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One player said that they think others are primarily uncomfortable accepting that an established character isn't who they assumed he was. Celebratory posts ("As someone who has been a David main for years, this makes me feel pure bliss") and counterpoints are scattered throughout the Reddit thread, too. Some of the posts in the now closed thread on the Dead by Daylight subreddit fit that description, although a lot of the player criticism is more along the lines of the "corny pandering" comment.
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The rest of the negative reaction broadly comes from people and pundits who reject not just the idea of representation, but the identities being represented themselves, and took the announcement as a cue for outraged soapboxing. The developer announced that the new David King story will establish that he identifies as gay, not just that he's gay. That would indeed be weird, but it isn't the case.
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"Corny pandering honestly."Ī number of negative or confused reactions also came from people who weren't aware that the announcement coincided with a new David King story-or weren't aware that Dead by Daylight contained backstories at all, like me about an hour ago-and therefore thought that the developer consulted with GaymerX just to write a blog post which states that a character is gay. Like I'm gay and I'm not saying gay men can't be hypermasculine fighting addicts but it just feels sooo out of place," said one player. "He's literally a stereotypical British chav who'd probably brag about his success with women in pubs. Some would have preferred that a new character had been introduced, with one argument being that it isn't impossible to think that David King was chosen at random as a token gay character, given his existing backstory. Other fans felt the announcement was tacky, pandering, or didn't go far enough.