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[-] Rom@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago

diverse

TF2 has one black guy and seven white guys lol

[-] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 52 points 3 months ago

but one of those white guys is a twink

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago

Mind is officially changed

[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago

NAFOids have revoked The Heavy's White card, and Pyro is peak ambiguity.

[-] AlwaysTheir@lemmy.one 17 points 3 months ago

Diversity is more than just skin color and genitals. Notice their accents and body shapes and more.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pyro aside (because Pyro's race/gender are intentionally left ambiguous), 7/8 are white, 7/8 are western, and 8/8 are male.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

Yes, but they could have included more non-Westerners.

[-] AlwaysTheir@lemmy.one 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

all of their accents are european or european settler lol

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

Going by that standard Heavy Weapons Guy aged into being more diverse as the russians got de-europified

[-] Poogona@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

I think tf2 usually gets ignored when it comes to this topic because it is sorta kinda satire, the characters aren't really intended to be self inserts or idealized empowered people, they are looney tunes caricatures with the gender expectations of the era being satirized baked right in

Not trying to say it's actually woke and diverse, just that people seem to care less about a lack of diversity when the characters are all characters instead of them being templates for expression

this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2024
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