Original comic by Mattie Lubchanski
Description: A four panel comic
panel 1: a group of people playing a tabletop game. SOME GUY WHO LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE MATTIE BUT A LONG TIME AGO sits next to the DM.
SGWLSLMBALTA: Okaaaay, so! The new character I rolled out is a 6’3" half-orc sorceress. Excited to get playing!
DM: Playing a girl again, huh.
SGWLSLMBALTA: Yeah, why?
PANEL 2: two other players.
PLAYER 2: Can you just come out already? We’re supportive.
PLAYER 3: Waiting for you to transition is taking forever.
PANEL 3: SGWLSLMBALTA looks off to the side. Shot over the DM’s shoulder.
SGWLSLMBALTA: Hmm? I don’t understand what you are all possibly talking about! “Come out.” Good one.
PANEL 4: The DM and the two other players contemplate death while SGWLSLMBALTA speaks off-panel.
SGWLSLMBALTA: Anyway…She was actually born a PRINCE! of the realm, but was CURSED by a WIZARD to be a girl…
This is a weird toxic masculinity take (see gaming news) and I’m kinda surprised to find it in this context.
No sure how it’s toxic (see what gaming news?). I saved this meme for myself a while back as I found it very gender-affirming personally.
It was maybe 2 months ago there were people shitting on some game cause it had a female lead and the toxic masculinity lemms were complaining about having to play as a woman and it taking them out of the game.
The thing that makes it toxic is people thinking what you chose to play as in a game reflects your person or personality. That can be men thinking it makes them pussies or gay, or it can be trans folks implying everyone who has played as a female character is denying their transition. Both directions are bad. I mean, one is worse, but that doesn’t make the other attitude off the hook.
(And this is all acknowledged alongside the meme being amusing, just pointing it has issues)
If you like hardmode in games, try hardmode in real life!
Don’t want to? Too bad. You don’t have a choice.
Gender dysphoria in 3… 2… 1… Good luck, Princess.