Locked Tomb Polling Locale

Songs under the cut

Alice Nanea Mitchell didn’t want to be the baby of the family anymore; her and her best friends were working hard to find a way to prove themselves mature. But she has to grow up a lot faster than anticipated when Pearl Harbor is bombed, and her family and community are ripped apart. With everything in chaos, Nanea grounds herself with the ones she loves, and works to find a way to help where she can.

Nanea was first released in 2017.

ROUND 3 — Match 61 of 72

Wallace Wells (Scott Pilgrim)

Identity: Gay, explicit Notes: Directly described as gay by himself and other characters, and shown in multiple relationships with men. Propaganda: "he can steal a scene in about five seconds. he’s effortlessly funny, kind of smug, fully aware that he’s the most put-together person in the room, and somehow manages to be both a total bitch and one of the most likeable people in the series. he just has that exact supporting character magic where every time he shows up the whole thing gets better. he also stands out because he gets to be cool in a way gay side characters so often weren’t, especially in stuff from that era. he’s not written like a joke, or as someone the audience is meant to pity, or as a lesson in tolerance. he’s just sharply funny, socially competent, and very clearly cooler than scott on every level. that alone makes him memorable."

vs. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Identity: Lesbian, explicit Notes: Repeatedly states attraction to women in-text, and explicitly referred to as a lesbian by Tamsyn Muir. Propaganda: "Sword-wielding butch with big muscles <3"

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Character, book, and author names under the cut

NOTE: not necessarily who would enjoy it but who would be able to endure the most before giving up

ANOTHER NOTE: yes I’m listing G1deon and Pyrrha separately and also Paul

ROUND 2 — Match 122 of 143

Tarquin (Dragon Age)

Identity: Trans man, explicit Notes: Referred to as trans by Taash in an in-game note. Propaganda: 1. "He’s in love with his double boss, an in universe equivalent of both batman and the pope" 2. "tarquin is a really meaningful one to me because he shows a version of trans manhood you genuinely almost never get to see. obviously pre-transition and non-passing trans men matter hugely too, and they should be represented, because that is a real and important experience. but it is still SO rare to get a trans man in media who is fully read as just some guy unless you actually learn more about him. tarquin has that. he has the beard, the presence, the straightforward masculinity, and the game does not frame him like a walking lesson the second he appears. you find out he’s trans because it’s part of who he is, not because the whole design is built to announce it from across the room. that matters a lot, honestly, because trans male representation so often gets stuck in this really limited visual lane where characters are only allowed to be visibly “in process” to the audience. again, there is nothing wrong with that, but it is not the only trans experience. seeing a character where you could meet him, think “oh, that’s just a man,” and only later learn that he’s trans feels unusual, especially in games this big. there is something really validating about a trans man being allowed that kind of ordinary, complete, unquestioned maleness on screen. so he stands out not just because he’s trans, but because he represents a kind of trans masculinity that barely ever gets depicted at all. that makes him memorable in a way that goes beyond “points for inclusion.” he feels like an actual expansion of what trans men in games are allowed to look like." 3. "he talks about how his gender and transness intersects with the culture and community he was raised in in a way that's really illuminating about both things!!"

vs. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)

Identity: Lesbian, explicit Notes: Repeatedly states attraction to women in-text, and explicitly referred to as a lesbian by Tamsyn Muir. Propaganda: "Sword-wielding butch with big muscles <3"

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Character, book, and author names under the cut