#plus theyre very simple gameplay wise and even people who dont play games can get a hang of them pretty easily

[imadhatt3r]

I still can't get over the fact that video games have currently one of the best and most natural LGBT representation out of all media and nobody outside of people who already like video games like... Gives a shit??? Lol

Can you imagine how popular something like dragon age, mass effect, the last of us (both parts), cyberpunk 2077, metal gear solid, night in the woods or disco elysium would be if they were TV shows on like, netflix or HBO? People would never shut up about how they're a "milestone" in the potrayal of LGBT people, about how complex these characters are and how different they are between eachother in personality, looks, character arcs, quirks and roles within the plot they are?

But because video games are still considered a specialized hobby at best and childish toys at worst, these amazing examples like Kim Kitsuragi, Ruby, Harry du Bois, Ellie Williams, Judy Alvarez, Kerry Eurodyne, Johnny Silverhand, V, Claire Russell, the bioware companions like Isabela, Dorian, Sera or Iron Bull and many, many others just go completely overlooked in favor of some milquetoste show that ends up disappointing and three-second-long shot in a Disney or Marvel movie that will end up cut in many versions anyways.

#hatter blathers #i mean im glad that oddly enough games arent technically mainstream media #but its baffling that lgbt people who arent gamers just completely ignore them #you dont have to be good at games to enjoy their stories! #play on easy or shit look up a playthrough on youtube! #there are ones that are cut like movies even! #im mostly talking about story based games because these are the easiest to translate for people who arent gamers #but there are also more abstract games like celeste that have a playble trans woman! #madeline is a main character and her story doesnt revolve around transition AT ALL!!! #most people who only watch disney schlop have been wanting a story like this since forever!!!! #like shit i have mixed opinions on life is strange but literally 80% of major characters in the whole series ARE LGBT!!! #NONE OF THE PROTAGS ARE CISHET!!!! AND THEIR STORIES DONT REVOLVE AROUND BEING LGBT AT ALL!!!! #plus theyre very simple gameplay wise and even people who dont play games can get a hang of them pretty easily #like im sorry for the rant but im very passionate about video games being dismissed or overlooked #in areas where they can easily eat the competition for breakfast