Makg Bahamut gay was a stroke of geni, but his queerns isn't phed far enough.
Contents:
- DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
- FAL FANTASY XVI’S GAY ROMANCE DISAPPOTS
DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
He’s a prce, he’s a tragic hero, he’s a bean of righteons for his people, and he’s the first openly gay Fal Fantasy ma character.
Q: What was like reprentg the first openly gay ma character a Fal Fantasy game? As wonrful as is to see this type of reprentatn exprsed as open non one of the bt RPG seri of all time, this specific example of gay reprentatn is a step towards a more clive gamg culture. However, the two characters are more often to be nsired d as gay, sce their relatnship is never officially stated to be purely romantic throughout the game or om any official material surroundg .
This is what mak the cln of Dn as a nonilly gay character whout any dg or outdated humor such a standout among the Fal Fantasy seri.
FAL FANTASY XVI’S GAY ROMANCE DISAPPOTS
Fal Fantasy 16 has multiple gay characters, and even a si pann wh a ep trans allegory tied to their very existence. The homosexualy ntaed wh is nigh unmistakable, and I have to appld Fal Fantasy 16 for makg one of the most powerful begs all of Valisthea a gay man.
Officially, was bee veloper Square Enix refed to alter scen the game for the terrory, which led to mors and speculatn that the 16th game the long-nng RPG seri would have explic gay sex scen, which spawned mem and earnt excement. He is Bahamut’s Domant, able to ll upon the dragon’s power and transform to him durg battle (Bahamut is a gay in now, sorry about ). But when to actually portrayg the timate exprsns of queer inty, such as a kiss between two men who love each other, Fal Fantasy XVI falls short of s own unapologetic ials, while lgerg on Dn and Terence’s straight gam nearly always relegate gay men to optnsSadly, this is par for the urse the vio game dtry.
Sure, gam like Mass Effect and Assass’s Creed may let you play as a gay man (though the latter seri has twice now unrmed that Odyssey and Valhalla), but male-seekg-male timacy is almost never at the foreont of AAA vio gam unls ’s sought out by gay players. But the fact that Square Enix feels gun-shy the most timate moments of the game’s gay relatnship is a symptom of a larger issue. Their shared body language and emotive teractns are replete wh palpable homoromantic tensn.