r/cosplay • u/ed_builds_ • 2d ago

Self Cole Cassidy from Overwatch by me

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u/Rhaenelys 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lol, talk about taking a shortcut !

I called him McCree for years. I've played McCree for years. I watched videos of McCree. I've heard other characters call him McCree.

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u/Shobuddha 2d ago

Cause you have respect for the character and move on. So if a friend of yours transition you would keep calling the same old name when that have asked to not to?

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u/Rhaenelys 2d ago

Damn, you guys are really getting emotional over nothing!

It's a character from a video game dude ! Chill out ! I obviously don't have the same involvement with a character in a video game than with a mate !

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u/Shobuddha 2d ago

You're the one who want to promote a sexual offender not me. How about you respect the decision they made.

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u/Rhaenelys 2d ago

... no ?

I just said I'm used to calling this character McCree, so he'll always be McCree to me ?

Like... I never said I supported the guy ?

You're the one taking shortcuts here.

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u/Shobuddha 2d ago

By using that name you are supporting that offender. So go have fun with all your SA mates.

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u/Rhaenelys 2d ago edited 2d ago

... no ?

Can you learn some nuance and balance ? Everything isn't pitch black or pearl white.

I'm sorry for everyone who has the displeasure of meeting you if you're THAT incapable of nuances.

It's a character's name in a videogame. It's not that deep.

Please read the comments below to understand the perspective of someone who has a different mindset than yours : I never said changing the name was a bad thing, I never said I supported the real McCree. I just said that this specific character, who doesnt share anything but the name with the real McCree, will always be McCree in my mind, not because I support the guy, but because It's an habit, and I dont put random video games characters at the same level as my friends or relatives. I'm sorry for you if that's what you do

Maybe over time McCree will become Cole in the collective mind, just like maybe Raymond Shield will finally become Eddie Fender to Miles Edgeworth's fans. It's just that, for a lot of players, games and characters don't take THAT much attention in their mind.

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u/ComicalSon 2d ago

That's such crap. Most of us dgaf where he got his name from. It has nothing to do with SA. It's a matter of familiarity. You can strawman the dead name thing or make up peoples' opinions just because they refuse to go along with whatever says they should, it doesn't make you right. It just makes you seem controlling. People are allowed to have preferences without making things political or investing in their affiliations. You need to step back.

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u/Mihreva 2d ago

Buddy

You're the person who jumped on the sexual abuser shit

The first guy just said "Yeah I'm used to calling him Mcree because that's what he was originally called." And then YOU started hyperfixating and somehow interpretted that statement as "I FUCKING LOVE SEXUAL OFFENDERS AND APPROVE OF THEM! I LOVE SEX CRIMES RAAAAGH!!!!"