This RPG might not have a secret gay bathhouse, but it does have a very queer-coded storyline
queerty.comDragon Quest XI. Although he doesn’t express a romantic interest in men during the game, he is definitely gay-coded.Sylvando has a flamboyant style befitting his work as a circus entertainer: He’s slender with pronounced eyelashes.
He wears stud earrings, meggings, and a jester’s tunic with collar poofs and bells. He has a lisp, regularly strikes poses, cracks jokes, and conversationally refers to others as “darlings” and “lover boy.”He also has several magical dancing moves and special abilities with names like “Kiss Me Deadly,” “Hot Lick,” and “Sobering Slap” which can wake up affected allies.His dream is to spread across the land by opening his own theater and holding a mirthful cross-country parade, led by his band of younger fey men who joyously dance while waving fans and playing instruments.
But when he first joins the party’s quest against villainous sorcerers, he’s tight-lipped about his childhood growing up in the Latino region of Puerto Valor (a place whose name sounds like the gay beach destination Puerto Vallarta).As the action progresses, Sylvando appears on his parade float — it’s decorated like a feathered fan, with light-up bulbs, stars, and prancing carousel horses.
There, he announces to his teary-eyed boys that he cannot lead a parade to make people smile until the land’s evil sorcerers are defeated.
