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[kevboard]

Okay, serious question.

For people such as the one above, can they just change their minds about how they wish to be addressed on a daily basis? Because if so, that's actually pretty unfair to everyone else.

One day, he/him, the next day, she/her, and the next day not wanting to be gendered at all. A week later, back to feeling like being he/him.

since it has zero connection to any logical concept, yes.

which is why anyone actually taking this shit seriously has either mental issues or an IQ below freezing temperature.

 

[Jaybe]

Here’s some of the “cultural consultants” from the game’s credits:

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I'm spanish and the game's subtitles are a FUCKING DISASTER. A lot of characters speak using "gender neutral" pronouns and articles in every situation, and guess what...spanish language DOESN'T HAVE gender neutral. Things use masculine or femenine articles and pronouns (ending in -a for fem and -o for masc). The game is plagued with words ending in -e that doesn't exists in my language and it's super annoying.

It's not just a character that you can avoid...is nonstop. Trash of a game.

Yeah, gendered languages are fun like that. Surprisingly Polish has a neutral “gender” - to. So “I had” for a man is “miałem “, for a woman - “miałam”, and now some agender people are using “miałom”, which is a spin to make it sound non-gendered.

I can imagine how annoying it must feel for a native speaker to have Latinx concept from English language applied to their own in violation of all grammar rules.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Yeah... It's bizarre to say the least, but if it's legit then we see what happens when you give these people just a little bit of latitude. They go way too far. It's like society could have collectively pulled these people out of a ditch but instead they're in a 30 foot sinkhole, soon to disappear forever.

"The inmates now run the asylum."

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Okay, serious question.

For people such as the one above, can they just change their minds about how they wish to be addressed on a daily basis? Because if so, that's actually pretty unfair to everyone else.

One day, he/him, the next day, she/her, and the next day not wanting to be gendered at all. A week later, back to feeling like being he/him.

Yep which is why that person most likely isn’t even trolling since they have the most insane kind of thinking to the point where you’ll first think they’re trolling or doing some parody or joke but nope they are actually serious.

 

[cormack12]

Here’s some of the “cultural consultants” from the game’s credits:

Everything they try to create is shit, so it leaves the only option of getting their nose in with a big IP to say 'look, I made a game happen'. They are basically a meme of AHS: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Double_Feature

 

[Bojji]

Yeah, gendered languages are fun like that. Surprisingly Polish has a neutral “gender” - to. So “I had” for a man is “miałem “, for a woman - “miałam”, and now some agender people are using “miałom”, which is a spin to make it sound non-gendered.

I can imagine how annoying it must feel for a native speaker to have Latinx concept from English language applied to their own in violation of all grammar rules.

Isn't "to" for things, not people?

"Miałom" sounds like completely fabricated word (like latinx in english).

They really try hard with this stuff, in languages that are completely incompatible.

 

[UnrealEck]

Here’s some of the “cultural consultants” from the game’s credits:

 

[Boglin]

Thai ladyboys are more feminine than any Western female character.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Thai ladyboys are more feminine than any Western female character.

I agree with the current western characters but there were plenty of really great western looking characters from the past like the Witcher 3, Spider-Mans Black Cat, DC animated shows and Marvel animated shows etc etc.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Thai ladyboys are more feminine than any Western female character.

And they admit they're still men.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Here’s some of the “cultural consultants” from the game’s credits:

What do you want them to do, ask Joe Rogan on what it's like to be trans and help him shape those characters? I don't get the point of this post. Yes, I think Taash is poorly written, but there's nothing indicative from these consultant's bios here that would suggest that (1) they wrote that script and (2) the bios foretold how badly that script would have turned out. All this post does is tell us trans people exist.

 

[Jaybe]

What do you want them to do, ask Joe Rogan on what it's like to be trans and help him shape those characters? I don't get the point of this post.

