• KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
      13·
      3 hours ago

      For all the theming, though, really, what did the Lamb ever do that was so bad? They basically just organized a really raucous multi-species commune / orgy in the woods that got a little out of hand. Maybe a few people got sacrificed to dark powers but really, who hasn’t done that at least once or twice?

      • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 hours ago

        Up until I played CotL I sincerely believed I had a moral compass

        I may or may not have uncountable oceans of blood on my hands to keep my favorite followers immortal :’)

    • EnbyDittoPerson@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      19·
      4 hours ago

      I don’t speak Japanese, but as I understand Kirby is officially a being of unknown gender with gender-neutral pronouns, which was misgender in English localization.

      • Malgas@beehaw.orgEnglish
        6·
        2 hours ago

        I just looked into it and it seems Kirby uses the first-person pronoun 僕 (boku), and is referred to in the third person as 彼 (kare) both of which have masculine connotations. It’s true that neither is exclusively masculine, but the Japanese language in general is a lot less concerned with gender than European languages.

        That said, official art has depicted Kirby participating in traditionally gendered activities for both men and women, so there is definitely at least some intentional ambiguity.

        • EnbyDittoPerson@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          3·
          1 hour ago

          Before posting, I’ve checked in 20 anniversary materials, that 性別:不明, which according to translator means “gender:unknown”, but I guess it’s more complicated with translating between different cultures. Thanks for the info :)

      • Kowowow@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Eh I’ll always know kirby as male essentially but you might as well toss spongebob in there too for sponge gender

        • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          2 hours ago

          You’ve been given new information but your response is that it doesn’t fit your preconceptions so you’re going to dismiss it?

          It’s certainly true that in Japanese, Kirby is presented in a very gender-unspecified manner - which is a language trick English couldn’t emulate.

    • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
      6·
      4 hours ago

      kirby is just trying to help by isekaiing interdimentional god-beings