![]() ![]() The unabashedly feminist film featured Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as two women on the run from authorities and the men in their lives after using deadly force to prevent an assault. If Rockstar wants a story with a strong female protagonist for Grand Theft Auto 6, one source of inspiration could be Ridley Scott’s acclaimed 1991 movie, Thelma and Louise. While it was never a focal point of the game’s story, GTA 5’s hot-tempered Trevor Phillips was openly bisexual, stating as much to fellow protagonists Michael and Franklin at one point in the game. Making Lucia a queer protagonist wouldn’t be entirely uncharted waters for the Grand Theft Auto franchise, either. Now would be the perfect time to move these sorts of characters to the forefront. The franchise has never steered away from featuring LGBTQIA+ characters, though it wasn’t until GTA 4’s acclaimed single-player expansion The Ballad of Gay Tony that they really began to be depicted as more than one-dimensional stereotypes played mostly for laughs. With any inclusion of female or queer characters likely to be met with the same sort of backlash that used to be reserved for the series often over-the-top violence, Rockstar should lean into the controversy as it always has and let these sorts of characters take center stage in GTA 6. RELATED: GTA 6 Fans Think the Game Is Complete and Currently Being Polished The GTA Series Has a Long, But Sometimes Shaky, History of Inclusion While the complaints largely came from a vocal minority online, with many GTA 6 fans praising Lucia’s inclusion as an example of Latina representation in gaming instead, it could set the stage for Rockstar to do something bold and respond to the criticism by delivering a GTA 6 that not only features a strong female protagonist, but a decidedly queer story. ![]() Instead of the usual complaints about excessive violence in GTA, Rockstar instead found itself facing often vitriolic backlash for finally placing a female character, Lucia, in a lead role for the series.Īlthough the GTA series has never shied away from introducing characters that break away from the overwhelming male, usually white, and nearly always straight archetypes that have historically dominated gaming, giving the Latina character Lucia a lead role in GTA 6 was apparently a bridge too far for some. But even as fans discussed what bits of story and setting could be gleaned from the screenshots and videos released in the massive hack of GTA 6 assets, Rockstar and publisher 2K Games became embroiled in a controversy that seemed wholly new for the long-running series. When hackers released a treasure trove of assets from Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 last year many gamers were excited by the chance to get a glimpse of a title they’d long been anticipating. ![]()
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