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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, I don't know if he's gay, but in Witcher 3 he made a drunken pass at a cross-dressing male elf, who rebuffed his advances and told Dandelion that he wasn't into men. So...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7dTrOoO6Y

This being said, I hate it when they crowbar that shit in. You can tell it's not been written by a gay man, and often they really play to stereotype. Inevitably they make a character that is gay, rather than make an interesting character who is also gay.

Although, and let's be honest here, the reality is that people complaining about gay characters are more often than not low-key homophobic.