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96.35.239.78 (talkcontribs)

Hello! I see you keep reverting my change on Ladiva's page. I'd really like to know why. Is it really that important to single out Cagliostro because she's trans? Is there some other power or ability where she is not treated as a woman that requires this? I can't think of any, but then again, you'd know better than me. But I did my best to check on this before making the change. She's on the official list of female characters, is she not? Isn't she always regarded as a woman in game? Singling her out like this gives the impression she's not really a woman, which makes me uncomfortable, and doesn't seem to actually give any relevant game help.

Thanks for listening.

AdlaiT (talkcontribs)

Hello. The wiki has gotten significant vandalism related to Cagliostro pages and I mistook your edit as being another vandalism edit. However, since you've brought up this case in a civil manner, I will address this for you.

Yes, Cagliostro is flagged as female in the game. Every character has a gender flag used for game mechanics. There's male, female, and other. The "other" flag is not used often, but it is definitely used on some characters such as Ladiva and Morphe and Phoebe (Event) and also as a search option in Lyria's Notes. The game's gender flag is completely independent from lore, appearance, etc. Whether Cagliostro is trans in a real world sense is up for interpretation since there is fictional alchemy and soul transference involved, but I digress.

I don't know why Cagliostro has to be singled out. That note in Ladiva's support skill has been there even before I was admin, so I simply assumed it was something that was helpful. Since we are a wiki, we must maintain a level of objectivity and you brought up a good point that there's no need to single her out, so I will remove Cagliostro from Ladiva's support skill notes.

We have plans on updating the character template to include game character gender flags in the future so that it will be clear who gender-related game mechanics will affect.

AdlaiT (talk) - Wiki Admin 11:38, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

96.35.239.78 (talkcontribs)

Thank you very much. I really appreciate you taking my concerns into consideration. It means a lot.