Thoughts?

particle · January 28, 2015, 06:27:39 PM

http://kotaku.com/meet-magic-the-gatherings-first-trans-character-1682385170?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

cltrn81 · January 28, 2015, 08:41:53 PM

That is cool with me.

Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth · January 28, 2015, 09:25:16 PM

Yeah, Doug Beyer hinted at this a while ago.

I think its great that WotC is trying to display more non traditional characters such as nonbinaries, trangenders, and homosexuals.

rarehuntertay · January 28, 2015, 09:33:35 PM

Very nice. Good read

DimirOverlord1300 · January 28, 2015, 10:08:56 PM

Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on January 28, 2015, 09:25:16 PM
Yeah, Doug Beyer hinted at this a while ago.

I think its great that WotC is trying to display more non traditional characters such as nonbinaries, trangenders, and homosexuals.

I also like the fact that they didn't just say "hey look, we support the LGBT community with this character, love us America!" And instead actually wove it into the storyline really well

the_intelligentleman · January 28, 2015, 10:12:18 PM

I think it's really cool.

MuggyWuggy · January 29, 2015, 01:55:37 PM

They aren't really going very far, they are including characters that can identify with their users.

Remember sparkle ninja or whatever his/her name was?

There is an audience that appreciates this, yet most of them stay away from events due to how they are treated by other players (who themselves aren't the most desirable either by societies standards)

Transgendered people are finally having a space in time where they are not ridiculed and shunned by the whole society and gender identity is now becoming a discussion taken seriously.

Chargingswadger · January 31, 2015, 08:26:09 PM

I showed this to my (transgender) boyfriend of several months who is kinda into magic and he thought it was incredible. As a highly active member of the lgbt community I think this is a cool move by wizards, and looking back in 10 years this will hopefully be nothing exciting, and just be the accepted. 60 years ago just the fact that the leader was a FEMALE warrior would piss people off, this should be no different.

Spikepit · January 31, 2015, 09:43:19 PM

What I think is great about the whole is not that they did it, but that they didn't make a big deal out of it. It's a society of life these days. Magic often emulates parts of society. To me it's not a big deal, to them it's not a big, it's just the way it is. The way it should be. Good on them.

Chargingswadger · January 31, 2015, 11:43:30 PM

Quote from: Spikepit on January 31, 2015, 09:43:19 PM
What I think is great about the whole is not that they did it, but that they didn't make a big deal out of it. It's a society of life these days. Magic often emulates parts of society. To me it's not a big deal, to them it's not a big, it's just the way it is. The way it should be. Good on them.

Exactly.