For Fable III on the Xbox 360, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Can you be gay this game?" - Page 3.
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- FABLE III TO CLU ADOPTN, ALLOWG GAY CHARACTERS TO RAISE CHILDREN
- CAN YOU BE GAY THIS GAME?
- GAY CHARACTERS?
FABLE III TO CLU ADOPTN, ALLOWG GAY CHARACTERS TO RAISE CHILDREN
Gamers have been able to create gay lovers Fable sce the seri first lnched six years ago. But now, for the first time, gay upl the * fable gay *
Civil partnerships weren’t yet legal the UK, let alone gay marriage, and wir acknowledgement and support for transgenr people was virtually non-existent, the virtrl of the current climate repalced wh ignorance and apathy.
It was a bold step forward at the time, yet retrospect is still led wh a surroundg homophobia that is damagg to the progrsn is tryg so sperately to claim as s own. Unlike the straight relatnships Fable, which often feel like they’re g om the heart, gay romanc appear to be viewed om a farcil perspective. I suppose when society self wasn’t acceptg of gay marriage upon the game’s ial arrival, a rpectful portrayal of such ncepts weren’t on the mds of a velopment team who were tryg to create a world that felt both fahful and fantastil.
CAN YOU BE GAY THIS GAME?
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Gay men realy aren’t always makg jok about how they’re bummg all of the time and are jt a uple of blok on the banter tra.
Ltle Bra was still airg at the time, which is a pafully bigoted show that openly mocks gay men, transgenr women, and pretty much everyone who wasn’t a whe guy. Though Ltle Bra stars and wrers Matt Lus is gay and David Walliams, though he often keeps his private life away om public view, has discsed havg relatnships wh men, the jok feel like punchg down rather than wkg at stereotyp as cuttg satire.
GAY CHARACTERS?
For Fable III on the Xbox 360, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Gay characters?". * fable gay *
Fable was a problematic step forward for queer reprentatn, and s sequels did a much better job wh gay relatnships as female playable characters and lbian relatnships allowed for a greater exprsn of romance that, while still played for lghs, didn’t feel like was aimg for anythg particularly sister.
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What is not realistic, and is que problematic, is that any NPC whose sexualy marks them as potentially attracted to the player-character’s genr n fall love wh the character— other words, all lbian-and bisexual-d female NPCs and all heterosexual-d male NPCs n fall love wh my female character, and all gay- and bisexual-d male NPCs and heterosexual-d female NPCs n fall love wh my male character. Inty labels like straight and gay are rced to the sex you have (or who you marry) or over-terme wh whom one might have sex the future.
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If the player need to ph a “gay button, ” as game signer Anna Anthropy has termed , to see same-sex relatnships gam, then anyone who don’t or is unaware that button exists n ntu to nsume the heteronormative domated texts. Gay male avatars will fall love wh and proposn/propose to your male avatar and if you check NPCs character screens you will see gay, lbian, and bisexual listed). Gamers have been able to create gay lovers Fable sce the seri first lnched six years ago.
But now, for the first time, gay upl the gamewill alsobe able to raise children whout beg required to partake the sort of terurse they aren't terted .