#bi protagonist

[alexissara]

Why You Should Try Gales Of Nayeli

With Gales Of Nayeli putting out an updated demo I wanted to take some time to be this games hype woman. I have no personal profit to gain from this game's success, I became friends with the games dev after becoming a backer and eventually over chatting on discord it became more than like interview questions where I tried to learn more about the game for my own piece of mind or to see if it's worth hyping to girlfriends. I want this game to do well because it seems like most of what I've ever wanted in my favorite kind of video games. So much so it's inspiring me to want to make a video game myself. Blindcoco is great and I am thrilled about this game so allow me to gush to you a bit on all the parts of this game that make it really exciting and special to me.

Queerness in focus

I highlight this first cuz it's what sold me and it's also something people who follow me care a lot about. The games Creator didn't flinch when I asked on the kickstarter about Sapphic rep and since then we've talked a lot on discord about the game in general so I have a wide but not complete idea of how big queerness is in GoN. 

The main character is a bi woman with 4 romance options 2 men 2 women and like most romance in this game the romances go beyond the start of relationships in their support conversations or an end card but actually have at least One conversation in a relationship.  For Nayeli Our main character it elevates the character she romanced even further, making them a must deploy and adding even more time for their romance to shine in the plot and not just in the supports.  

Of course a bi MC is amazing but it goes beyond this with many bisexual characters and a few Lesbains and Gay men too. The lesbians and Gay men aren't Heathered or Leoned and left to be forever alone and are allowed to thrive while being gay and also allowed to have friendships with people on top of romance. Same goes for most bi characters. These romances and friendships the characters have also provide some mechanical advantage from unlocking classes to weapons and more really making these relationships feel like they have weight instead of being some flavor that mostly doesn’t matter. 

The game even features 2 trans men and a trans woman in its cast. The developer has put a lot of work into making his game feel like a world that in some ways Is better than our own without just the hand waving touch of saying the world's accepting without ever showing queer people. 

I have to reserve final judgment for how the game handles queerness when I actually play the game and review it but at this phase of in depth conversation and being shown information I can say with confidence that we're at least seeing someone try and honestly that's a lot more than most SRPGs. It really seems like this could dwarf the next best offerings by a bit

A wildly fun roster of characters 

This roster is diverse but not just in skin tone but in the fantastical ways too. You can find Snake girls, Harpies, Demons, Squirrel Girls, wolf girls, shark boys, and even a chicken among your party. The roster really ranges with ethnicity, cultures, personalities and even species. 

I do think it’s most important to talk about the diversity that matters most and is here in the real world and that is this game's dedication to trying to literally make own voices, hiring voice actors and doing it’s best to get people from similar backgrounds to play characters. The cast has a really wide range of real world cultures that are being pulled from and used as inspiration in the fantasy world and to that end there is a level of making sure the people from these cultures are getting some money in the process even if it is the smaller funds an indie game budget can afford to give. 

WIth a roster of over 30 characters there is likely a character who you relate to, who you might feel some kind of kinship with or want to look like especially when you throw promotions and the like in the mix. You want a showy performer she's here, want a smooth dancer you got it, want a fierce warrior they got plenty. 

I think the “monster” people add a lot to the game in concept too where in so many games you will just murder harpies or snakes or demons because the game simply says their evil or animals this game provides a challenge to this existing framework with even early party subverting standard tropes by giving you access to a dark elf Keri who is not just a big deal but a main love interest for the main character. This can really challenge the fantasy racism that so casually shows up in so many games and get you to think of every enemy human or not as another soldier in this conflict, not something evil that must be rooted out. 

Amazing Artwork

The game has stunning sprites and a true depth of art put into it. Every character has multiple promoted classes each of which has its own sprite and it's own art work meaning In and out of battle you'll see the advancement of the character. The creator of the game is the artist who is drawing all the core art for characters and has put a lot of work into the roster including revamping most of the art he had previously done to make the promoted art work for all the story scenes with expressions and everything. There is a lot of love and care into all the sprites and a lot of intentionality into making sure the art and sprites feel like the same character. 

