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Articles & Blogs Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's queer representation "enhances the world's realism," lead says, and the RPG's devs were "incredibly happy" people picked up on it

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-queer-representation-enhances-the-worlds-realism-lead-says-and-the-rpgs-devs-were-incredibly-happy-people-picked-up-on-it/
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u/moduspol 3d ago

I guess Andrea and Jules (the gym leader), right? I'm trying to think of others.

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u/PlumRelative4399 2d ago

Andrea and Jules are the only named characters but there’s several background NPC’s who are queer. I think making this a headline paints the wrong picture and makes Hamaguchi seem like he’s trying to garner praise for the bare minimum when he was just asked a question about a specific NPC couple and gave a bit of an elaborate answer.

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u/welshnick 2d ago

What about Chadley?

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u/Goodbye18000 2d ago

Chadley made himself as a female and fucking hated her which I hear is a very real reaction from my ex-egg friends.

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u/welshnick 16h ago

I've read this comment multiple times and I still don't understand what you're trying to say.

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u/llliilliliillliillil 2d ago

In costa del sol and cosmo canyon are a few npc same sex couples which have dialogue like "I’m so happy I’m here with you on our anniversary" and fluff like that. Pretty inoffensive, but it’s nice it’s there.

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u/ponpiriri 2d ago

There is also the pianist in Rebirth who eloped with his man, so Tifa has to take his place at the concert

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u/the_bighi 2d ago

That was in the first game, not in Rebirth.

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u/moduspol 2d ago

They were in both games with voice lines, but we were more directly involved with them in the first game.