Topic: Frozen Half's description in SOTN PSP

[le052383]

Yesterday, I decided to load up the psp version of SOTN to check the Frozen Half's description to see whether or not Konami USA removed the "new-half" reference;  a part of me was afraid that Konami removed the term because of its meaning and I am the type who prefers faithful translations over censorship.

Sure enough, they did alter the description, but not for the worse.  Instead of "New-Half," the description now says "transvestite".
So for those who denied or refused that "New-Half" meant shemale or those who try to play around with the term, (saying that it means that the Frozen half is a new spirit that is half human,) can now face the fact that the Forzen halfs are shemales.

[Azmodan]

In Reply To #1

Trvia: A she-male is a transgender. A transvestive still has male bits.

Still, the Frozen Half has to be the most...original enemy. Who'd expect a transvestite ice mage that serves a man-dinosaur?

[le052383]

In Reply To #1

Trvia: A she-male is a transgender. A transvestive still has male bits.

Still, the Frozen Half has to be the most...original enemy. Who'd expect a transvestite ice mage that serves a man-dinosaur?

Well, according to wiki, Shemale means:

Shemale (sometimes she-male) is a usually derogatory term[1] for a person who appears to be female, possessing both breasts and male genitalia.[2]

The term, along with tranny, ladyboy and others, is often used in sex industries[3][4] to refer to a pre-operative transsexual[5] who have not had sex reassignment surgery; although the industry is known to advertise catering to customer's interests. Less frequently, it is used to describe intersex people.[citation needed]

I never knew that shemales was a degatory term for men with their male parts and beast. Who knew?

*EDIT* I mean I knew the term meant that they had guy parts, but I didn't know it was an offensive word. *END EDIT*

But yeah, the frozen half is quite original.

[Steve]

"New-half" can also mean a pre-op transsexual, which is basically a transvestite, yeah.

[Thomas Belmont]

A transvestite is a man or woman who gets pleasure by dressing up in clothes of the opposite sex.

[Steve]

And pre-op transsexuals tend to do just that.

[Slayer]

Only in the CastleVania Dungeon will an argument arise from a video game to what constitutes as a transvestite...

[Thomas Belmont]

In Reply To #6
You can't define a whole group of people on an action some may or may not tend to do.

[Steve]

That's true, but "new-half" carries the connotation of "ladies with junk."  A regular old "woman trapped in a man's body" doesn't quite fit the bill.

[Hime]

whhhoooo! score another for the other team! you don't find many blatant hoomosexual references in video games. wewt for tolerance. the only other homosexual character I can think off off the top of my head is birdo...oh and thomas you were referring to a drag queen.

[DoctaMario]

Wait, the Frozen Halves are supposed to be transvestites? O_O I guess I need to go read the bestiary!

[Sonic_Reaper]

whhhoooo! score another for the other team! you don't find many blatant hoomosexual references in video games. wewt for tolerance. the only other homosexual character I can think off off the top of my head is birdo...oh and thomas you were referring to a drag queen.

Transvestite =/= homosexual.  Not saying it never happens, but we don't really know for sure.  Lots of straight men like cross-dressing and they aren't gay.

[Hime]

Transvestite =/= homosexual.

[Gunlord]

Well, I never masturbated to Frozen Halves anyways, so I don't really care what gender they are.

If those Salomes turn out to be men, though...heads will roll >:[

[Slayer]

Hey, guys, is Bridget still cool? :3