![]() ![]() So to summarise, it seems like Obsidian have put a transgender character into their game to shock and/or amuse people at how brutish, ugly and unconvincing she is, and then allow the player the triumph of shooting her. Then, just for good measure, because apparently they weren’t insulting enough already, the character is a crazed villain. You can put a pig in lipstick, but it’s still a a pig. It paints an image of transwomen as brutish, ugly freaks who you can spot a mile off. ![]() They write how Tabitha's appearance is "jarring," writing, "Essentially, they’ve made this character be transgender for shock value." She concludes about Tabitha: Making the transgender character be a super mutant is not at all subtle. The Border House piece is inspired by a quote from GameDaily, which claimed that Tabitha was "a crazy super mutant" and "essentially a dude in drag," ending with, "in case you ever wondered what a mutant would look like in a blonde wig and lipstick, it isn’t pretty." The writer takes this quote and the appearance of Tabitha and lists a number of potentially transphobic things about the mutant. Their reason? The inclusion of a character named Tabitha, a super mutant who wears a blonde women's wig and heart-shaped sunglasses but talks in a gruff, masculine voice. That month, Rho, a writer for Border House blogs, a now-defunct blog described as "a blog for those who are feminist, queer, disabled, people of color, transgender, poor, gay, lesbian, and others who belong to marginalized groups, as well as allies," published a piece titled "Fallout: New Vegas Set to Feature Transphobia?" (archived) where they largely denounce New Vegas for featuring transphobia. To understand why trans people love New Vegas so much, we have to go back to May 2010, five months before the game's release. A meme from the Facebook page Transgender Dysphoria Shitposting offers up a "trans woman starter pack" with every single image labeled "playing Fallout New Vegas." Another, posted that same year to 8-Bit Communism, shows a trans cat girl character captioned, "yeah i play Fallout: New Vegas, how'd you know?" implying that if you're trans, you like Fallout: New Vegas. Some of the most common memes make jokes about cis people buying the game in 2010, then re-purchasing it in 2021 after transitioning. Whether on Instagram, Facebook or Reddit boards like /r/transgamers and /r/falloutnewvegas, you don't have to search too hard to find memes poking fun at the idea that trans people love the game. Blanket statements like that aren't often warranted, but if you spend any decent amount of time exploring the trans gaming community online, you'll know that this isn't stretching the truth. ![]() Many trans gamers love Fallout: New Vegas. Apparently, it also has everything that the average trans gamer wants too. From the sand-swept setting to the surprisingly deep story and of course, the classic Fallout gameplay, New Vegas has everything a typical Fallout fan could want. The game was met with mixed reception upon release, mostly because of bugs and glitches, but has since become one of the most celebrated entries in the series. In October 2010, Fallout: New Vegas, the much-anticipated follow-up to Fallout 3, was released across consoles. ![]()
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