Almost like when someone is angry with they just say whatever cause they're heated in the moment. Geez, people getting upset about stuff like this act like they've never said heinous things when heated. 🙄
pretty sure he was a freak because he was wearing women clothing nobody in umbrella was walking in women's clothes and those fucks got entire city nuked
bruh we all knew what she meant, it wasn't a nice sentence. But it's ok, 90% of us were probably transphobic/homophobic at that time. It's just outdated.
@@ryszakowyit is normal, humans are responsible for the idea of femininity and masculinity, that doesn't exist in nature, a guy wearing makeup is just as unnatural as a man wearing cargo shorts and a sleeveless shirt
What made Alfred a freak wasn't because of his crossdressing behavior, but because he was a sick guy who loved his sister too much AND tried to snipe Claire while rambling nonsensical accusation at her. Even in the current political climate she is still not wrong for calling Alfred out. Crossdressing was just a descriptive text of what he is, not the main subject that got him called out.
No she was a basic normal person no one was bitching & whining about this in 2000-2001. Besides the insecest is more disturbing than the cross dressing.
I mean, the concept of someone being trans wasn't in discourse much back in the year 2000. Can't imagine Claires character was thinking in terms of being discriminatory towards any specific group. More likely just meant towards the villain its being directed at. With that being said, Code Veronica likely adds to a broader discussion on trans representation in media throughout the years.
it wasn't transphobic, this video is unnecessary. This is a fictional character. This game is over 24 years old at this point. Why are you bothering to "dive deep" on a single line of dialogue? Alfred WAS a freak because of the horrible things he did, which includes trying to kill Claire. Find something less petty to worry about.
that's their worthless kind in action bro talking dumbfuck shit just for the sake of talking to get attention doesn't matter that everything they say is wrong and incorrect
He's not even in drag - or meant to be at least. He has a broken mind that makes him take on the persona of his twin sister. It's wild to me that people miss nuance...
@@szechuon6971and you just conflated drag (performance/entertainment) and crossdressing (man in dress)... wrap it up chat. he was crossdressing cause he thought he was his sister lol
He's just like, trying to kill her. She could at least respect his feelings at the matter!' Sarcasm' . This video is silly lol. It's even on the story Lore he went isane by missing Alexia and projecting herself unto him, he's not Tras. probably an evil bottom tough! :P
@@christiansamuelsantiagoher8785 The english localization (in the japanese it is "Alfred! You are behind this") does in fact categorically reinforce bad stereotypes. But we can never know the intent of the author nor do we have enough to go on to say that the fictional character Claire is a transphobic person.
I gave this video essay a fair shot. However this presentation is solely grandstanding on a personal opinion and wasted over 10 minutes of my life on a fruitless video. This is click bait to the core as everything is loosely based on a few character lines written over 20 years ago. TL;DR. Click bait video. Weak premise. Pointless effort. Watch something else.
I think the real transphobia is assuming that community is too fragile to handle an awesome insult that Claire hurled at the crazy guy who happened to cross dress. why don't you give that community more credit, unless you're insenuating that they can't handle that?
@@commandershepard9920 making women look androgynous per Black Rock/ESG requirements under the guise of being accommodating to the trans community which accounts for 0.001% of the audience.
@@jeanbethencourt1506 What "women are being made to look androgynous?" And how do you know it's forced and not the desire of an artist/person to express themself/etc? Androgynous people (both women and men) have always existed, so I'm not sure how that's 'propoganda'. Actually being androgynous doesn't even have anything to do with trans people; you can be trans and not androgynous, you can also be non trans and also be androgynous.
Fun fact: The twins are genetically engineered from the DNA of Veronica Ashford who is the founder of Ashford family, who's also long dead. Alfred was born with female genes, but ended up as a *man* which what makes him act feminine. I don't think he's transphobic, not at all, but, he is creepy simply because he's mentally unhinged enough to believe he's Alexia.
