The fact that the creative team sat down and decided this was the story they wanted to tell, and how they wanted to tell it, is a very clear example of someone showing you who they are. That story revolves around a “haha psych!” moment for Rin, and is made even more frustrating to trans players and audiences by immediately and noticeably changing all pronouns used to refer to Rin from “she/her” to “he/his.” On top of that, Rin is referred to as “brother” by their alien sibling.īecause, remember, don’t worry, even the gender kerfuffle doesn’t matter because they’re aliens, duh!! /s The marketing for the game, design of the character, and planning for the character arc were made in concert with each other (on the Japanese side) to tell a certain story. Games don’t just materialize creative choices for these characters aren’t ordained by God. Saying that the game isn’t going for “trans panic” or that it isn’t being transphobic because Rin is just a crossdressing boy that everyone mistakes as female is missing the entire point. After Rin runs away, Vincent’s friends make jokes about how Rin is “packing heat” (direct quote from the English script,) while Erica (who is also a trans woman) compares Rin’s experience to her own.Īfter this, if you choose to pursue Rin (which is portrayed as Vincent just ignoring her gender, instead of being willing to accept a trans woman as a woman,) the color scheme for the game’s online polling feature changes to match the colors of the trans pride flag. The initial reveal that Rin has male genitals is handled in a scene with Vincent initially asking Rin “are you a boy,” to which Rin confirms that they are. Rin is a character that the game portrays as a woman in its marketing and for most of the game, who has been explicitly marketed with trans imagery. The biggest piece of feedback I received from my original piece was that I “mischaracterized” Rin as a trans woman. There’s obviously more nuance, but the gist is that the English version of Full Body is just as fucked up.
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