The character could be a trans-octopus for all I care as long as it's a good character story etc... It's when they just make a character gay for no reason other than to push a narrative that I don't care for, especially when they exceed that 2% of characters being gay as that is the percentage of non-straight in the real world. It shouldn't matter what sexuality a character is if it's written well, but this is the age of being "woke" so....

Everybody has to pander make every character gay even existing ones when there was no evidence or even hints they were before! I hate current gaming in today's world.

But how else can they pander in the most meaningless ways? How else will they virtue signal and show how enlightened they are besides making every single 1 dimensional character gay?

They're taking the Netflix approach to story telling.

The better question is how is announcing the sexuality if any character at all relevant to the game? No one cares about someone being LGBLT anyways. It doesn't make them special, it just makes them messed up in the head.

Yes. I agree with this post.

Forum post of the year

Why is this even a thing?

I'm going to give everyone some advice. If you have a problem with the this game, other games, Bungie, other developers, the industry as a whole and you want change? It's a two (2) step plan and both have to be done in order to get all of the industry "normalities" to end. First off, state your issue or issues in clear, consist, stoic language. You have got to stop with the emotional charged speeches. Not just the topics but you have to stop using emotional language in your posts. Bungie is a company first and do not understand any circumstance care about you, your situation, your family or anyone else's life unless it seems to be a social charged subject, such as; religion, politics, social issues, (i.e; gender, race, sexual preference and so on) and only care if it seems to open up the demographic to potential customers. This is about only one thing: money. So in the plainest of terms; make your case, state the details of the issue and wait patiently for a response. If a quick and consist response does arrive, move on to second step. Second, this is the most important part of this step towards constructive and position changes to not just our favorite game but for this industry as a whole. You have to have the will, the fortitude, to stop spending money and your valuable time on these companies by playing the games they're wasting both of the resources you give them. The will not, I repeat, will not stop this course of action if you (the gaming community as a whole) continue to support them no matter what they do. Bungie's staff and Bungie's investors want results in the form of your play time and your money. If they don't have either of those, over time, they won't have either until they make meaningful changes. If you do these two (2) things, you'll start to see change. Emotionally charged, ultimatum lined posts aren't going to change anything. Take your time and money somewhere else till they change. I hope this helps you all.

Bungie is only a name now, a shadow of its former self.

Welcome to identity politics. Inserting "wow look at this!" for no reason other than Bungie saying "We'Re iNcLuSiVe"

Ummmmm omg this is so offensive. Please refrain from eating meat. Only vegetables.

Another one of those posts where people act like they honestly care who’s with who even though these are in the words of Holden McNeil, “They are talking about fictional characters; Fic-tion-al Cha-rac-ters. Am I getting through to you at all?” It doesn’t matter at all which is why I don’t see why people make a big deal about it. Personally I miss the days where the most personal relationships you encountered in games was the fact the princess was in another castle. Didn’t have to worry about people getting so deep in their feelings about things they have no control over.

This is a really sensitive topic and I don’t mean to offend anyone, but I believe that the apparent lack of canonically straight characters when compared to those on the LGBTQ+ spectrum makes their identities feel somewhat forced. That doesn’t mean that I dislike any of the characters they’ve included and I really do appreciate how Bungie have introduced a thoroughly diverse cast. I think the subtlety and complexity of Saint and Osiris’s relationship was executed quite well in the lore pages they wrote. It’s just that having a few heterosexual (or otherwise privileged) characters helps make the story feel more grounded. Having a diverse cast isn’t just about throwing in as many minorities as possible, it’s about breathing life into them, and I think an important part of that for LGBTQ+ characters is illustrating how heterosexual characters accept or reject their identity, interact with these minorities, and where these minorities fit in this society—as these are fundamental parts of the LGBTQ+ experience. Of course, this isn’t a story about the LGBTQ+ experience, it’s a story about space and aliens and magic, but if they want to tackle subjects that impact minorities, it’s important to illustrate their relationships with the privileged. I really do appreciate the representation Bungie is providing minorities—it gives everyone a place to see themselves and identify with. I just think it’s important we don’t stray too far from reality, where, by definition, not everyone is a minority.

Everyone likes to be represented, no problems there. My only concern is, how many ppl are in the LGBT community are blind to the fact that they are being used by pandering companies to sell a product overall. Also not to mention, none of these companies do anything for ppl of said community in other countries where it is still illegal to be gay.....this is the most clear sign of pandering there is. If they really cared about these issues, they would act on them, in which they don't.

Bungie wants to be like other people, or whatever. It's -blam!-ing stupid. And I'm not homophobic.