FaultyCircuitry posted...
A lot of the queer community has latched onto the idea of him being trans, but he's stated by Nintendo to be a man.
Mostly just due to their relatively feminine presentation which while I would love to have a trans gym leader I don't like people latching on to someone gender non-conforming and immediately assigning them an identity that they did not claim themselves.
Let men be feminine
Let men be cute
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/3/7/AAYVThAAD8CR.jpg
He's definitely one of the best character designs in the game imo
I actually assumed that character was female lol (didn't consider whether cis or trans) even though that would make a gender imbalance for the gym leaders. In any case, silly thing to get suspended over lol, but Duncan has been hanging in a certain discord crowd for the past several months so I'm not surprised -_-
I think my favorite design is probably the Electric one. She looks kinda ridiculous but between the crazy outfit, magnemite headgear thing, teeth and mannerisms, she just seems like a fun character. Larry would be a close 2nd. Just a regular businessman-looking motherfucker with a briefcase lol. I can appreciate that... plus he seems so vanilla and average that it's funny, and he says something like "go easy on me. I just ate" before the fight but then is really hungry afterward even though it's been just a few minutes? lmao. I expect him to be heavily memed if he isn't already.