The art goes beyond the visual too with way more voice work then one would expect from an indie game with this kind of budget including special lines for when characters who are important to each other interact in particular ways, several lines for hitting critical hits, even lines for abilities they can rarely access. While the game sadly didn’t reach the stretch goal for full voice acting it’s clear that the voice acting they could afford was all put to great use with a ton of wonderful little bits of flavor brought to life by amazing voice talent. 

If your as dorky as me hearing a game was made in SRPG Studio might automatically give you a mental image of how the UI elements will look and everything but the art direction in this game extends beyond all the elements previously mentioned and into the UI design with constant tweaks and changes to make sure the game feels like Gales Of Nayeli and not SRPG Studios presents another indie SRPG. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it gives GoN a very nice feel even just in the basic parts of presentation going that extra inch to not just feel like a copy and paste job. 

So many ways to play

The game offers a lot of modes and ways to modify gameplay. It knows a lot of what those deep into SRPGs already like to do but Also has features for people who want to go wild like a mode that makes your leveling utterly ridiculously strong. Beyond the amount of shifts with difficulty modes you have this huge roster with so many different classes  including the monsters and such mentioned earlier but also a wide range of classes performed by more standard humans too allowing for every kind of play style. Then if that wasn't enough there are ways with items both equipment and enchantment Items to further shape your roster for you. 

Every character has multiple classes they can promote to baring the games select characters who area already in a promoted class with each character's class list being uniquely made for them. This means even if  you want to play with the same characters you have at least 2 different ways to play the characters with the cap being 5 different classes for Nayeli and some characters having 3. Even the chicken gets to have multiple promoted class options.

The game has ways for you to see RNs, it has ways to play where you never gain stats and where you always gain stats, it can even turn on a fan of SRPG favorite the weapon triangle where weapons function similarly to Fire Emblem games where particular weapons have advantage over others. 

The game is also designed for replay with lots of secrets in the games from items to recruitable characters to secret chapters to the previously announced benefits that are unlocked with relationships. You can enjoy multiple playthroughs mixing up party members, relationships, items, classes, and builds to play.  It's even got you covered if you don't want to replay but want a little more after the story with post game maps for just enjoying your party and taking on challenges if your not ready to say bye to the characters yet.

#Gales Of Nayeli #Gayles Of Nayeli #GoN #SRPG #RPG #Diverse Games #Queer Games #Bi Protagonist #Lesbian Characters #Bisexual Characters #Gay Characters #Demo #Preview #Interview #Video Games #bi #lesbian #sprite work #Fire Emblem

[screensavorstudios]

Get it now for free at https://screen-savor-studios.itch.io/deadline

#visual novel #free games #video games #indie games #gamedev #mystery game #detective #woc #bi protagonist #Murder Cat

[ca-3]

I bet Joker's diary is just about him realizing he's Bisexual 🫢🩷💜💙 or maybe athletes are just hot...

this all started because of some tweets I made lol

#persona 5 #persona 5 royal #ryuji sakamoto #sakamoto ryuji #kasumi yoshizawa #sumire yoshizawa #how the hell do you tag her-- #persona 5 protagonist #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #mc is no better tbh #anyways same joke boy same #p5 is a Bisexual hell but you cant be bi and its annoying sobs #ca3 art #Bisexual #pegoryu #shusumi #btw conclusion athletes are hot 🔥

[thelastdayalive]

Making of - Alan Wake 2 [Behind the Scenes] (x)

#ilkka villi #melanie liburd #remedy games #alan wake 2 #alan wake #saga anderson #that's how i stare at saga/melanie too #wild that sam lake put two most attractive people ever as protagonists in a single game #my bi ass can't take this #sorry for the large ass gifs but i want you to Look At Them #giffing #editing #aw2 #ppl #babes

[bisexual-protagonist-competiton]

SEMIFINALS

Luz Noceda(left) from The Owl House

vs.