@@ryszakowybro not “your kind”. Shut up lmao. Trans people aren’t an issue. Y’all just like to make it one when they are just trying to exist. Y’all put too much energy into the wrong thing. Like do you realize how far in history trans and non binary people go back? Like who CARES. Put the energy into something useful dawg.
I doubt Claire has anything against transgender or gay people since she's a tolerant person who tries to see the best in people, including those who have actual moral shortcomings. I also doubt that her writers were really thinking about gender identity or "sex changes" (the term used by most people back then to describe what we now commonly call transgender) since it was an obscure topic that was rarely brought up. But she's defiantly not written as a PC person who views "sex" as separate from "gender". For what it's worth Revelations 2 seemed to depict Claire getting along with Barry (the most conservative coded character in the franchise) better than his estranged progressive/liberal coded daughter Moira does.
The line is poorly translated, like the game in general. The original line is Alfred! This is your doing!" ("アルフレッド！あなたの仕業ね！"). So maybe the localization team is transphobic, but really as any literary scholar will tell you authorial intent is a contested way of looking at it as we can never really know. In the end claire makes a transphobic statement in the english localization specifically. This together with the characterization can be seen as reinforcing bad stereotypes but we cannot know intent nor judge Claire's views on the matter as a fictional character based on what we have.
Tbh every RE game had some weird phrases from time to time tbh. And before anyone comments on this video : this is a THEORY and INVESTIGATION video. All i see are " nAh " comments. Bro, this is a debate, chill.
The game was made in a time which was less sensitive to people's minds and wellbeing which could be affected by the content. Is it good those words were said in a matter which may be considered offensive? No. But what would you want them to do, change all the versions of the game to not contain this moment or rephrase it so it would sound less offensive? I'd like to see that happen - especially the physical copies. Instead of being happy that the world has progressed to notice and adress such issues, and now is more careful with the contents you are finding a problem in a game which was made in a different time, when the world was less developed in this manner. The fact such videos exist is a proof that there is something wrong with the world and the reset button should be pressed immediately. Edit: and before someone says that I'm defending this game because of nostalgia or that I'm doing it because of my emotional attachement to this game I'd like to point out that I've played it for the first time in my life around a year ago and actually didn't find it as good to even finish it (I've dropped out around the Nosferatu boss fight)
I can answer that for you. No she is not. The writing was done around 1998/1999 a time where language like this and comments like this were fairly common. I appreciate you making content but clickbait videos like this only serve to create controversy where it doesn't exist. It's an old videogame with dated writing not the second chapter in Claire Redfield's transphobic adventures.
it's funny, because back then... (the 20th century) there was a lot of this stuff. the 1 thing I hate regarding today's games or today's "entertainment" in general, is the inclusion of LGBT agenda or just crazy agenda and political crap overall. it's done with zero creativeness or actual entertainment. take Code Veronica for example. this game managed to include an LGBT aspect and do it without it being annoying or overwhelmingly awkward or cringe like today's crappy games and entertainment overall. there was representation for almost everything back then. it was just done better. it was done subtly so that topics like that didn't consume the project which again is what happens with today's game and entertainment. less is more and not everything has to be awkward or cringe. these topics can be included with what I call creative class
Alfred isn't LGBT, and I'd hardly call anything about him "subtle". I think that Revelations 2 is a better example of the franchise handling something politically controversial without being obnoxious (two of it's themes are gun control and the reconciliation between progressive children and their conservative parents).
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 Whatever. the topic regarding the video is about Claire being transphobic or not. she's not. the line "cross-dressing freak" was a normal thing to say back then. people didn't overreact to a game like they do now or over-analyse dialogue. plus, I meant topics were covered subtly back then not Alfred
I think Claire is a supporter of the LGBTQIA. Might even be into women. Who knows. Any of these main characters (except Barry since he has a family) can be attracted to the same sex.
This is why I gatekeep.
