“people were losing their minds about Tan having they/them pronouns and im like….. “yall have either not played the game or have the IQ of sub brick because there are a lot of other entities in this game that use they/them. hell, daedric princes can be man, woman, or box for all they care.””
There is a quest on the Summerset Isles where a woman asks us to find her brother who joined a house of performers. We speak with the leader who permits us to look for the brother under the condition that we can guess and tell her which of the performers is the brother based on the clues his sister gave us. (They all wear masks).
Yeah, turns out none of the performers are the brother, because he transitioned and became the leader of the group.
She ran away before she could join a magic school/circle because she was deeply unhappy and scared to out herself.
There were diary entries about how she came home drunk and in tears with make up smeared all over her. Her sister (who sent us to look for her) thought she had an affair with one of the performers or something.
You can make the sisters reconnect. They sit down at the beach and talk to one another.
While this does not translate to the usage of they/them pronouns the elder scrolls have always been queer, anyone who claims otherwise is either lying to themselves, you, or hasn't played the games.
AH ALCHEMY MY BELOVED QUEEN!
i loved that quest.
Also Azandar has a friend named Martina that is referred to with both they/them and she/her pronouns! Vivec, a fuckin GOD, is gender-fluid, presenting sometimes as masculine, sometimes feminine, and sometimes BOTH at the same time.
This post just highlights a few of the examples of transgender/gender non-conforming characters in ESO lore. That’s not including other TES games AND the countless other examples of non-heterosexual characters/relationships in the franchise.
TES has been for queer people by queer people for EVER. This whole wave of people suddenly bitching about queerness in media (ex: Dragon Age, Marvel, Disney) makes no sense considering how they didn’t bat an eye until a couple years ago……..
Hmmmm………… wonder why………… what recent people/events could have possibly revived a surge of queerphobic panic……………. /s
we have forgotten that the argonians can change their gender via the hist, though.
theres a whole quest in Murkmire where you help two lovers— who both transitioned— get together.
