"Cinebar;c-17886552" wrote:
"BookBear;c-17885436" wrote:
"Babykittyjade;c-17885428" wrote:
"GreenTurtle;c-17885362" wrote:
I also kind of agree.
They're making too big a deal out of it. It was cool and thoughtful how sims in the first game didn't give a rat's behind about gender and just loved (and fought) each other freely. It felt natural, nothing about it seemed forced. These days there's a whole parade going on about how inclusive they are, but imo, it's a step back.
It used to be normal, sims can be gay and people can be too. The way it should be. You don't need to TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT. It shouldn't have to be some kind of special thing. It just needs to be normal, and they already had that.
The irony of it all is that with all the LGBTQ+ updates, the game isn't just letting you be gay anymore. It's telling you how to be gay. With pride flags and shirts.
Exactly this. It's exactly like some books I read with lgbtq characters. It kinda disturbed me because it felt like I was reading a "gay" book with a bit of story that had to constantly announce how gay/different/special they were. Just to make sure I never forgot it.
But what I actually was hoping for when I read them was a "story" book with gay characters that shows their everyday "normal" life. Their hopes and dreams, aspirations and life struggles just like normal people have.
I feel like that's the best way to be accepted and normalized is just to go about it well... normally?♀️
And I agree that the older sims did that well. No one had to make a spectacle about it.
But I guess you can say that about everything in 2021???
I understand that and those books bother me too. But my problem is that it is currently impossible to make characters that go by they/them pronouns. Having the option is not "making a spectacle about it."
Let's hope they don't make a spectacle out of it. But this should be a choice for the player in CAS. It's just as important for those who did trans still be called he or she if that is their preference. Or if the biological gender players still want to be called he or she. But I fear Maxis will make a big hoopla about it all (when they finish it) and have a big announcement and pat themselves on the back. It's almost distasteful to keep using the community as a trumpet for Maxis. Ka-ching.
Again I said
option. Plus I've already given up on getting gender-neutral pronouns in TS4. Sadly at this point it's not going to happen. All I want is having the base game options of male/females/other in TS5. And I'm at least hopeful for that. :smile:
(They could never acknowledge the option exists so far as I care, as long as it is an option)
