Woo boy, how to put this delicately....
In my opinion, adding LGBTQ to a series is a very difficult thing to do, and no matter what happens when it's put in things tend to go wrong. As a species we're inclined to argue about things, being descended from apes after all (one of the most violent animals on the planet, if you can believe it). So I could see this (potentially) going one of two ways:
Option 1: Nomura puts it in the game, it's seen as reaching for social brownie points like J.K Rowling rewriting Dumbledore as gay for wizard Hitler, people get pissed and the internet gets another battleground on it's infinite space.
Option 2: Nomura puts it in the game, people acknowledge it and move on with their lives peacefully, but news outlets and social media blow it up to the point it becomes as big as Frozen, which is when it will get annoying.
Now, this being said does that mean I'm against it? No.
I live by a code as most of you know, "Whatever you do, so long as you don't harm anyone or anything or push your ideals on me I don't care what you do".
It's a code of neutrality because I've grown tired of picking sides my whole life, and this even extends to social issues. But there reaches a point where I sometimes look at these issues and get irritated.
If it's a small scene or 30 minutes or so, fine.
If it rewrites the whole game and constantly shoves it in the player's face, that's crossing a line.
(Do note I'm not trying to be bigoted, I'm just trying to say that there's a time and place for everything and I personally think the way Nomura handles the relationships between characters is the best option. Leaving it open ended allows others to form their own opinions on these characters and narrowing them down to X is straight, Z is gay, and G is bi seems kind of limiting to me.)
In my opinion, adding LGBTQ to a series is a very difficult thing to do, and no matter what happens when it's put in things tend to go wrong. As a species we're inclined to argue about things, being descended from apes after all (one of the most violent animals on the planet, if you can believe it). So I could see this (potentially) going one of two ways:
Option 1: Nomura puts it in the game, it's seen as reaching for social brownie points like J.K Rowling rewriting Dumbledore as gay for wizard Hitler, people get pissed and the internet gets another battleground on it's infinite space.
Option 2: Nomura puts it in the game, people acknowledge it and move on with their lives peacefully, but news outlets and social media blow it up to the point it becomes as big as Frozen, which is when it will get annoying.
Now, this being said does that mean I'm against it? No.
I live by a code as most of you know, "Whatever you do, so long as you don't harm anyone or anything or push your ideals on me I don't care what you do".
It's a code of neutrality because I've grown tired of picking sides my whole life, and this even extends to social issues. But there reaches a point where I sometimes look at these issues and get irritated.
If it's a small scene or 30 minutes or so, fine.
If it rewrites the whole game and constantly shoves it in the player's face, that's crossing a line.
(Do note I'm not trying to be bigoted, I'm just trying to say that there's a time and place for everything and I personally think the way Nomura handles the relationships between characters is the best option. Leaving it open ended allows others to form their own opinions on these characters and narrowing them down to X is straight, Z is gay, and G is bi seems kind of limiting to me.)
