I think this is a good place to end this discussion.
While I would love to see LGBT+ representation in the game as much as the next person, it is important to try and not push your head-cannons onto other people. The reason people get upset about these things isn't because they don't want to see LGBT+ representation in video games, but rather it is out of loyalty to the source material. Unless word of God (aka Nintendo) says that a villager is transgender, then people will loyally defend what they believe is the true representation of the character until the conversation is forcibly closed.
Secondly, it is also important to remember that toxic masculinity and the erasure of effeminate men is a hot topic right now. While you may feel you have good intentions with perceiving a character as transgender and sharing this perception with others, you may also be inadvertently taking away representation from someone else who feels that they can relate to him as he is.
While I would love to see LGBT+ representation in the game as much as the next person, it is important to try and not push your head-cannons onto other people. The reason people get upset about these things isn't because they don't want to see LGBT+ representation in video games, but rather it is out of loyalty to the source material. Unless word of God (aka Nintendo) says that a villager is transgender, then people will loyally defend what they believe is the true representation of the character until the conversation is forcibly closed.
Secondly, it is also important to remember that toxic masculinity and the erasure of effeminate men is a hot topic right now. While you may feel you have good intentions with perceiving a character as transgender and sharing this perception with others, you may also be inadvertently taking away representation from someone else who feels that they can relate to him as he is.
