i don't understand why they think these aren't trans character in the first place? when you use the character creator to CHOOSE YOUR OWN GENDER (pro-trans messaging here) V has a fully formed adult body, couldn't you pretend that you were born a biological male and had a cyberpunk operation giving you whatever female body you create in the character creator? or visa versa? making you trans? the character creator itself lets you swap between genders. like trans people undergoing hormone and surgerical treatment to transform their bodies into something more "true" to themselves, by enhancing characteristic of traditional gender roles (breasts, hair, genitals, etc.) you use this character creator to select between gender roles. this is a trans friendly experience. i mean what the actual fuck? if we are talking a sci fi universe where they can completely redo perfect plastic surgery on body parts, why do they pretend this isn't the case?
they just have tiny imaginations. or no imaginations. if you were trans in this cyberpunk future, born in a man's body, and wanted to be a woman, you would use this character creator to give you the desired body, exactly like trans people use hormones and real world surgery to alter their own bodies. the character designer is you undergoing the trans surgery to claim your true gender. there. PROBLEM SOLVED. just as we can't refer to Ellen Page being a woman without it being problematic, you can't refer to V's past. you have to respect his/her decision to take on whatever gender you choose at the character creator. you don't know if they are cis or trans. assuming that for them - outing them - would be politically incorrect.
has anyone brought this up? by assuming that V is a cis person, Kyuu could very well be misgendering a trans person. if someone wants to play V as a trans person, Kyuu is saying that no, you are wrong for doing that.
her entire crusade is based on her being prejudiced towards someone's gender. un fucking believable.