We ignore harsh subjects because we fear being insensitive or wrong but brutal reality is that in order to expose the truth, we must make mistakes along the way. And that ignorance only persists as long as the subject is entirely ignored. I understand, unfortunately I don't know if I can blame the creators because I don't feel like it comes from malice. That's when people will just eyeroll at you and not take you seriously. You can't laugh when others are being mocked and derided but take offense when it's your turn. Why would trans be treated as anything but a joke as well? Just like gays, cisgender, catholics, jews, rednecks, republicans, liberals, girls, boys and EVERY other person, race, gender, religion etc. The game literaly opens with your difficulty selector being a black joke. Not because of transphobia or hate, but because the reviewer was so out of the loop to actually expect a positive and empowering experience from a trans option in a South Park game. That's why that one review got so much hate. It was the funniest moment in the game to me. Hell, Tweek x Craig's Ultimate was my fav scene in the game, not because of gay representation, but because it was so over the top riduculous and stupid. So you honestly have no one but yourself to blame (I don't mean that meanly) for seeing the trans option and expecting it to be taken seriously and not be used as a joke.Īs a gay guy, i didn't take offense to the numerous gay jokes and such or running into the same scenario of having rednecks say derogatory comments to me for being gay. There is not a single thing presented in the show that isn't done in a mocking, parody or crude and offensive way. Literaly everything in the show is a joke. But unfortunately when it's referring to cis people that can be taken as a joke much more easily than comments real people might actually say. I guess that does sorta help take a stand against that kind of behavior to subject everyone to it. I'm sure you didn't mean it rudely, but the only choosing there is to being trans is whether or not to transition, and how much, to feel more comfortable with myself.)ĮDIT: I missed that bit at the bottom (think you maybe edited it in?) but I told someone else how I felt on that. (Also please don't call it a life choice. And before I get called a snowflake, I've taken the trans jokes in the show in stride, because while Gerald wanting to become a dolphin was crude and offensive, it was absurd and humorous. The comments NPCs make toward trans people aren't funny, they're all too realistic at times. It's less the ripping on and more how they do it. It wouldn't be so bad if it was less common and funnier. But The Cissy mocking the other side and the fact that transgender was an option in the game led me to believe the game wouldn't include transphobic NPCs. I know South Park has a bad history with trans people, with characters like Mr/Ms Garrison and Caitlyn Jenner. Even Cartman was cool with Kenny being a princess before, so why can't literally any NPC be respectful of me now? Video games, especially a South Park one, should be escapes from reality. I'm not out of the closet irl so I was looking forward to a chance to express something closer to myself in an accepting fantasy world. Mackey warned me that I'd have to face struggles, but I wasn't expecting them to be so pervasive in the game. That's some new outfit, sport! Have you been going through your mom's closet again? I don't see gender.Īnd, from my character's dad who knew about her being trans on the phone: That's an interesting look you got going on, boy and/or girl. Secondly, there's some pretty dodgy dialogue in places. That's normally fine, I didn't mind it in the first game, but the fact that I was given the option to play a girl should mean characters should address me as one as well. For one, all cutscenes use male pronouns. Apparently it happens no matter what you select, but it was funny nonetheless. The jokes about how it contradicts Stick of Truth were great! And I got a good laugh out of the redneck encounter outside. Mackey calling the parents, and even I got a bit upset at his behavior, but I realized through the show's context he's supposed to be a terrible counselor. Normally playing a cis woman is ideal but since I've only seen trans representation in Dream Daddy and here, I wanted to see what it did with it. Normally I'll play a biological female character because that's the only option for being a girl, so I jumped on the opportunity immediately. Someone posted an article about this and it was laughed at, but allow me to make similar points from a less radical reactionary perspective.