[Rant] persona fans being annoying

[michifugu]

Sometimes, it's annoying to see tenderqueer zoomer Persona fans act like Persona is this ~queer~ friendly series while dismissing other JRPGs for not being queer enough. for example, Xenoblade.
Look, I have no issue if you think Persona is gay as hell or has a hidden queer agenda or something. But acting like it's the most queer video game series out there, when the franchise has multiple instances of homophobic rhetoric and stereotypes, is fucking annoying. Especially when these same zoomer tenderqueer Persona fans have the gall to call other JRPG titles "not queer enough."

In the case of Xenoblade, it's funny to me. Yeah, Xenoblade is straight as fuck, but I’ve never seen the game include queerphobic talking points or stereotypes. Most queer-coded characters in Xenoblade are also depicted in a very sympathetic manner.
Fujobait and yuribait Xenoblade ships mog any so-called "queer" representation in Persona. To the point, I think I find more meaningful LGBT portrayal from freakin' Xenoblade yaoi/yuri bait undertones.

It's so weird how zoomer Atlus fans want to convince themselves that their favorite series is queer-friendly, when almost every Atlus series has a lot of homophobic undertones. Even P2 has a transphobic NPC.
Like, I have no problem if they enjoy the series or want to see queer readings in it. But most of them seem to be in denial or unable to accept that parts of Persona or Atlus games do have queerphobic undertones more so than, say, the infamous XB3 baby scene.

I wouldn’t give a shit if these people didn’t act so smug and holier-than-thou toward other JRPG series, lol.

Comments

[michifugu]

Yeah, queer-coding is pretty common in many Asian media, so they can easily slip in some queer characters or narratives to pass/fly under the radar of most people, publishers, or companies, since LGBT themes are still not well accepted in many Asian countries, hahaha.
There are a few canon/explicit LGBT characters in many manga that aren’t labeled as BL or Yuri, but it’s not so much that they’re rare—it’s more that you need to look hard because most of the time they get serialized in very niche or underrated magazines/publishers.

LMAO, yeah, I also sometimes use yaoi just for fun, and I haven’t visited MAL for... a decade, but I’m guessing most of those people aren’t very well-versed in BL culture and the industry.

I think the Tumblr post you linked already explained enough about what "tenderqueer" is. For me, it generally refers to any young/hipster Westerner who uses/weaponizes marginalized identities or social justice to avoid accountability or play victim-card, which I see a lot of, sadly, on Twitter.

[captaincassidy]

That checks out. I hope I can learn to read a couple of other languages so I can sniff out some of that stuff for myself. There’s so much really cool stuff that doesn’t get serialized, much less a translation!

Fr! ;_;

Gotcha! Okay, just making sure. Yeah I left most socmed because of that kind of shit, and the antis/doxxing/etc. People are just nuts these days.