldschoolegamer38]

What do you mean pushing none LGBTQ folks out? Are you trying to say that witnessing story lines that aren't centered around you and your life experience make you feel...... excluded. That cant be right, because wanting to feel apart of something is just an excuse. At least that's what I'M hearing on here.

no, I don't mind if the story has it or not but it doesn't have to be in everything is what I am trying to say. and besides, it is just a game why can't folks just stop with the political injection there agenda into this game and just enjoy playing it?

[dustdjinn]

no, I don't mind if the story has it or not but it doesn't have to be in everything is what I am trying to say.

The LGTBQ are not a food you can just pick out of your diet. They are people that exist in every culture all over the world. If they want to ask to be represented more they can.