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epik_fail1
05/21/24 12:33:26 PM
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I wonder what the anti censorship grifters have to say about that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e98267b0.jpg

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Cemith
05/21/24 12:34:48 PM
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I said it once I'll say it again
Vivian stays best girl

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HudGard
05/21/24 12:40:57 PM
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Nice

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tremain07
05/21/24 12:49:01 PM
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And now the shit storm begins

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epik_fail1
05/21/24 1:28:13 PM
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So that means Mario canonically defeat terfs?

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MC_BatCommander
05/21/24 1:28:46 PM
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I'm sure gamers are going to be calm and reasonable with this

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creativerealms
05/21/24 1:29:29 PM
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Good.

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Puelto295
05/21/24 1:29:53 PM
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Nice.

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Hambo
05/21/24 1:33:21 PM
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epik_fail1 posted...
So that means Mario canonically defeat terfs?
Stompin' turts and terfs alike.

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Smiffwilm
05/21/24 1:46:53 PM
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That confirms it: JK Rowling is not a Mario fan.

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MaxEffingBemis
05/21/24 1:49:27 PM
#12:


Cemith posted...
I said it once I'll say it again
Vivian stays best girl
Relatedly; Astolfo is also best girl

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Dancedreamer
05/21/24 1:53:21 PM
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I wasn't interested in this, but now I am.

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Xenogears15
05/21/24 1:53:56 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Relatedly; Astolfo is also best girl

Astolfo identifies as a dude, though

(yes, I get it)

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gna647
05/21/24 1:54:45 PM
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Lmaooo
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HairyQueen
05/21/24 1:56:41 PM
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Mario games soon to be banned in the UK now probably or something

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SpawnShadow
05/21/24 1:57:45 PM
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Welp, guess I know what game isn't going to get released in Florida.
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Hejiru
05/21/24 2:12:09 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
Mario games soon to be banned in the UK now probably or something

Eh, Birdo has existed since the 80s

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Foppe
05/21/24 2:14:21 PM
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epik_fail1 posted...
I wonder what the anti censorship grifters have to say about that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e98267b0.jpg
They change into anti-woke grifters.

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rexcrk
05/21/24 2:14:26 PM
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Conservatives are gonna lose their fucking minds over this lmao

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MaxEffingBemis
05/21/24 2:17:21 PM
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Xenogears15 posted...
Astolfo identifies as a dude, though

(yes, I get it)
This reminds me that I need to finish Apocrypha soon

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epik_fail1
05/21/24 2:26:37 PM
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Go woke, profit flow?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b4ee50c0.jpg


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Humble_Novice
05/21/24 2:32:43 PM
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How bad is the anti-woke meltdown over this correction?

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Gobstoppers12
05/21/24 2:33:33 PM
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epik_fail1 posted...
Go woke, profit flow?
Honestly this is a win for the people who want things translated in their original tone and meaning. People who oppose "woke translators" should be very happy about this.

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Solid_Seb
05/21/24 2:38:15 PM
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I thought this was old news
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McMarbles
05/21/24 2:40:04 PM
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Foppe posted...
They change into anti-woke grifters.
Always were.

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creativerealms
05/21/24 2:41:11 PM
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Solid_Seb posted...
I thought this was old news
It wasn't confirmed but it has been a hot topic on if the remake would make her trans or hide it like the original game did.

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wackyteen
05/21/24 2:43:03 PM
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Vivian was originally just written/translated straight up as a girl without any hints toward being trans, right? Is that where the censorship was? It's been a while since I played TTYD.

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UnholyMudcrab
05/21/24 2:44:00 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
I just want the facts here.
Sure you do.

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HylianFox
05/21/24 2:44:01 PM
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I thought in the Japanese version Vivian was forced to dress and act like a girl due to his feminine appearance.

Not really the same thing as being trans.

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pokedude900
05/21/24 2:50:03 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Sure you do.

You know, it gets really fucking exhausting discussing localization changes and immediately being accused of being a bigot, a perv, a pedo, or whatever when I say I don't like it.

I just want accurate localization. It's not my fault the subject matter is often sensitive in nature. Please. Just show me the original Japanese version of the line in the OP. If it says she's trans, then I happily accept the translation.

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Murphiroth
05/21/24 2:51:09 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
Okay, sincere question here. Was she ACTUALLY trans in the original Japanese Gamecube version's script? I've done as much research as I reasonably can, and I keep coming back to her being an otokonoko. Which can mean crossdresser or femboy. That is, someone who dresses or acts feminine, but identifies as male. Distinctly different from a trans woman.

If she was trans, then great. I'm happy that part of the translation is accurate and Nintendo isn't afraid to have a trans character in a major release. But if she wasn't, then I don't approve of them changing the script. There are tons of cases of censorship and pointless line changes in this remake already (why do they hate the word airhead so much?), so pardon me if I sound skeptical. Sure trans representation is cool, but it should be there from the start, not shoehorned in during localization (if that is in fact the case).

I just want the facts here. Whatever the original script was, I'm cool with it. And I do not like how the original English version scrubbed all references to it.

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Kimberly
05/21/24 2:51:43 PM
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el_cheato
05/21/24 2:52:10 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
You know, it gets really fucking exhausting discussing localization changes and immediately being accused of being a bigot, a perv, a pedo, or whatever when I say I don't like it.

