Oh dear. First of all, I'm black. Whether you guys choose to believe that is up to you. I've been playing games since i was a kid and never once did i feel the need to project myself onto my character so much that I'd feel like I'm in their shoes. I play Pokémon alot too and I sometimes or rather most times choose to play as a girl, because why the fuck not. Anyway y'all are free to do whatever you want I'm not attacking anyone here, just stating my OPINION. :)
Typing "OPINION" in all caps doesn't mean your opinion isn't based on incorrect information or false assumptions.
If you want to say it's not important to you, that's one thing. If you want to come in with your first post and imply that politics don't matter and shouldn't exist in video games (when that's literally impossible), that's a whole other can of worms, and is incredibly dismissive of the fact that it affects real people, despite them probably wishing they could be just like you.
I was watching an anime last night called Ouran High School Host Club. Whether or not you care about anime or high school anime, I dunno, but here's what mattered to me: the main character's dad exclaimed they were bi and nobody judged him. He also crossdresses and nobody judges him poorly. (That said, I am sure trans people might legitimately have problems with him here. I'm not the most informed, because I don't have the perspective to fully understand this particular issue.) My point is, I'm bi, and it felt
really good to see a bi character just... exist.
Ironically, it was also forced and completely unnecessary. It was stated in a flashback and never comes back (at least not so far). But it still felt good to me. It gave me a rush that an anime didn't immediately malign a non-hetero character as a creepy predator (which is very, very common in Japanese media).
You say you don't care. But for a lot of people it's super important. And when that
doesn't exist, when a non-hetero character
is portrayed as a predator, it fucking hurts. It doesn't feel good. It's very difficult when one of the few representations you get is inherently hurtful to who you are.
And also, some people might disagree with me! And that's okay, too. Doesn't negate my feelings.