I know I’d be calling somebody every name in the book if a man in a dress was trying to kill me.
Almost like when someone is angry with they just say whatever cause they're heated in the moment. Geez, people getting upset about stuff like this act like they've never said heinous things when heated. 🙄
@@brainrich1358same, I'm a cross dresser and even I've said some awful things in bad situations
It's not that the villain is a freak because they cross-dress. They're a freak who just happens to cross-dress. Claire would condemn them regardless.
pretty sure he was a freak because he was wearing women clothing
nobody in umbrella was walking in women's clothes and those fucks got entire city nuked
@@ryszakowy Awesome ryszakowy.
bruh we all knew what she meant, it wasn't a nice sentence. But it's ok, 90% of us were probably transphobic/homophobic at that time. It's just outdated.
I have my doubts about Claire Redfield being afraid of anything.
10-15 years ago, cross dressing was still considered taboo.
still is
just because vocal minority yells about it doesn't make it normal
@@ryszakowyit is normal, humans are responsible for the idea of femininity and masculinity, that doesn't exist in nature, a guy wearing makeup is just as unnatural as a man wearing cargo shorts and a sleeveless shirt
@@ryszakowy damn right
@@ryszakowy What is 'normal' ?
Are the clothes we wear natural in any way?
Having trouble understanding what you're getting at.
@@elgoogkcufGit-r-done
What made Alfred a freak wasn't because of his crossdressing behavior, but because he was a sick guy who loved his sister too much AND tried to snipe Claire while rambling nonsensical accusation at her. Even in the current political climate she is still not wrong for calling Alfred out.
Crossdressing was just a descriptive text of what he is, not the main subject that got him called out.
@@RichterBelmont2235 I feel that too. She's calling him a freak that happens to cross dress, not a freak because he cross dresses
No she was a basic normal person no one was bitching & whining about this in 2000-2001. Besides the insecest is more disturbing than the cross dressing.
100%
Claire is based.
I mean, the concept of someone being trans wasn't in discourse much back in the year 2000. Can't imagine Claires character was thinking in terms of being discriminatory towards any specific group. More likely just meant towards the villain its being directed at.
With that being said, Code Veronica likely adds to a broader discussion on trans representation in media throughout the years.
i hope she is
otherwise it's a wasted franchise
there's literally nothing problematic about it
more games should be like that
Wait, if Claire... isn't transpobic... then literally every single Resident Evil game is "a waste". Well that escalated quickly.
it wasn't transphobic, this video is unnecessary. This is a fictional character. This game is over 24 years old at this point. Why are you bothering to "dive deep" on a single line of dialogue? Alfred WAS a freak because of the horrible things he did, which includes trying to kill Claire. Find something less petty to worry about.
Thank you, this is the dumbest video in awhile
that's their worthless kind in action bro
talking dumbfuck shit just for the sake of talking to get attention
doesn't matter that everything they say is wrong and incorrect
@@ryszakowy like you?
This video is right up there with: "Why Leon Kennedy is biusexual" for the stupidest content in the Resident Evil sphere.
Nah, Dressing in drag is different from being a trans woman.
He's not even in drag - or meant to be at least. He has a broken mind that makes him take on the persona of his twin sister. It's wild to me that people miss nuance...
@@szechuon6971and you just conflated drag (performance/entertainment) and crossdressing (man in dress)... wrap it up chat. he was crossdressing cause he thought he was his sister lol
True! I forgot to mention this in my comment.
There ain't nothing wrong wat Claire said
never was never will be
Yes and I love her for it
If someone is trying to kill you, any and all insults are fair game.
Based Claire Redfield
He's just like, trying to kill her. She could at least respect his feelings at the matter!' Sarcasm' . This video is silly lol. It's even on the story Lore he went isane by missing Alexia and projecting herself unto him, he's not Tras. probably an evil bottom tough! :P
Based Claire Redfield.