I just want accurate localization. It's not my fault the subject matter is often sensitive in nature. Please. Just show me the original Japanese version of the line in the OP. If it says she's trans, then I happily accept the translation.
She was absolutely 100% unambiguously transgender in the original japanese version and the remake contains a faithful translation that does not change that about her.

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pokedude900
05/21/24 2:52:38 PM
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I...literally just want a screenshot of the original line.

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MaxEffingBemis
05/21/24 2:55:12 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
You know, it gets really fucking exhausting discussing localization changes and immediately being accused of being a bigot, a perv, a pedo, or whatever when I say I don't like it.

I just want accurate localization. It's not my fault the subject matter is often sensitive in nature. Please. Just show me the original Japanese version of the line in the OP. If it says she's trans, then I happily accept the translation.
Maybe you should simply just not care about localization. Focus your attention to something actually worthwhile idk

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el_cheato
05/21/24 2:56:45 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
I...literally just want a screenshot of the original line.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/96e9ede6.jpg

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pokedude900
05/21/24 2:59:40 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...

Maybe you should simply just not care about localization. Focus your attention to something actually worthwhile idk

...if you don't care about the localization, why are you even in this topic?

el_cheato posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/96e9ede6.jpg

That is not a screenshot of the line in the OP. It is a screenshot of a line where Beldam calls Vivian a man. Which does nothing to confirm whether she was transgender or a crossdresser/femboy.

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wackyteen
05/21/24 3:06:14 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
That is not a screenshot of the line in the OP. It is a screenshot of a line where Beldam calls Vivian a man. Which does nothing to confirm whether she was transgender or a crossdresser/femboy.

If you consider the fact that Vivian is trans and identifies as/is a woman, then being referred to as a man would be a greivous insult.

Otherwise being referred to as a man (with red emphasis apparently) doesn't really... Carry much of an insult if Vivian is male.

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MaxEffingBemis
05/21/24 3:08:45 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
...if you don't care about the localization, why are you even in this topic?

That is not a screenshot of the line in the OP. It is a screenshot of a line where Beldam calls Vivian a man. Which does nothing to confirm whether she was transgender or a crossdresser/femboy.
Im in this topic so I can tell you that caring about localizations is unhinged behavior

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Storm101
05/21/24 3:09:05 PM
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Pretty sure Goombella says it more explicitly, but I don't know where to find that screenshot.
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Kimberly
05/21/24 3:10:34 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
I...literally just want a screenshot of the original line.

pokedude900 posted...
That is not a screenshot of the line in the OP. It is a screenshot of a line where Beldam calls Vivian a man. Which does nothing to confirm whether she was transgender or a crossdresser/femboy.

The Cutting Room Floor is cited often as proof positive that Vivian was presented solely as a feminine man in the game because Bedlam refers to her as such in the original text. They have a snippet of the original text you're eager to read. But there's more than just a single line to how a character is presented throughout the game, which is why I suspect no one's interested in furnishing every exhaustive example of the times where the game treats Vivian's gender identity as a running joke. (Something TCRF's blurb about Vivian acknowledges when talking about how trans people were depicted in Japanese media at the time.)

Personally, I'm of the opinion that if you can research enough to see why many people (incorrectly) label her as just an otokonoko then you're more than capable of finding all the other commonly cited cases of Vivian referring to themselves with feminine pronouns, or using feminine words to describe herself and her sisters, or how Goombella's tattle text changes throughout the game for Vivian, and so on within the original Japanese version of the game.

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Trumble
05/21/24 3:10:42 PM
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Huh. I recently played that game (original version) with a patch that was meant to undo the censorship around that, among other things. I don't remember that scene tho; I do recall it referencing her being trans in her character bio tho.

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BDSMKane
05/21/24 3:12:26 PM
#46:


epik_fail1 posted...
I wonder what the anti censorship grifters have to say about that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e98267b0.jpg
Anti censorship here!

Why would I have a problem with this?

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creativerealms
05/21/24 3:15:02 PM
#48:


BDSMKane posted...
Anti censorship here!

Why would I have a problem with this?
I am also anti-censorship. Problem is dishonest actors have taken over the movement. Now it's less about censorship and more about "woke bad." With them ignoring censorship of things they don't like.

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Storm101
05/21/24 3:24:18 PM
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This is good enough: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/920182-paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door/80576421
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pokedude900
05/21/24 3:35:28 PM
#51:


That is still not a screenshot. But what I do see a direct translation of the Goombella tattle.


It's Vivian,
a member of the Shadow Trio and the youngest sister
...no, wait, brother.


Also the wiki backing up what I said earlier.

routinely uses the feminine first person pronoun atai, though this pronoun is also used by some effeminate male characters in Japanese media. In Super Paper Mario, Vivian's Catch Card describes her using the term otoko no ko, a Japanese-language term that can interchangeably refer to a feminine-presenting man or a crossdressing man, rather than "transgender" (which is identical in Japanese to the English-language word)


Nearly 20 posts since I asked for the original Japanese version of the line from the OP, btw.

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Solid_Seb
05/21/24 3:36:53 PM
#52:


Find it yourself dude
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Storm101
05/21/24 3:38:06 PM
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That's not a screenshot either though, so why are you using it to back up your point? You're just ignoring half of what we're saying anyway, so this conversation is pointless.
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