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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is Just Medieval Brokeback Mountain
Queer people have existed for millenia. You might act like the woke mob has only managed to bring them into existence over the past decade or so, but that simply isn’t accurate. Our stories own been told throughout history, even if at times we had to obscure away in the shadows. Now though, there is less reason to experience ashamed, and more opportunities to harbour pride in who we are, and those who came before. As a queer trans chick who critiques video games, animation, and many other veins of popular identity for a living, that inevitably blends into my operational life.
So when I play a game for review, preview, or just for general coverage, if something slightly fruity pops up, my eyebrows raise in curiosity. This is precisely what happened when I sat down to act Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 in Prague for a several hours last month. I immediately peruse the relationship between protagonist Henry and his lord Hans as more than meets the eye.
They begin the game as good friends who find themselves thrust into an awkward working affair . Henry is a caring squire who wants to approach every situation with level-headed reason wh
There are same-sex attracted guys in this game
It’s not reality, it’s a video game. In reality, homosexuals were treated fairly successfully within the Church. They made up a very sizeable portion of the clergy, if not a majority. That’s where homosexuals went in those days - and to a fair extent still do.
As far as quality of life went, it was preferable to being a serf. Many monasteries were quite wealthy, as they often built profitable industries to support their holdings. One of the industries they often involved themselves in was mining iron and smelting steel. Due to their education, they were able to refine production on both fronts with novel machinery and technology - enough to supply Europe with enough steel of proper quality to forge plate armor and high quality weapons. Strict poverty vows, in general, were a myth, and they were generally well provided for. Otherwise, it was like spending your life at a university. A rather strict university perhaps, but plenty of educational opportunities.
How KC:D represented gay characters in the game
Sorry for the delay.
It’s not to speak that I read this accurate phrase somewhere. It is more like a conclusion based on information from many sources and conversations with knowledgable people.
Here is an article about Wenceslaus and his sexual preferences. It contains links to sources, but it’s in Czech.
http://historicky.blog.cz/0901/vaclav-iv-vladl-cecham-gay
There is also Václav Hájek z Libočan: Kronyka česká. It is written in Latin and there are possibly translations to Czech, but I’m not sure about English. He wrote about Wenceslaus and his general complaint is not that Wenceslaus had gay lovers, but that those lovers were of vile birth.
Besides, there are court and inquisition protocols and there are no cases on gays unlike in England, for example.
For a general perspective on the interrogate, if you are interested, I can recommend a book by Ruth Mazo Karras “Sexuality in Medieval Europe. Doing Unto Others”. But this book is a general view. Please, keep in mind that the Middle Ages is a very long period and Europe is a very big place, so you should never assume things were uniform throughout it.
I want to be clear: I have no issue with diverse characters or stories being told in games. Representation is significant, and I know many players will appreciate this choice. That said, Kingdom Come: Deliverance stood out to me as a grounded historical RPG that avoided the modern trends of other studios, which is part of why I admired it so much. The decision to make the main nature gay feels like a departure from what I personally loved about the series.
What’s been most disappointing for me, though, is how this change wasn’t communicated transparently before launch. As fans, we’ve supported this studio for years, and it feels love we should have been part of the