How do I balance transfem horny posting and game design talk? Like i got a bunch of trans fems, but on one to talk game design with. >~<
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Once I discovered a game that is a dark rewritten version of Pinocchio, like there is of Alice in Wonderland I had to base a crossover ship collage on them. In American McGee's Alice Madness Returns Alice Liddell has a steampuke dress and the series has some steampuke-like traits through its take on the Mad Hatter, along with the second game having Alice turn herself into blue colored butterflies whenever she dashes. Giving her common traits that one could use to feature her beside P, the nickname given to the humanoid Pinocchio as he is mostly addressed as "boy" in the game. Three of the Tumblr posts I had found on the two had them be featured with Disney's Alice and Pinocchio, like they were comparing Disney's child friendly versions of the two with their darker counterparts.
I know that while people have enjoyed the story plot of Lies of P, they aren't found of the way that it was very easy to die in one or two hits, but I still think that they should be credited for story telling. Like the American McGee's Alice franchise was. Just to get this off my chest, but whenever I hear someone say Lies of P, it feels like they were saying "Lisa P."
I had trouble coming up with a title for this collage, with Lies of P Pinocchio mostly referenced as simply "P," I ended up with "Palice." It was that or something like "Alichio," "Pinolice," "Alinocchio" or "P Liddel." What do you think it should be, even if you prefer to ship them as friends than lovers?
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So I started playing Rain World!
Lil slugcat guys are so cute
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Aloy Confirmed as Queer in New 'Horizon Forbidden West' DLC Romance
Throughout the first two games in Guerrilla Games and Sony Interactive's Horizon series, protagonist Aloy (Ashley Burch) does not have much time for romance. Although there are a fair number of mostly male characters, who expressed interest in her, even the "heart" dialogue choices always led to Aloy shooting them down. But that has all changed in the newly released Horizon Forbidden West DLC, Burning Shores, which was released exclusively for PlayStation 5 on April 19th.
[Contains spoilers for Horizon Zero Dawn and minor spoilers for Horizon Forbidden West and Burning Shores.]
Set after the events of Forbidden West, Burning Shores sees Aloy's begrudging ally Sylens (played by the late Lance Reddick) send her to a flooded series of islands made of the post-apocalyptic remains of Los Angeles to hunt down a surviving member of Far Zenith, the main antagonist organization of the second game. Upon arriving at the titular shores, Aloy meets Seyka (Kylie Liya Page) a marine from the technologically advanced Quen tribe. The two team up to take down the Far Zenith and rescue Seyka's sister and tribe from his clutches.
Throughout the DLC's main story questline, players spend the majority of their time fighting alongside Seyka, a notable change from the base game, which has Aloy primarily adventuring alone aside from brief scenes and quests where she teams up with an ally. Aloy shows interest and concern for her, unlike that of her other companions, including resting her hand on Seyka's shoulder at one point and awkwardly praising how great the Quen warrior is.
At the conclusion of the DLC, Seyka confesses that she has been thinking about what she wants to do after they finish their quest and confesses that she wants to be with Aloy. Players have the option to reject Seyka's confession but not in any way that denies Aloy's queerness, either saying, "I'm not ready for this" or "This is too much for me." However, players also have the option of reciprocating her feelings.
If Aloy confesses that she shares the same feelings for Seyka, the two share a quick kiss before saying goodbye, bound by their own responsibilities and unsure of when they will see each other again but hopeful with the knowledge that they are out there thinking of each other, setting up exciting possibilities for the future of their relationship and romance for Aloy in the next Horizon sequel.
Check out the kiss and their full romance here:
There were previous hints of Aloy's queerness in Horizon Forbidden West. In the game's story campaign, they meet a member of Far Zenith from the distant past who was romantically involved with Elisabet Sobeck, the scientist from which Aloy was cloned, making her an exact genetic copy. Although it is unknown exactly what role genetics play a role in queerness, many fans pointed to this as evidence of Aloy being gay.
Given Aloy's resistance to others' romantic interests before, some fans also speculated that she was asexual. Although Burning Shores disproves that theory, there is still evidence that she is grey-asexual or demisexual. After completing the DLC, if players return to the memorial outside their base, Aloy confesses that Seyka is "really special" and that she "never thought [she'd] feel this way about someone." From that, we can gather that Seyka is Aloy's first love, and we hope to see their romance continue in the future.
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