--In short, I don't accept the Emperor as symbolic of what it is to be gay.
Thanks for your input. Here's the quote again from an actual gay person who thinks The Emperor is symbolic of gayness, and then my own thoughts:
Even the gay interviewer copped the metaphor mate. The exact quote from the person is:
The Emperor is a fascinating character. As a queer person, it really resonated with me when he said, "I felt uncomfortable presenting my authentic self to you because I didn't think that you would accept me."
IMO, it is very obvious. Gays are considered ‘alien’ to straights, and The Emperor is a literal alien who wants to be ‘accepted’ and tries to sexually proposition you. I don’t believe a metaphor could in fact be any more on the nose.
There is no question The Emperor is gay. If anything, the issue is that it's too obvious and the bad writing doesn't lead up to it in a natural way.
IMO, the whole concept of an 'alien' being closet gay is kinda genius and could've been a brilliant narrative thread, without question.
Squandered though, because Larian's writers never fail to disappoint. I wanted David Chase. I wanted David Simmons. Yeah, I wanted that - because why not? Why can't we have genius with this fantasy stuff?
Instead we got what we got.
It is the worst written story I've endured in many, many years.
Man, I miss the golden era of BG1 and BG2. It was like a good book: authentic and flawed and strange and incredible. I absolutely loved those games, and this is from someone who never played DnD or even knew what it was about.
They had the magic.
BG3 just has the budget.
