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Because I'm tired of being told what to be outraged about
You're supposed to be able to figure it out yourself. People wouldn't have to tell you these things if you were smarter.
My trans friends purchased the game, too. One of them specifically because of the well-done trans character, they said "I want to support whoever wrote that character into the game"
Almost like projects with 100s of people working on them are more complicated than "one person gets a tiny share of each purchase so it's completely bad"
SIRona RYAN might sound like a transphobic name at first, but it turns out, Sirona is the name of a Celtic goddess. Who was often represented with a snake and eggs.
Not a well done character. Which isn't surprising, when the lead writer for most of the project was a member of Gamergate https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/5/22315226/hogwarts-legacy-leavitt-resigns-developer-avalanche-youtube-gamergate
Shut up lmao