I support Claire in everything she said! Haha
You can't judge a nearly 25 year old game on todays standards.
i’m trans and i still support her. she reminds me of blaire white
Blaire White is like the Uncle Tom of trans women
I'm not even throwing shade on blaire white, but what is a single thing she has in common with her???
So... no, because Claire isn't a real person. Hope this helps.
I guess that Wesker isn't really a social darwinist, considering that he's not a real person either.
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 Bam!
Yes, and it's still funny.
crazy timeline pull
Based Claire
Claire Basedflied
leon we need you to extend the basefield bloodline
nothing transphobic about what she said
@@christiansamuelsantiagoher8785 The english localization (in the japanese it is "Alfred! You are behind this") does in fact categorically reinforce bad stereotypes. But we can never know the intent of the author nor do we have enough to go on to say that the fictional character Claire is a transphobic person.
Is claire redfield based?
Claire rules.
Cross dressing is weird
Bro I already love her you can’t give me even more reason to. Didn’t know she was based like that
For real.
I gave this video essay a fair shot. However this presentation is solely grandstanding on a personal opinion and wasted over 10 minutes of my life on a fruitless video.
This is click bait to the core as everything is loosely based on a few character lines written over 20 years ago.
TL;DR. Click bait video. Weak premise. Pointless effort. Watch something else.
I am trans. This was not a transphobic remark. People who are bothered by this line are overlooking that Alfred is a literal psycho sadist.
I think the real transphobia is assuming that community is too fragile to handle an awesome insult that Claire hurled at the crazy guy who happened to cross dress. why don't you give that community more credit, unless you're insenuating that they can't handle that?
BASED CLAIRE! SHE REALLY IS A QUEEN!
Yeah. Pro-trans propaganda is lame.
@@jeanbethencourt1506 what is "pro trans propaganda"?
@@commandershepard9920 making women look androgynous per Black Rock/ESG requirements under the guise of being accommodating to the trans community which accounts for 0.001% of the audience.
@@jeanbethencourt1506source: made it up
@@jeanbethencourt1506 What "women are being made to look androgynous?" And how do you know it's forced and not the desire of an artist/person to express themself/etc?
Androgynous people (both women and men) have always existed, so I'm not sure how that's 'propoganda'. Actually being androgynous doesn't even have anything to do with trans people; you can be trans and not androgynous, you can also be non trans and also be androgynous.
I have a strong feeling that Albert Wesker is somewhat attracted to Chris because of his obsession with Redfield.
biker with a small town cop brother? signs point to probably
Fun fact: The twins are genetically engineered from the DNA of Veronica Ashford who is the founder of Ashford family, who's also long dead. Alfred was born with female genes, but ended up as a *man* which what makes him act feminine.
I don't think he's transphobic, not at all, but, he is creepy simply because he's mentally unhinged enough to believe he's Alexia.
What a joke 🤣🤣🤣
I'd like to think she is 'transphobic', all things considered.
"Transphobic" aka as being normal
No child is born being transphobic tho, it's taught, so it's not normal
No
@@donovanlocust1106 yes
your kind will never be normal
you will be forgotten
@@ryszakowybro not “your kind”. Shut up lmao. Trans people aren’t an issue. Y’all just like to make it one when they are just trying to exist. Y’all put too much energy into the wrong thing. Like do you realize how far in history trans and non binary people go back? Like who CARES. Put the energy into something useful dawg.
@@ryszakowy Clearly never will be forgotten since people like you keep obsessing.🙃
I doubt Claire has anything against transgender or gay people since she's a tolerant person who tries to see the best in people, including those who have actual moral shortcomings. I also doubt that her writers were really thinking about gender identity or "sex changes" (the term used by most people back then to describe what we now commonly call transgender) since it was an obscure topic that was rarely brought up.
But she's defiantly not written as a PC person who views "sex" as separate from "gender". For what it's worth Revelations 2 seemed to depict Claire getting along with Barry (the most conservative coded character in the franchise) better than his estranged progressive/liberal coded daughter Moira does.