With what BioWare produced with the advice from these people, seems like these ‘cultural consultant’ grifters made off like bandits

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Clumsy, Preachy Political Messaging Does More Harm Than Good

Dragon Age: The Veilguard foolishly inserts modern politics into a game that could have addressed these issues within the framework of the game's lore.

www.forbes.com

 

[jason10mm]

Hang on, hang on, hang on, the "NON-BINARY" character, the one that wants EVERYONE to call her a "THEM", then walks around insulting other people, "Calling you what you are" and sees nothing wrong with it? JFC PLEASE tell me you can leave Taash in a puddle of her own vomit somewhere early in the game and NEVER see her again.

 

[Bojji]

And they admit they're still men.

This is how it should be, do what you want and live the way you want (without harming others) but don't try to warp reality around you.

 

[Joel Was Right]

With what BioWare produced with the advice from these people, seems like these ‘cultural consultant’ grifters made off like bandits

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Clumsy, Preachy Political Messaging Does More Harm Than Good

Dragon Age: The Veilguard foolishly inserts modern politics into a game that could have addressed these issues within the framework of the game's lore.

www.forbes.com

I agree with everything in that article, but it doesn't actually relate to the point I made. All that poster did was mention that that some trans/non-binary people were consulted. Well, of course they were. Why wouldn't they be? The issue here is who wrote those scenes. As the author points out in the excellent article you shared, the portrayal is almost satirical. So if anything, rationally, I wonder how many of those consultants are actually happy with that portrayal that we ended up with.

 

[royox]

So it is possible to totally skip this character? Most of the cut scenes posted only have a few characters in them so is it possible to TOTALLY skip anything at all with each companion or do you have to have them all in your party? And if they are all forced to be in your party, can you just ignore this character to never see this stuff (I hear companion skill progression is linked to their story progression) and still play the rest of the game?

The art direction alone isn't endearing me to this game but if Taash is totally skippable or could at least be a minor character just participating in battles then maybe it would be tolerable. Though who knows, maybe there is enough with this character acting like a normal person to hook me to find out more about her and her mommy issues.

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

That is bullshit if true

 

[CharmingCharlie]

You just get so exhausted by all this identity bullshit and of course blackrock is at the centre of it all. It isn't enough that those fuckers have more money than god they also have to use their wealth to destroy any little bit of fun or pleasure for the ordinary person too.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

But that's standard for Bioware games, is it not? You have to be on good terms with all your companions to get the best ending? At least on ME2 I recall you have to.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Isn't "to" for things, not people?

"Miałom" sounds like completely fabricated word (like latinx in english).

They really try hard with this stuff, in languages that are completely incompatible.

Yup, “to” is for things. “Miłom” is 100% fabricated word, but here you get into a discussion between cultural experts “language is constantly evolving” and linguists “bro, what are you smoking”. A few months back there was a huge scandal when one of the most important linguists mentioned the word “dies” in “an animal has died” cannot be the same as referring to a human - “człowiek zmarł” vs. “Pies zdechł”. It cause a huge uproar among animal owners, but linguistically he was of course correct.

 

[royox]

But that's standard for Bioware games, is it not? You have to be on good terms with all your companions to get the best ending? At least on ME2 I recall you have to.

In ME2 the endings didn't depend on the loyalty or survival of the members and still you could make unloyal companions survive by playing smart (not giving them responsabilities and giving responsibility to the best squad members).

 

[JayK47]

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

Is the good ending an orgy? I half expect it at this point.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

Oh, what happens? Does she call the final boss a bigot and the boss does push-ups until it dies?

 

[jason10mm]

Somebody asked that in Steam and other players said that you HAVE to recruit her but if you dont interact with her and complete her "loyalty mission" you are locked out of the best ending of the game.

Well, unless the "best ending" is some sort of massive organization then I think we will all survive Does she sacrifice herself for the rest of the group or something? Hard to imagine how getting everyone to call her "them" can affect the world endstate.

 

[royox]

Well, unless the "best ending" is some sort of massive organization then I think we will all survive Does she sacrifice herself for the rest of the group or something? Hard to imagine how getting everyone to call her "them" can affect the world endstate.

