LeafeonLive Rants #13: Writing for Bi/Homo/Trans

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Hello everyone and welcome to another rant. Today I will be talking about Bi-sexual, Homosexual, and Trans-Gender/Sexual characters in a TPI.

Now before I begin, let me ask you guys a question. Can you give a Pokemon a Personality or traits that makes them into a Character?

If you answered yes, then congratulations, you just made a Bi-sexual, Homosexual, or Trans-Gender/Sexual character :D

Believe it or not, writing these kinds of characters for a TPI is actually pretty easy since you can still give them an interesting personality and all you'd have to change if all you want to do is make a Reality Show with little focus on plot, is the gender of their love interest(if they have any).

However, if you want to write this kind of character and give them an arc based around their sexuality/gender identity issue, it's not that simple.

Now in my opinion, I'm getting a little tired of the story arcs where this certain character hides their sexuality because they fear that people will hate him. The reason why I am getting a little tired of this is because of two reasons.

1) Nothing is really done to make it stand out in comparison to other people's TPIs. They all feel the same and almost always have the same "Oh okay" style of resolution.

2) This one is more personal, but why should it affect some of the contestants in a negative way if a character is gay/bi? It's like "oh noes, he/she likes the same sex! This totally affects my opinion on the guy despite the fact that nothing else is different aside from their personal choice of love".

And then there's the cases where people use someone's confession of their sexuality against them to advance themselves further in the game. This is fucking bullshit.

Using someone's sexuality against them is like using someone's mental disorder against them. It's a taboo and when I see it happen in a TPI, I'm not hating on the character. Instead, my hatred is redirected at the writer for thinking this was a good idea!

But back on topic, I'm not against having the idea of a character arc based around their sexuality/gender identity issues, but if you do decide to make one, please be careful with it as well as try and make it stand out from the rest in the case of Homosexual Character Arcs.

That concludes my opinion piece on this.

But what is your opinion on this? Let me know in the comments below and take care ;)
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foxpiratefrom87's avatar
Apologies If I seem like a nostalgia tard, but remember when ned flanders had other traits other than being christian?

good times