Fallout: New Vegas Set to Feature Transphobia?

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Brother None

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It never takes long for someone to play up something in Fallout for controversy, but this is an angle I didn't see coming. Border House has a concerned opinion piece on Tabitha, who I just thought was eye-roll-inducing silly if not outright ridiculous, but the author feels it is insulting if not outright discriminatory.<blockquote>Herein lies the first problem. It is a jarring image, and I can’t imagine for a second that that wasn’t intentional. Essentially, they’ve made this character be transgender for shock value, or because they wanted to play it for laughs. Haha, aren’t those transgender people absolutely hilarious?

This sort of attitude is bad enough at the best of times, but sad to say, this is not the best of times. Making the transgender character be a super mutant is not at all subtle. It paints an image of transwomen as brutish, ugly freaks who you can spot a mile off. You can put a pig in lipstick, but it’s still a a pig. Or a super mutant. Or a man.</blockquote>He emailed Matt "I don't envy you your job" Grandstaff about this and he replied, though not satisfactorily as far as the author is concerned.<blockquote> I talked with team members from Fallout: New Vegas and they provided this explanation. I hope this addresses your concerns…

“Female humans who undergo transformation into Super Mutants effectively lose any externally apparent biological sex characteristics associated with being female. I.e. they are indistinguishable from male humans who have undergone the same transformation. Arguably all Super Mutants are monogender even if they retain some vestigial biological sex characteristics since said characteristics no longer have any social or biological meaning in Super Mutant society — and because most of them lose all memory of their former lives. Tabitha wears a wig and glasses not because she is transgender, but because she has psychological identity problems that are rooted in her extensive use of Stealth Boys – a drug used in the universe of Fallout.”

Thanks for sharing your feedback.</blockquote>Stealth Boys are a drug?
 
Did you also notice how the players hatred of green-skinned Super Mutants dovetails nicely with the American prejudice towards coloreds?

I laughed.
 
It is pretty ridiculous. It was kind of the same for Fallout 3 too. It's like people are looking for stuff to get offended at.

*shrugs* Hard to judge other people's feelings tho. From what we've seen so far Tabitha does look like a ridiculous character, regardless.
 
i have concerns about the overseer in fallout 1. he is OBVIOUSLY a nazi! just like everyone in vault city! and fallout 3 is OBVIOUSLY just propaganda against our beloved communism. for a matter of fact EVERYTHING that has to do with fallout is against minorities, transgenders, coloured people, the poor, the hungry, females, males, animals... i mean look at the brahmin!! this is pure DISCRIMINATION of cows?! how could they do that to the cows? what is the central council of cows saying to that?! and i bet the developers are EATING ANIMALS!! cant believe how cruel this world is and i will commit suicide just after i got laid the first time by one of my vegetarian- socialist -greenpeace friends.

thanks for your attention.

stealthboys are a drug now? how bogus.
 
I hope he just got confused because SBs are in the AID category on the Pipboy 3000. I always thought the Stealth Boy just warped light around you using some type of energy that eventually messed up your head.
 
As Stealth Boys will make you crazy and paranoid over time and you just can't stop using it, it could be called a drug as well, even though I personally wouldn't. :>

Also if Tabitha has access to a stealth boy, she most likely is a nightkin as well.
 
Haha, aren’t those transgender people absolutely hilarious?
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Sometimes, yes. They have the right to wear and behave how they want (within the law). I have the right to laugh at what I find humorous.
 
Who'd do something like that?
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I just realized that this will probably lead to a new question asked by Bethesda fans to Obsidian.

"Will continuous use of a stealth boy make your character paranoid or crazy?"

I could make some nasty remark of what the difference between that and their real lives would be, but that is rather low.

As for the question itself, I honestly see no point for it unless the developers feel it can influence gameplay.
Personally I hope they will not even continue to explore this subject.
 
its funny quickly some people are able to jump on the "dats Rasist" or "Discrimination" bandwagons honestly hasn't television been doing stiff like this for years why do we hold video games to a different standard. Just doesn't seem right to me

The Dutch Ghost said:
I just realized that this will probably lead to a new question asked by Bethesda fans to Obsidian.

"Will continuous use of a stealth boy make your character paranoid or crazy?"
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didn't they say in the original canon that the stealth boy had some harmful side effects and they made people go insane with prolonged use but that might be the van buren cannon I don't know when they put this in the back story.
 
You folks are seeing this all wrong. Surely in order to prevent fostering prejudice only middle class white men can be mutants.
 
I just realized that this will probably lead to a new question asked by Bethesda fans to Obsidian.

"Will continuous use of a stealth boy make your character paranoid or crazy?"
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"Why, yes, it will make him love Fallout 3." they will answer.
 
Surely the complainer has a point, or else clothes wouldn't magically change gender to match the sex of the character in Beth games.
:V
 
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