The Last of Us was shoehorning things 10 years ago with a dlc having Ellie be gay when zero mention of sexuality was in the base game.
All shows have filler, that was a well done imo.
But IIRC, Bill was only very vaguely hinted at as possibly being gay. AND Bill hardly appeared in the game at all. Dedicating an entire episode to Bill and his lover, and calling it “staying true to the source” is a stretch.
A pointless bottle episode in a 9-episode season is messaging, pure and simple.
Bill was a small part, but a critical part. I do agree filler on shorter series is bs, but not uncommon.
The gist I get is that Druckman wanted to make a game about the middle east and two sides never backing down. I think in some ways I see the logic. The Telltale Walking Dead really did do 'woke' Walking Dead extremely well. At least the first game. The Last of Us kinda erased that series but at the same time also went its own direction with its sequel.
I think that sums is up well. Druckman forgot that games are about choice, and he eliminated player choice to tell the story he wanted. You have the core story that plays out, but until the end you should be able decide how you handle certain situations.
That is likely to continue imo. If it's just a reason to satisfy some feeling of diversity it's a waste imo but if the character and story are decently written then it's easier and I'm generally OK with it.
There's a homo-erotic aspect to vampirism in general so that's not a big stretch. I.e. they'll feed on the blood of anyone. but I understand what you're saying.
I didn’t mind it in true blood because Anna Paquin is a fucking smoke show, and she showed a LOT. Horrible story telling on that show, but I really didn’t give a shit.
Then Anna Paquin would in bed completely nekid and all was right in the world.
I agree, they over represent gay and bi people in these shows to a ridiculous degree. Even in a show where you are "suspending disbelief" to begin with it's dumb. I noticed it in a book I read recently called "The Paris Apartment". I enjoyed the book but out of the main 12 characters something like 8 were gay or bi. It's simply not realistic unless it's a show like Queer as folks
For a video game from 4 years ago?
