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@JackHarper141 said:
So BHVR posted an announcement on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DeadByBHVR/status/1271526607828779009) stating they messed up and went back on their word by alluding to multiple characters being heterosexual. They had previously claimed they would leave this up to interpretation, and now they're saying (I assume) they want to make certain characters have non-straight sexual orientations.
Which is great! I'm here to give my suggestions (read: suggestions, you're free to disagree) as a person who is LGBTQ+ and knows many, many other people who are. I think it's important to consult the group you are trying to represent, and if the developers read this that would be wonderful.
Before you, like many twitter users have gone and said, say that it's just a game and the character's preferences don't matter. They do matter, just not to you. If their sexuality don't matter to you, you should have no reason to oppose this. If you're straight, it likely doesn't matter to you because you and those like you are represented in virtually every single piece of media that has a shred of human sexuality in it. It is everywhere, so you don't feel like media, which is a HUGE part of people's lives, ignores your existence. Representation matters to people like me, and what's more, it's just realistic. People are gay, people are asexual. If you grab 50 random people from across the world, odds are you're going to find several people who are not straight. Normalizing the existence of non-heterosexual people in media will make people more used to seeing them in real life and decrease discrimination against them over time. This is essential for us.
I'm not up to speed with the lore I'm afraid, so if I contradict existing lore, just disregard it please. Won't include licensed characters, just assume they're straight because they most likely are.
Let's get to it then!
Dwight: Straight (I know, I know, you'd assume otherwise, which is exactly why I say he should be straight. Dwight isn't what you'd call stereotypically masculine, and people often equate that with homosexuality. This is a harmful assumption because many if not most gay men are indistinguishable from men you'd assume to be straight.) Can hesitantly accept him being bi or gay because I am weak for Dwight/David.
Meg: Straight
Claudette: Asexual/Aromantic (means no interest in anyone whatsoever, suits what I know of her lore)
Jake: Gay or Asexual/Aromantic (He's a rebel, it just makes sense)
Nea: Gay (Butch/non-feminine girls aren't always lesbians either but... This is Nea we're talking about)
Ace: 100% Bisexual (This man has the most radical bisexual energy and this is why I, as a bisexual, main him)
Feng: Straight
David: Gay (Take what I said about Dwight and flip it)
Kate: Straight.... bi-curious?
Adam: Straight
Jeff: Bisexual
Jane: Straight
Yui: Gay
Zarina: Bisexual
(+8 licensed characters who are straight)
I don't think killers will be relevant but lmao why not.
Trapper: Straight
Wraith: Bisexual
HillBilly: Asexual/Aromantic
Nurse: Straight
Hag: Straight
Doctor: Gay
Huntress: Asexual/Aromantic (she is literally mentally a child)
Clown: Straight
Spirit: Straight
Legion: (Frank; straight, Julie; straight, Joey; bisexual, Susie; bisexual) or they're all bisexual except Joey's gay. Queer people flock together like that.
Plague: Asexual/Aromantic (if only because she got no time for that)
Ghostface: Bisexual, he's got that energy
Oni: Asexual/Aromantic (other priorities here as well)
Deathslinger: Straight
I doubt they have romance/sex priorities after being snagged by the Entity but I do like the concept of them still being human behind the trials. Wraith/Nurse canon when?
I don't feel strongly about all of these, but Claudette, Jake, Nea, Ace, David, and Yui I feel are pretty solid.
I hope this was at least interesting and that it won't attract any negativity. Feel free to share your suggestions/opinions/headcanons and ships, would love to see :)
Jake: Gay or Asexual/Aromantic (He's a rebel, it just makes sense)
As a straight male Asian, I feel like the pigeonholing of the only Asian male survivor as obviously gay/asexual is offensive and not only is anti-inclusive but further perpetuates negative stereotypes of Asian males.