This video does an alright job at explaining why the Localization is so different

[Theodric]

The UK certainly isn't like that in my experience as a gay guy who has lived in various parts of the UK.

[RyuDragnier]

It's just a US thing then probably. People here are rather stupid, more so than other places due to the size of the country.

[Jojoya]

Have you watched much British media...? There are definitely ways that Hauchefant could have been localised in a way that kept his forwardness without him coming off as perverted in the UK, instead of completely neutering his personality. I would also never describe British values and culture as puritanical besides regarding nudity. Other than that the UK is far more similar culturally to other European countries, such as France, than NA. Sincerely, a Brit that has lived in 3 EU countries and spent considerable time in a fourth.

Correction accepted on British values.

Unfortunately, you're stuck sharing localization with the US where it just wouldn't fly past our notoriously conservative ESRB.

[RyuDragnier]

Correction accepted on British values.

Unfortunately, you're stuck sharing localization with the US where it just wouldn't fly past our notoriously conservative ESRB.

And people clutching their pearls about two women kissing that was less than 2 seconds long in a movie. If anybody out there thinks that reaction is stupid...you're smarter than the media and a lot of people here, who wanted to boycott it and raged about it for at least a week.

[SannaR]

thanks for your well written response, I can start to see your point.

That said, maybe I'm a minority in the English speaking community, because I had no problems coming to the same conclusion as you did with only the English "translation". I have to say, these DO all seem innocuous to me. But, I don't really care about how other languages interpret it and honestly, if someone has a different take on a single line, I just don't care enough to be bothered. The story is the same. (all imo of course)

I also must be in that small minority as I picked up on most of the things others have said they didn't until later in the story or after looking at how it's stated in a different language. For example a lot have said they didn't pick up on how the WoL must have been someone Emet knew or was close to until that 2nd talk with fake Hythlodaeus. Course maybe I just watched or read enough stuff where such subtle hints come off as someone whacking me upside the head with a brick. Or it comes from me struggling with bosses too many times in Ocarina of Time where anything that could be equated to Navi's "Hey!Listen!" point out that my brain automatically goes ohhh yeah.....

[SannaR]

Thank you Jojoya as I don't think I could have explained or articulated why the EN version is why it's the way it is. It's not even a US thing as some colloquialisms that can be seen as a US only thing are also understood and used by those in Canada.

[Boblawblah]

Do people in Japan froth at the mouth at the sight of it, or news stations going completely apeshit like idiots when games/manga/anime/shows/movies give the slightest hint of same-sex anything?

Do people in Japan froth at the mouth for ANY social issue? Or do they show their attitudes towards people who don't conform to social norms in other ways?

[RyuDragnier]

Do people in Japan froth at the mouth for ANY social issue? Or do they show their attitudes towards people who don't conform to social norms in other ways?

I don't know, you tell me, you're the one who brought up Japan to begin with, I thought you'd know.

[Boblawblah]

I don't know, you tell me, you're the one who brought up Japan to begin with, I thought you'd know.

not interested in playing games, take care.

[RyuDragnier]

Who is playing games? I want an actual answer here on how Japan responds to them.