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Just wanted to say that if Gidget turns out to be trans, as seems to be the leadup to Act 4, I just have to bring up a concern: does Gidget genuinely find she prefers being a woman rather than a man, or is it strictly because of Iggy? I can see the possibility of her transitioning before she actually gets canonically-gendered by the game, but right now, it seems like she just transitioned because Iggy had a very ill-considered outburst at her in which he tells her to "be more girly" and didn't try to apologize for it.

If "I only transitioned because of you, Iggy" turns out to be Gidget's sole reason for transitioning, that brings some rather uncomfortable implications should she stay a woman after the plot fully concludes. I can easily see a situation where she finds some reason for staying transitioned despite getting over Iggy (as much as she can) cheapening things because...well, it's like if someone sawed off one of their legs only because they thought it would make their love interest love them back, only to discover it didn't, but decide to not even consider getting an artificial leg because it was always wrong for them to have that leg. Unless the person is unable or unwilling to shake off the thing which made them think sawing off a leg for no good reason was a good idea in the first place, which is a perfectly-understandable reason (people aren't Vulkans, after all!), it feels like a cop-out narratively. Like, this is somehow the way it should be, even though the change wasn't made because the person didn't think they should have the leg.

I know my example comes off as strange, but it was the best analogue I could think of. I apologize if it or my comment comes off as crude, bigoted, or some other thing. If so, I apologize as it comes from a place of ignorance on LGBT matters - honestly, the best source on LGBT culture I've found comes from this game! I just want Gidget to be Gidget, whether that's as a trans woman, a gay man, or some other part of the spectrum.

EDIT: Ugh, it's so hard to get my feelings on this across. Made some edits to try and clarify my thinking, however it may be perceived.

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AhhhHHHHHH... ok I feel like I need to clarify LOL This is getting into spoiler territory but I don't want you to have any potential bad feelings about the story/direction!!

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Gidget is indeed trans, but they are AFAB. They are non-binary / transmasc. You are right that Iggy's involvement in everything is Not Good but more in the way that because of him, Gidget struggles to accept who they are, and so part of their story revolves around this. A lot of the experiences, feelings, mEnTaL sTrUgGlEs, etc. are based on things I have also gone through as someone who is also non-binary, particularly around acting a certain way because of friends, family, society, and someone you like (and wanting them to like you back, etc.).

So I hope that clears things up. I don't want to get into much more detail than that as then it'll really be going full into spoilers, but so many ppl have also already figured out where this is going that at least this point is not even complete spoilers anymore LOL

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Ah, I see. Glad to hear the low-down on Gidget. Sorry for making you make the kinda-sorta open secret official. I just wanted to express my concerns is all.

(Also, I swear my "I just want Gidget to be Gidget" statement wasn't meant to be prophetic or anything. :D )

EDIT: Removed spoilers. To those who think they saw spoilers: you didn't see anything.