Percy Jackson(right) from Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Propaganda for Luz:

Propaganda for Percy:

none submitted yet! :(

#semifinals #bi protagonist competition #tournament poll #polls #toh #pjo #luz noceda #percy jackson #the owl house #percy jackson and the olympians

[akeppi]

I will never forgive atlus for removing the male romance options joker has way too much rizz around the male confidants for it to be considered het

#bisexual #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #persona 5 protagonist #persona 5 #p5r #persona 5 morgana #persona 5 mona #bisexual persona 5 protag #my art #akeppi art #pride #Idk I thought it’d be fun to give him a giant ass flag and have him wear it as a cape ;P #bi pride #be gay do crime #*makes ur protagonist queer* just you try and stop me

[kai-strophics]

I remembered this fic of mine existed and decided that sometimes my old fics ARE actually pretty good <3

#read if you want to experience Ryuji going through the 5 stages of grief over being bi #whereas Akira just sits there like :| #persona 5 #pegoryu #ryupego #ryuji sakamoto #incorrect quotes #persona 5 protagonist #persona 5 joker #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #ann takamaki #ryuji x akira #ryuji x joker #ryuji x ren #Akiryu #IGNORE THE FACT I FORGOT TO CHANGE JOKERS NAME TAG TO AKIRA

[jasontoddssuper]

Percy Jackson is the most autistic character i've met in my entire life.It's about how his abusive stepdad specifically used him not being good at school against him and no matter how hard he tried to prove that he was a good kid,almost all the adults in his life called him a troublemaker for just being himself and his mom was the only one who believed in him because she actually TRIED to understand him unlike them and always trying to eat the same type of food and not even trying to understand social norms because he thinks they're stupid and his weird as fuck yet unbeliavably hilarious sense of humor and how unashamedly kind he is even to strangers yet so full of rage and has no manners but not on purpose,that's just how he talks and prefers baggy clothes because tight and flashy ones make him uncomfortable and believes he's not worth anything and is just a loserish freak like all his bullies and teachers told him and has no idea how to tell if someone has a crush on him and vice versa but when he DOES have one,he's unintentional rizz city and having a neutral expression that looks like a scary glare and is goddamn genius who's saved everyone's assess all the time but they never tell him he's smart and insult him by making jokes that he's an immature idiot just because he's silly and sweet and he just takes it because nobody's ever told him he deserves better HE'S ME HE'S ME HE'S ME HE'S ME HE'S ME

#'am i troubled kid?yeah you could say that' made me feel so seen.because yeah!!!!i was a troubled kid too!!! #i tried so hard to be good and never masked and everybody treated me like a problem to be solved instead of the kid who needed love i was #and percy was the first time i saw someone like me be a protagonist and i've always felt such a connection to him and it's never gone away #i love you so fucking much bestie please don't listen to rick and never change you're the coolest mf to ever exist #percy jackson #autistic percy jackson #black percy #latino percy #bi percy jackson #anti percabeth #antijercy #antilukercy #antiperpollo #antipercares #rr crit #pjo #hoo #autistic girl summer #actuallyautistic #good times #letters from summer

[arachnidsgrippysocks]

So like what if a human fell after Frisk on a neutral route

#bis - art #undertale #utdr #undertale oc #fan character #my ocs #undertale human souls #undertale fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #they/them as always 8tw gotta love our en8y protagonists

[desdasiwrites]

Happy Bi Visibility Day!

(And happy Bisexual Awareness Week! 💗💜💙)

Here's a list of books with bisexual representation, or by bisexual authors.

Books in the pictures are:

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld

Revolutions of All Colors by Dewaine Farria

Running With Lions by Julian Winters

Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Heartstopper, by Alice Oseman

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

Fresh by Margot Wood

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Subatomic: And Other Stories By and About Bisexuals edited by Mariëlle S. Smith and Sìne Màiri Ní Ailpín

I Hate Everyone But You by Gabe Dunn and Allison Raskin

#BiWeek #bisexual day #bisexual author #bi rep #ya #non-ya #book recs #fantasy #scifi #bisexual protagonist #bisexual characters #black author #diverse reads #alice oseman #running with lions #roxane gay #red white and royal blue

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

What's your opinion and reaction when Lasengle made a Highschool AU of FGO and made it have angst and backstory for the protagonist?

