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auronlu"I never understood why people liked pairing characters of the same gender together, or what gave people the idea that two characters were possibly in a romantic relationship—for any game, not just Final Fantasy XIII. I never personally tried to understand this because mentally, I could not imagine two characters of the same gender in a romantic relationship."
— well-intentioned, generally insightful commenter whom I really like.
The context: Dunquixote had a good write-up of first impressions about FFXIII. In response, among other things, I asked about how DQ saw the Fang/Vanille relationship. I should be able to accept differing interpretations.
However, "I can't imagine two characters of the same gender in a romantic relationship" seems a little different to me than "No, despite the hints, I don't think the game made it explicit what their relationship is."
I don't know how to respond tactfully. It's very important that I do respond tactfully, because this may be a moment for a little gentle consciousness-raising.
Except I can't, because I'm irked.
/frustrated
— well-intentioned, generally insightful commenter whom I really like.
The context: Dunquixote had a good write-up of first impressions about FFXIII. In response, among other things, I asked about how DQ saw the Fang/Vanille relationship. I should be able to accept differing interpretations.
However, "I can't imagine two characters of the same gender in a romantic relationship" seems a little different to me than "No, despite the hints, I don't think the game made it explicit what their relationship is."
I don't know how to respond tactfully. It's very important that I do respond tactfully, because this may be a moment for a little gentle consciousness-raising.
Except I can't, because I'm irked.
/frustrated
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Date: 2013-09-11 02:35 pm (UTC)Assuming the best, that they genuinely just don't get it, because they never thought about it, and nobody sat them down and walked them through it, is probably the best possible response. If they DID mean it in bad faith then they get to pretend they didn't, and continue as a normal person, or just show themselves up as jerks and you educate everyone else. If they didn't mean it that way, then Good Has Been Done. It's having the patience and forethought to handle it with an open mind that is difficult.