Thank you, I'm glad I could make it fun for you!
I'm happy that I decided to expand the variety of sexes for this game too. Judging from the replies so far, it turns out that they're actually some of the more popular characters in this game! This makes me feel better about my development plans for my Split Screen Adventures game, since I'm planning on including male/male and male/futa scenes in the finished version.
It's used as an art tag rather colloquially on adult websites that host such content. It's a Japanese word for individuals with multiple types of genitalia. I haven't really seen it used as a slur, it's a search term for finding something many people enjoy seeing.
We can't let the haters steal word meanings away, especially when there's plenty of perfectly decent people using them to describe something they appreciate. I'm guessing that's exactly the sort of thing that those who would use futa as an insult would aim to accomplish.
im not trying to win a culture war
im telling you what every trans person ive talked to including me find extremely uncomfortable and insulting
and i feel in a conversation about girls with dicks, actual girls with dicks' opinions should weigh a bit more heavily on it then standards set by 4chan that trans people have been complaining about for years now
otherwise its just a bunch of horny people talking about a sex object and i guess i just dont think thats very sexy
im just telling you who youre alienating with your word choice, cause i like wanna keep enjoying your content
and i like to see positivity on these issues
if your worry is searchability, trans is just as useful a search term and it acknowledges the people portrayed in these kinds of pictures
im really not trying to come off as defensive but i guess i kinda am
its important
No it didn't really come off as defensive, I think I got the tone of it. In the context of adult art however we absolutely are talking about sex objects. That's the reason why I said that I have never heard it used to belittle a trans person. Every time I've seen it used was exclusively to describe a piece of erotic art that someone drew, not a real individual. Our experiences may differ on this and I acknowledge that.
What I'm trying to get across here is that yielding ownership of a word to a group that wants to use it to get at you is not helpful. It's usually best to either reclaim it or ignore it, otherwise it will get used against you regardless of how many people you get to agree not to use it. The people who are trying to offend you don't care what sorts of words do or don't get used in polite society.
I absolutely do understand and sympathize with your position, but the only remedy against trolls is not to participate in their games. If you make "trans" the replacement word then the trolls will just use that against you instead. I've already seen it used for just that exact purpose. It's not the words, it's the context and the people saying them.
You're allowing trolls to transform a perfectly ordinary word into a slur. There are thousands of artists right now who have nothing against trans people using it to tag their work. You're estranging yourself from them when you assume that they're doing so with malicious intent. If outrage continues to mount, a lot of artist (like myself at the moment) will end up in the crossfire. When that happens, they're not going to go after the trolls that started this but the people telling them to watch their language. Not all of them will attempt to reach out and explain their thinking as I am, more than likely they will simply throw more crude language in your direction.
As you've said: "slurs hurt people", so a lot of people will get hurt if we nurse every newborn piece of slang to maturity.
Out of polite respect, I can avoid using it in conversations with you or other people who may find it uncomfortable. I am not however going to scrub an incredibly useful and commonly used search term from my vocabulary because some joker somewhere decided to use it as an insult.
futa has been a full grown slur for a long time now and as i said theres very few trans people ive seen be ok with it and none that i know personally (adding to that that i KNOW trans people so im not speaking outta my ass here)
and in regards to reclaiming words
you cant reclaim a word that doesnt apply to you
its just presumptuous
I have been very courteous in explaining my position up to this point.
I will not support this battle against every artist I like and the entire nation of Japan.
I will not be intimidated into changing my language.
If this bothers some people and makes my works inaccessible to them, then I suppose they will have to look for their entertainment elsewhere . I have worked very hard in the past four months to make a free game that anyone can download and enjoy. If it's absolutely impossible for them not due to anything in the game, but to an offhand post I made in the comments then I do not want their support.
This is not an invitation for a rebuttal, this is my official stance on the issue and kind request for you to stop. I will not entertain you with further replies on this topic nor will I reply to anyone else making similar demands from here on out.
Good on you Impy. I know it can be hard and Might make you feel like a jerk, but always stick to your guns. Its your art and your words, not anyone else's!
Plus I know several people who Identify as futa, including myself soooo... one persons slur is another person's Identity I guess XD
Either way Great Game though coin flips are destroying me XD unless their is some kind of secret that I'm missing. Also imps are super cute!
Keep up the good work!
Oh also if you want a free short erotic(or regular one) story just say so! I've gotten paid before, and since I don't often have cash I'd rather use my talents as payment(Gift if you will, i've given it to a few artists and they seemed to like it, though they are a bit extreme in their fetishes XD).
Stay Safe! and don't even feel force to do or say things you don't want to!
