Dear Behaviour... (David King)

All these stories in how games, characters and new lore help people or inspire to tell their own stories is amazing.

Sometimes you need things to relate to, to help you deal with what life throws at you.

Playing as Dwight has helped me embrace the geek and help my deal with my anxiety of being a geek and gay. I'm becoming less anxious of telling others yeah I love my video games at 33, still play Pokémon, enjoy my sci fi shows like Star Trek etc, play dnd and Warhammer.

Some people maybe part of LGBTIQA+, allies, straight, have different religions or different race. But we are all individual and all have our own journies and thats what makes us Human

This is very touching, you actually convinced me with your story, that it actually matters.

Thank you.

This was a beautiful story thank you for being so Open and sharing this story with us much love to you my dear friend.

very wholesome to read and I think it’s great that you as a guy can play girl characters because they resonate more with you because of similar styles!

i really think BHVR are doing a great job in representing many different kind of people - even though there might not always be one perfect fit like in the case with OP and David.

btw i thought Kate has a pair of black leather pants, doesn’t she?

I have nothing constructive to add to this thread apart from I feel 2nd hand joy for you, my allosexual fellow Brit

I read it day one. It is honestly possibly the best Tome BHVR have made to date, and if not the best it's definitely on-par with Plague and Twins.

Also, the ending is such a gut punch.

Not really something that is really appropriate in this thread to ask as it’s not exactly on topic but eh i will try to answer:

David is a fictional character and the devs that made this announcement created him, so it doesn’t really matter if he wanted it.

the announcement was really mostly a follow up to their statement two years ago and it was them announcing the results of their collaboration with GaymerX. I do understand that it didn’t feel appropriate to announce this matter but there are reasonable arguments as to why they did it this way.

Absolutely agree we need a Milo charm.

Let on, Wrecked. I read your post again today and decided to leave a nice word (and a little reaction) anyway. After all, it was one of the few posts that didn't cause me any anger outbursts at all. Quite the opposite. I think I understand ye. That is something that I 've actually been missing for a while. I 've once again been at war with my own ranks since the twenty-seventh of April and have finally reached the point of becomin more rational and understandin again. I think it has somethin to do with people who don't push and complain about representation, who just insult strangers because they have different opinion and all that. I perceived your post as grateful to BHVR, nothing more. And your experience made me remember some things. I think that if no one like me (people who still ride on two roads) really admits it, then at least I want to voice that here. After all, it is no secret that there are many different sides to the same experience.

To cut a long story short: It's a pity that there are people who would treat you differently only on your sexuality. That can put quite a bit of pressure on you and can definitely shatter an otherwise positive mood for somethin that you like, I know from my own experience. And I'm happy for you that you don't let yourself be put in a cage anymore. Honestly, I'm a bit jealous - personal trainer sounds mint. To be completely honest, somehow your post motivated me in some way to approach things differently.

I've always seen representation as a guide on how to recognise certain less obvious groups of people and it gave me stomach cramps to know that someone similar to me now also belongs in that "how to recognise xy" directory. I won't compare myself here, it's of no importance in this comment. Doesn't matter anyways and I don't mither. My point's I've screwed up quite a bit for myself. Didn't want to be pigeonholed with colourful canaries as well, without wantin to attack anyone here. This was, simply put, the wrong way to go. Seein it as a bad thing, just like a few other old-fashioned blockheads. And above all, to see only those well-hated entrenched extravagant extremes of stereotypes. I've never perceived representation to have any real benefit for individuals, say, in the way you present it, as sort of an fictional figure to help accept who you are. I'd prefer a few beers and a heart-to-heart with my best friend. But then, that's just me.

To each his own, I'm simply not the type to talk openly about it outside the internet. It's nobody's bloody business anyway. That doesn't change the fact that I misbehaved, in one way or another. Maybe not necessarily here and it just doesn't matter, but I want to say thank you for being open about your experience and all and apologise to anyone who has met me here or elsewhere in unfortunate circumstances. I am curious to see who will share memories in the lore next and how it will be implemented.

....If even one person holds it against me, however, I will drop in and it will be uncomfortable. I swear down!

Laters, guys.

Oh, and thanks for readin. It got a bit lengthy and hopefully not a pain in the arse to read.

@topic

...and that's how they made me have no main character.

This was pretty wholesome to read

Tell Milo I say hi back and if you can give head pats I would greatly appreciate it !!

This actually made me tear up a bit. Great post and I’m glad you’re in a good place today

Lovely thread, didn't know that david was canonically homosexual, but i do like it when companies do thatvwith characters. And glad it helps you OP sorry to hear about the stuff you've had to deal with before, can't be easy

I've been away from the forums for quite awhile but it's nice to see this post is still popular, it was really refreshing to read and see what a positive influence representation has on groups that often feel excluded (to phrase it politely) in media. A lot of people like to say representation "doesn't matter" but they're wrong about that. There is a bit of a caveat of it having to feel organic and be done respectfully to avoid coming off as lazy corporate pandering, but I think DbD did good on this and I was happy to read about how positively it impacted the OP.

I don't see how the setting is what puts you off here. How is this any different from people firing guns at each other in other games (think Overwatch, Apex, etc.)?

Actually, I really liked that David was "obviously" gay. As a bi women, I know gender and sexuality is a flexible spectrum, so it was nice seeing him on that "masculine" side of it. =)