We all know that Suikoden has its share of effeminate males. It has a whole class of characters we call Narcissists (or Narcists
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It's an interesting subject, and pertinent to the series since there's such a surfeit of yaoi fan materials out there. For those of you who buy Suikoden merchandise, how many times have you seen "that type" of doujinshi about Seed and Culgan? I'm actually surprised the subject hasn't been discussed more thoroughly. I think the subject is interesting for a couple reasons:son_michael wrote:why would you wanna know that?
If any characters are gay then it is probably these two. Maybe some of the narcassists but it is harder to tell with them, as they act in a way that is stereotypically gay... but in real life we do get camp straight people.Jowy Atreides wrote:Aldo and Kasios aren't confirmed to be homosexual, no matter what you may think about it. The default sexual preference is that of the opposite sex, and so that's what they probably are (but maybe not, I don't know).
Let me see if understand what you're saying. If a developer was gay, would all his characters default to being gay unless he made a point of saying they were straight?Jowy Atreides wrote:When a video game character is made, if the developers don't say anything about their sexual preference, they are assumed to be straight.
I think that what Jowy is saying is kinda right. Oppenheimer, you're right, characters shouldn't be roped into one sexual preference automatically when we first meet them. Unfortunately, within our culture, a character needs to be presented as "The Gay Character" to be officially gay, otherwise, we assume them to be straight. In other words, it shouldn't be that way, but it is.Oppenheimer wrote:Let me see if understand what you're saying. If a developer was gay, would all his characters default to being gay unless he made a point of saying they were straight?Jowy Atreides wrote:When a video game character is made, if the developers don't say anything about their sexual preference, they are assumed to be straight.
I think more likely is characters are non-sexual unless given specific lines that are of a sexual nature. They could be either, or bisexual, but it's irrelevant if neither situation comes up during the course of the adventure.