As far as I know

Spoiler: Possible spoilers

if you don't complete her loyalty mission she dies in some kind of suicide mission at the end of the game and if you don't have all the companions alive you are locked out of the good ending

 

[Nickolaidas]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

Jesus Christ

 

[Kacho]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

 

[Dazraell]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

Man, what the fuck is that. How that scene even made to final game lol

 

[Randall365]

What do you want them to do, ask Joe Rogan on what it's like to be trans and help him shape those characters? I don't get the point of this post. Yes, I think Taash is poorly written, but there's nothing indicative from these consultant's bios here that would suggest that (1) they wrote that script and (2) the bios foretold how badly that script would have turned out. All this post does is tell us trans people exist.

I heard one of the people mentioned on a podcast (DLC I think) and she was completely nuts. Wrote a book on Mario’s arsehole I think. If you get activists on board you get scenes like this, but the game director is trans is she not, so it’s all by design.

 

[jason10mm]

As far as I know

Spoiler: Possible spoilers

if you don't complete her loyalty mission she dies in some kind of suicide mission at the end of the game and if you don't have all the companions alive you are locked out of the good ending

You sure that isn't the best ending?

 

[emivita]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

 

[EviLore]

Shattering glass ceilings one immolation at a time

 

[RoboFu]

I've read comments that it is very hard to make a character that doesnt look like a woman? Can anyone confirm that?

 

[Nickolaidas]

I've read comments that it is very hard to make a character that doesnt look like a woman? Can anyone confirm that?

I've seen some decent looking female Rooks.

 

[RoboFu]

I've read comments that it is very hard to make a character that doesnt look like a woman? Can anyone confirm that

I've seen some decent looking female Rooks.

I said that DOES NOT. Look like a female. Like it's hard to make a manly looking man.

 

[Nickolaidas]

I've read comments that it is very hard to make a character that doesnt look like a woman? Can anyone confirm that


I said that DOES NOT. Look like a female. Like it's hard to make a manly looking man.

Sorry, I misread. There are a lot of people who accuse the CC of not being able to make feminine women and I thought you meant that.

As SkillUp has said, male characters look like they came from a Shrek movie. So that's as manly as you can get, I guess.

Honestly I think the faces are fine.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Meanwhile, our horny cousins in China ...

 

[bender]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

 

[balls of snow]

I've read comments that it is very hard to make a character that doesnt look like a woman? Can anyone confirm that


I said that DOES NOT. Look like a female. Like it's hard to make a manly looking man.

Heres mine. I try to emulate that they could come out of the Vikings show, even has the shaved ponytail on the back. Qunari because it seemed tough to get a good looking Qunari.

 

[LMJ]

Hang on, hang on, hang on, the "NON-BINARY" character, the one that wants EVERYONE to call her a "THEM", then walks around insulting other people, "Calling you what you are" and sees nothing wrong with it? JFC PLEASE tell me you can leave Taash in a puddle of her own vomit somewhere early in the game and NEVER see her again.

Lol the BLATANT hypocrisy is so deliciously ironic because it ALWAYS works out this way lol

Tasha, "respect my pronouns!" then refuses to call folks by their name, these writers truely suck lol

 

[Joel Was Right]

Meanwhile, our horny cousins in China ...

This is so weird, man

 

[cormack12]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

Did they literally throw this meme in there too:



Honestly this shit is embarrassing, and a perfect example of why video game writing is not taken seriously. No wonder the WGA fucked off the award.

 

[Little Chicken]

Why are "cultural consultants" always blue-haired white women...

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

This is literally puke city. Kill me. KILL ME NOW.

Seen a few scenes with this Taash abomination they them it creature and combined with the most insane and shitty dialogues. It has to be one of if not the worse character ever in gaming.

Why are "cultural consultants" always blue-haired white women...

That creature isn't a woman.

 

[EviLore]

Cornering a woman to pressure her for sex is okay as long as you identify as a morally righteous person, I guess!

 

[Dynasty8]

Cornering a woman to pressure her for sex is okay as long as you identify as a morally righteous person, I guess!

The more I see, the worse it gets.

 

[Gambit2483]

Cornering a woman to pressure her for sex is okay as long as you identify as a morally righteous person, I guess!

HR ignored that.

 

[Fake]

Cornering a woman to pressure her for sex is okay as long as you identify as a morally righteous person, I guess!

This is their mindset. 100% sure this is someone inserted in the game.