You must live in your own little world of crazy to think LGBT characters in a video game are bad or “pandering to the lowest common denominator”.
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You’re assuming again. I never once said that.
Adding a new character is fine so long as the reason for thier existence isn’t just because they’re gay.
The reason for thier existence should add to the overarching storyline.
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I’ll be honest, we can talk “Real life” all we want, but WoW has immortal or near immoral beings.
Look at humans and some of the things they are in to. You can’t tell me that Draenei living for 10k+ years and Night Elves being similar (And darn near naked half the time) are not predominantly a little bi curious.
Heck most studies suggest that being purely straight or purely gay are the minorities IRL…but again that darn society and it’s perception.
Are you fine with Blizzard adding straight relationships in-game?
Azeroth isn’t real life. 
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It’s normal for them to exist and be shown , not abnormal; people in the LGBT community are no different from you or anyone, aside from whom they are attracted to and love.
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Yep.
Do you not know most women can’t give, or you were told by society that all of them could?
It’s not crazy to think some people will have genetic deformities or incoming future physical incapabilities.
You must failed biology class if you think a woman will always have a working uterus.
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It shouldn’t matter if the character is gay, straight, bi, trans or anything - these features are minor, and afterthought. The matter of the issue is, the character(s); hero or villain, protagonist, antagonist, forefront main to even side and background needs to be compelling, relatable and functioning to the plot, as well to their own and the viewer’s goal to not just a singular audience but a wide range to be remembered, be it loved, love to hate, or seething rage.
If a character is just shoehorned in as a gimmick, sadly the rest will view it as such and treat it as such. A gimmick - which will do longer lasting damage to the message that is trying to be conveyed.
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You obviously didn’t understand what he said.
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Oh wow are we so not making this a “Personal” issue for me. Because imo everyone is gay until stated otherwise.
Like, I’m sorry you don’t understand how things work, and you can do your little “WELL I DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT ROMANCE IN MY STORIES.” (Gee I haven’t heard that one before) but for real. You’re just wrong.
I’ll be honest I didn’t read past that opening line, so if you said something more profound that makes this response moot then sorry but I’m tired and not even bothering anymore. It’s the same tired excuses over and over again and it’s never about the writing.
Oh definitely it wouldn’t surprise me either. It’s never been touched upon but it’s not out of the ordinary. And you are correct, most people are never 100% straight or gay. Kinsey Scale anyone?
No more than my Nephew is Raphael the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, just because he puts on a bandanna , and wields a plastic Katana and eats pizza and hides outside saying he’s Training with a giant rat.
He’s not a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
I suggest some educated reading. ----> ht tps://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/pb-assets/dsm/update/DSM5Update2016.pdf
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I technically could tell you that.
but the reality is that any race that long lived probably has an incredibly low sex drive to the point where it would be something that almost never comes up in conversation.
and I doubt many of them would even be able to be bothered with romantic relationships(Making Tyrande and Malfurion kind of an oddity here).
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I never said all. But I will say most can. Again, unless you’re using the stupid rationale that they can’t “now”.
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Is your sexual or gender identity the thing that defines you or is it just a part of who you are?
Does it determine if you are a good or bad person ,a good or bad employee? Does if determine if you are a good or bad brother or sister , a good or bad aunt or uncle or even a good or bad friend.
How much of your sexual or gender identity defines you in comparison to anything else about you ?
I am straight but what defines me is I am a good worker , I am a good son/nephew /grandson ,I am a good brother , I am a good uncle and to people who know me I am a good friend.
Those are what define me .Being straight has nothing to do with those . It’s just a part of who I am and not what I am.
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Re: chromosomes the intersex community and organisations have officially asked repeatedly to be left out of any trans discussion. Those with intersex conditions are women and men with a sex development disorder, not a ‘mixture’ or trans anything. Just thought I should note that as people keep being very insensitive about this.
As to your other points.
Not all women can give birth, no. However those women can still receive a blood transfusion from another woman who has been pregnant. If a man received that same blood however, he would be at an unnecessary increased risk for death.
In a medical setting, if you ignored the fact that a trans woman is biologically male you could do them serious harm. Do you stop referring them for a prostrate exam because you are going to pretend they don’t have them? Even after SRS a trans woman needs to be checked for testicular cancer.
As for being a ‘transphobe’ I think you will find that more and more people are learning that SOME people are using this as a phrase to shut up anyone who disagrees with them.
Concerns re: sports, prisons etc. are not fear, hatred or rejection of trans people.
Critical thought and polite discussion is crucial to working out some of the many problems with the current ‘my way or you get rape/death threats’ approach that many are taking.
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So, they need to have a low sex drive in order to avoid over population?
You know what else involves sex and doesn’t lead to over population?
Think on it.
No you’re wrong. Can side-stories not exists? You do realize over half of the content and stories in WoW don’t relate to the overarching story. Why should LGBT be any different? I’d love to be questing in the main zone and stumble upon a side quest involving two gay lovers needing help or some side-activity to be completed. There’s nothing wrong with it and it’s easy to add representation for the LGBT community.
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No they have flat out said he is straight .
And to keep pushing the argument he is bi is just pure trolling like this thread is .
It may ‘work’ in that it helps to alleviate the trans persons gender dysphoria, and that is great!
However hormones and surgery do not alter the medical needs, cancer screening, skeletal structure, heart and lung size and muscle twitch (I believe it does slightly reduce muscle mass) of a trans woman.
If you treated them in those cases exactly the same as a biological woman you would be putting their life at risk.
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