Because it was very AO3 of them to do so

it WAS very ao3

on the one hand it isnt necessarily bad to flesh out the protagonist, on the other...ehhhh the issue w doing it like 8 years into the game is that everyone who cared enough about the mc to try and give them characterization would have gone and come up with their own ideas about their backstory/background so now they have to content with canon information that likely contradicts what theyve only just now decided to put in the game. its not an inherent issue but it wouldbe been nice if they mentioned some of the stuff about, say, ritsuka's FAMILY sooner even if there wasnt a story chapter dedicated to it bc then at least people would have known earlier on lol

also predictably there seems to be lots and lots of angst about ritsuka and how broken they are which im still kind of ambivalent about bc i think like...crying after the specific event trigger causing it in the story chapter is normal behavior and not really a sign of careening off the edge but yknow. people love their protag to be special

#my asks #fgo critical #also seeing tons of it focusing more on the male one and idk if thats just bc im now focused on that disparity but its like. ughhhh cmon gu #the backstory does seem written a bit more around a male mc and possibly makes the fem one canonically bi ? but even so #like. they are still both protagonists. at least include her w your angstposting screencaps

[ofmythsandmists]

Ok, why is there no fandom for "Nuestra Parte de Noche/Our Share of Night"???

It's a book about extremely grey queer characters and three children with ptsd dealing with Lovecraftian horrors and a very human cult made by rich pieces of shit that like body horror.

There is also a really complex (read: toxic) father/son relationship.

Come on, people.

#our share of night #nuestra parte de noche #mariana enriquez #i just finished and i need to speak about it #it's very good #very very very DARK but good #one of the protagonists is a very problematic bi man and and horrible father #but i mean all the characters are traumatized by a cult #books #horror literature

[transxfiles]

so SO funny how the entire narrative is trying to push misty to get together with walter. like he is clearly at least kinda crushing on her and the directors are paralleling them and the writing is trying to push them together. meanwhile misty keeps going "i would like to see nat again please. stop talking to me." walter looks at misty with big eyes like PLEASE we only need ONE hotel room RIGHT and misty says, "two hotel rooms. i would like a separate one. yeah put it under a separate name. freak." and leaves him in the dust.

#the funniest thing is i totally see misty as bi she and walter just have ZERO chemistry #yellowjackets writers have circled back around to 'lets make weirdgirl protagonist's love interest the boy version of weirdgirl character' #girl that has never worked!! get with the program!! #uninspired truly. anyway it's hilarious to me. if they actually get together i will be disappointed but not surprised #it's the least interesting dynamic possible imo. #meanwhile. SHAUNA AND JEFF?? im obsessed with whatever the fuck is happening in that household #but yeah when it comes to misty i think her batshit off the rails manipulation of nat is 10000% more interesting #then elijah wood making doe eyes at her.. sorry #cricket.chatterbox #yellowjackets (tv show) #yellowjackets #misty quigley

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

bisexuals are truly safe from no one lmao.

#tbd #honestly it's kind of funny to be invalidated by both ends of the insanity spectrum (i say like i am not swimming in rage) #hostile countries on both sides #fandom wank #and it's always bi characters who will be subjected to this #like if you didn't get the memo #going this char is so straight when that's a bisexual is bad #going this char is exclusively homosexual when that's a bisexual is bad #and lest we forget if a bisexual character will only romance one type of protagonist in the dystopian future game #that's also valid bc bi chars don't owe it to you to fuck everyone or be available to everyone either.

[therighthandofvengeance]

Sheridan and Ivanova encountered the phrase “ride or die”, looked at each other, and said “why not both?”

#who are queue? what do queue want? #babylon 5 #b5 #john sheridan #susan ivanova #ride or die #himbo and the bi tale as old as time #again: older brother and younger sister #Ivanova wants both = bisexuality #Sheridan wants both = Protagonist™️ #tbh they’d both be wonderful ride-or-dies #they deserve each other #NJG x himbo is an unmatched combo #they’re probably my favorite platonic relationship

[bisexual-protagonist-competiton]

#bi protagonist competition #polls #round one #mcga #orv #magnus chase #kim dokja #panel for kim dokja was requested by someone and i made an exception bc he looks very smiley :)