The most facepalm worth article ever. "Fallout 4 is a good rpg"

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You know, F4 actually fails miserably if you try to analyze it through an SJW lens. Bethesda clearly meant for the protagonist to be a straight white male. You can't roleplay a gay character, because the protagonist is happily married to someone of the opposite gender (and they took out the gay perks from NV, while retaining the straight ones). You can change your skin color, but both voices for the protagonist clearly belong to white people. And the man giving the opening narration, as well as having the military background that lets his family into the vault, strongly implies that he's the canonical gender choice.

Now, you know what game most SJWs I know love? NV. And why shouldn't they? Plenty of diversity, representation from all walks of life, positively-written gay characters and perks that let you imagine a different sexuality for yourself, etc. So jeer at the SJWs all you want, but they aren't the problem when it comes to Fallout. Far from it.
 
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Tom Bishop said:
You know, F4 actually fails miserably if you try to analyze it through an SJW lens. Bethesda clearly meant for the protagonist to be a straight white male. You can't roleplay a gay character, because the protagonist is happily married to someone of the opposite gender (and they took out the gay perks from NV, while retaining the straight ones). You can change your skin color, but both voices for the protagonist clearly belong to white people. And the man giving the opening narration, as well as having the military background that lets his family into the vault, strongly implies that he's the canonical gender choice.

Now, you know what game most SJWs I know love? NV. And why shouldn't they? Plenty of diversity, representation from all walks of life, positively-written gay characters and perks that let you imagine a different sexuality for yourself, etc. So jeer at the SJWs all you want, but they are not the problem when it comes to Fallout. Far from it.
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But you have a point there. The male protagonist seems to be the canonical choice for Fallout 4 for some reason(seeing as he's the narrator for the opening instead of Ron Perlman for some mind-boggling reason). They did to try to pander with making the protagonist and everyone in the Wasteland bi for some reason while keeping the interactions shallow and without depth. It obviously did not amount to much except for something to put on the marketing blurb.

With New Vegas, the diversity and representation had depth and complexity to it (plus rather than making a fuss of the characters with different orientations, they wove it in naturally). From Manny Vargas's unrequited love to a formerly married man to a Brotherhood scribe with a power fist, they were portrayed as people rather than a display piece.

I still wonder why there are few articles about the shallowness of Bethesda's writing.
 
R.Graves said:
Manny Vargas was gay for Boone? What? Hold on how'd you find that out?
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Not 100% sure if it really is the case but Boone mentions that Manny always never got along with Carla and that he seemed happy that Carla was gone. It seems to be an implied attraction rather than explicit.
It is known that Manny is gay since he responds to the Confirmed Bachelor perk.
 
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CerberusGate said:
Not 100% sure if it really is the case but Boone mentions that Manny always never got along with Carla and that he seemed happy that Carla was gone. It seems to be an implied attraction rather than explicit.
It is known that Manny is gay since he can responds to the Confirmed Bachelor perk.
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Manny is gay...

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
 
RangerBoo said:
Well not really so much. They are fine with lesbians but not gay men because at the end of the day they are still men and therefor they are still privileged shit lords and part of the patriarchy!:V

Feminist, gotta love them and their double standards./sarc/:evil:
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Not all feminists are like that though, thank god.

There are some that actually care about Saudi Arabia's oppression and misdeeds.
 
RangerBoo said:
Well not really so much. They are fine with lesbians but not gay men because at the end of the day they are still men and therefor they are still privileged shit lords and part of the patriarchy!:V

Feminist, gotta love them and their double standards./sarc/:evil:
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You know what else Is a sexist double standard? Pants. As a male my pants have huge pockets. I could fit an entire banana in them. But were I a woman wearing pants intended for women... I'd be lucky to fit a fucking quarter in those pockets.

It implies women shouldn't have property.:V
 
Dr Fallout said:
Not all feminists are like that though, thank god.

There are some that actually care about Saudi Arabia's oppression and misdeeds.
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Yes but not western 3rd wave feminist. Trust me I know, my cousin and aunt are your typical 3rd wave feminist and they believe that all women living in America are constant victims of the evil white patriarchy and if Donald Trump is elected then he is going to use us as breeding stock and strap us women down in milking machines like in that scene from Mad Max Fury Road. I am not making this shit up. I really wish I was. Now Trump is a buffoon and there is legitimate reasons to not like him but this borders on the realms of madness. Suffice to say my cousin and aunt don't talk to anymore. Well that was after they called me a brainwashed c*nt and gender traitor.

R.Graves said:
Shut up you white cis male! I actually have no clue what cis means.

Or if you're even white.
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Cis means that you are comfortable with your gender. Don't know why Tumblr likes to think that is an insult.
 
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