CBU3 just slapped every gay, lesbian, trans, queer folk in the face right on Pride

[Burmecia]

Dion is a great character that happens to be gay

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this way. this way!
good character first!! good character that happens to be what they happen to be!
gay, straight, uh, some other flavour

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Someone read Yda and Papalymo as couple?

[Ramiee]

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Someone read Yda and Papalymo as couple?

When I first played the game as a pre-teen in ARR I thought Nanamo and Raubahn were married lol.

[NanaWiloh]

Anyone remember when games were seen as entertainment and not message boards for recognition or personal validation.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Anyone remember when games were seen as entertainment and not message boards for recognition or personal validation.

He's doing this for entertainment. His. Hes trolling. Again. I know keeping track of like, dozens of accounts is hard, but he always does the same thing.

[Avatre]

He's doing this for entertainment. His. Hes trolling. Again. I know keeping track of like, dozens of accounts is hard, but he always does the same thing.

Don't you mean thousands of bot farm accounts?

[Endity]

Dexerto recently interviewed Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida (via a translator) during a preview for the upcoming Dawntrail expansion. Yoshida was also the producer of Final Fantasy 16, so we asked whether Dawntrail would feature LGBTQ characters in the same vein as Dion.

“So, if the question is whether there is a character that is clearly expressed in that way as Dion,” Yoshida said, “Then the answer is no.”

“But this time around, the Warriors of Light will be meeting many different races, many different tribes, many different peoples. The theme of the expansion is “diversity”, so in that sense, you can expect many different encounters.”

https://www.dexerto.com/final-fantas...cters-2759025/

Diversity includes sexuality and gender diversity! This is such a big slap in the face to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ Community, especially after Dion was released in FF16... We all thought... This expansion Dawntrial, will be the first expansion to feature a major LGBT NPC story character in the MSQ. But it's not. Does Square Enix even care about their LGBT players anymore?

July can’t come quick enough.

[sindriiisgaming]

almost fell for this till i saw ur username

[Ramiee]

God please no, CBU3 barely writes friendships with any sort of depth. Romance would be so cringe.

[NanaWiloh]

He's doing this for entertainment. His. Hes trolling. Again. I know keeping track of like, dozens of accounts is hard, but he always does the same thing.

I know he is a troll

[BrokenFantasy]

Dexerto recently interviewed Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida (via a translator) during a preview for the upcoming Dawntrail expansion. Yoshida was also the producer of Final Fantasy 16, so we asked whether Dawntrail would feature LGBTQ characters in the same vein as Dion.

“So, if the question is whether there is a character that is clearly expressed in that way as Dion,” Yoshida said, “Then the answer is no.”

“But this time around, the Warriors of Light will be meeting many different races, many different tribes, many different peoples. The theme of the expansion is “diversity”, so in that sense, you can expect many different encounters.”

https://www.dexerto.com/final-fantas...cters-2759025/

Diversity includes sexuality and gender diversity! This is such a big slap in the face to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ Community, especially after Dion was released in FF16... We all thought... This expansion Dawntrial, will be the first expansion to feature a major LGBT NPC story character in the MSQ. But it's not. Does Square Enix even care about their LGBT players anymore?

Assuming you're not a troll, speak for yourself please. I'm a gay man and I don't feel "slapped in the face". Sure it's a little disappointing to hear that there won't be any LGBT+ people in Dawntrail, and a little odd. Maybe the writers don't feel comfortable writing them due to lack of experience, maybe they don't consider it important. Let's not advocate for ticking off checkboxes in terms of diversity/representation in FFXIV; bad enough that it's become the norm in other games and Hollywood.