😂😂😂😂😂
Let’s stop reaching for things that aren’t there. These are fictional characters. You can’t cancel them. Also, it’s 10+ years old.
Y2K Claire was based before it was cool
Its the best line in the game :D
The line is poorly translated, like the game in general. The original line is Alfred! This is your doing!" ("アルフレッド！あなたの仕業ね！"). So maybe the localization team is transphobic, but really as any literary scholar will tell you authorial intent is a contested way of looking at it as we can never really know.
In the end claire makes a transphobic statement in the english localization specifically. This together with the characterization can be seen as reinforcing bad stereotypes but we cannot know intent nor judge Claire's views on the matter as a fictional character based on what we have.
*takes a deep breath*
HE WAS TRYING TO KILL HER!
Short answer: No, it’s just that the game came out in 2001.
Tbh every RE game had some weird phrases from time to time tbh. And before anyone comments on this video : this is a THEORY and INVESTIGATION video. All i see are " nAh " comments. Bro, this is a debate, chill.
This narrator sounds like Alfred Ashford
The game was made in a time which was less sensitive to people's minds and wellbeing which could be affected by the content. Is it good those words were said in a matter which may be considered offensive? No. But what would you want them to do, change all the versions of the game to not contain this moment or rephrase it so it would sound less offensive? I'd like to see that happen - especially the physical copies. Instead of being happy that the world has progressed to notice and adress such issues, and now is more careful with the contents you are finding a problem in a game which was made in a different time, when the world was less developed in this manner. The fact such videos exist is a proof that there is something wrong with the world and the reset button should be pressed immediately.
Edit: and before someone says that I'm defending this game because of nostalgia or that I'm doing it because of my emotional attachement to this game I'd like to point out that I've played it for the first time in my life around a year ago and actually didn't find it as good to even finish it (I've dropped out around the Nosferatu boss fight)
Gay
The old Claire used to be a JK Rowling fan
Nah she was right for that
God I hope so
No, she's based.
I can answer that for you. No she is not. The writing was done around 1998/1999 a time where language like this and comments like this were fairly common. I appreciate you making content but clickbait videos like this only serve to create controversy where it doesn't exist. It's an old videogame with dated writing not the second chapter in Claire Redfield's transphobic adventures.
Go outside
W take 🎀♥
it's funny, because back then... (the 20th century) there was a lot of this stuff. the 1 thing I hate regarding today's games or today's "entertainment" in general, is the inclusion of LGBT agenda or just crazy agenda and political crap overall. it's done with zero creativeness or actual entertainment. take Code Veronica for example. this game managed to include an LGBT aspect and do it without it being annoying or overwhelmingly awkward or cringe like today's crappy games and entertainment overall. there was representation for almost everything back then. it was just done better. it was done subtly so that topics like that didn't consume the project which again is what happens with today's game and entertainment. less is more and not everything has to be awkward or cringe. these topics can be included with what I call creative class
Alfred isn't LGBT, and I'd hardly call anything about him "subtle". I think that Revelations 2 is a better example of the franchise handling something politically controversial without being obnoxious (two of it's themes are gun control and the reconciliation between progressive children and their conservative parents).
@@johnnyjohn-johnson7738 Whatever. the topic regarding the video is about Claire being transphobic or not. she's not. the line "cross-dressing freak" was a normal thing to say back then. people didn't overreact to a game like they do now or over-analyse dialogue. plus, I meant topics were covered subtly back then not Alfred
It's gay q
I think Claire is a supporter of the LGBTQIA. Might even be into women. Who knows. Any of these main characters (except Barry since he has a family) can be attracted to the same sex.
Wow this video really brought out the people who need to defend this weird shit made by Japan who is notorious for being less than inclusive
Japan is awesome; they are one of the strongest bastions of un-PC behavior.
@@Ragitsu they censor porn, stfu
Based Claire