In a Reddit AMA, the developers were asked about the gender of the Knight and the Vessels. The Vessels of Hollow Knight are all genderless, and the protagonist, simply called the Knight, is no different. Her trans identity is information that was patched into the Weird Autumn release, with Jackie now being referenced as being in a band called Trans World Order Give Them Hell. She’s a radical anti-fascist punk and is vocal about her opinions. According to the developers it was always intended, but in re-writes and shuffles, the message was lost. Jackie is a trans woman (and a goat) encountered in this indie darling, but if you got the game at launch you might not have known that. Still, if you missed it anyway, it was confirmed by one of the developers on Twitter. It’s almost blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, but only if you’re not paying attention or don’t know what a binder is, as he tells you that it feels amazing that he can wear period-appropriate binders. Damien is very casually included as trans in the game. I love his entire aura Victorian gothic and with long, lush black hair.
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Damien Bloodmarch - Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (2017)ĭramatic, gothic, over the top, and adorable, Damien is one of several dads you can romance in Dream Daddy. I have nothing good to say about the way that she’s been written.Ĥ4. She is instead depicted as violent, deranged, and a sexual predator.
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Val’s identity is never cleared up in game, and has not been cleared up by the developers, either. She’s also (for me) all the way up there with Shablee from Leisure Suit Larry for one of the worst depictions of a trans character in video games. Outlast 2 is a horror game, and Val is one of its antagonists. But that was never who I was.” This was patched later so that you would have to get to know her better first, but it’s still remarkably clunky. She’s also a trans woman, which you would learn because of a couple of lines of dialogue she would (apparently) offer to a complete stranger. Hainly is the director of scientific research in the game. The mark is the size of a football field, but they still miss it. Hainly is a great example of when a developer tries but misses the mark. Hainly Abrams - Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017) They believe in the wisdom of Pokémon, but are pretty straight-laced and don’t take it well when their plans go wrong. A later blog post even went on to use the singular “they” to refer to them. When introducing them to the fans, the official twitter went to great pains to avoid using any gendered terminology to refer to Blanche.
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Neither particularly feminine or overly masculine, Blanche is the non-binary leader of Team Mystic. Stick around to read the honorable mentions for characters of that nature who are particularly noteworthy. That said, increasingly characters who are trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming are put into the position of the player character or important NPC roles, even sometimes the love interest.Īs before, characters are excluded from this list if they did not originate in video games.
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Though there are still some outright awful moments, as you’ll see. We’re coming into the best years yet for trans representation. Check out Part One and Part Two if you haven’t already, and then come back here to buckle down for the most recent years of trans characters in video games. Welcome back to the third and final part of A History Of Trans Characters In Video Games.
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This article series contains a blanket content warning for transphobia and transphobic language.