Culture Trans actor who voiced monster in Dead by Daylight game accuses developer of 'transphobia'

The role of the character is a "killer," and is described as an alien who escaped Area 51 and is a member of a cult.

A trans-identified voice actor is reportedly outraged after being hired to voice a video game character for the popular horror game "Dead by Daylight" that developers reportedly did not show the character design to beforehand.

The character ended up being a deformed mutant monster that people have to kill. The monster is neither male nor female but is dressed in a skirt and a pink crop top. The character also holds a weapon that is blue and yellow. Pink and blue are the two main colors featured in the transgender pride flag.

The discovery has outraged both the trans-identified voice actor, Zoey Alexandria, and members of the transgender community.



The "Dead by Daylight" character named "The Unknown" is one of many characters that players can use in the game. In the game, one person plays as a "killer" character while four other players try to survive. Players have to use unlockables to receive the outfit and by default, the character comes with a male outfit.

The killer character is described as an alien who escaped Area 51 and is a member of a cult.

The killer's description states: "There are many theories as to its origin. Some speculate that it's a malevolent entity conjured long ago by an ancient cult. Others believe it to be an alien that escaped from Area 51."

"There are those that say it thrives in darkness, stealing the voices of its prey and luring people to their doom. Is it an evil entity? An extraterrestrial? A failed government experiment? A serial killer allergic to publicity? The true answer is Unknown," it continues.



After the new character was released, backlash quickly ensued and players of the transgender community accused the makers of the video game of "transphobia."

Zoey Alexandria, who voiced the character, expressed outrage with the model for the character and claimed that it's an offensive transgender "stereotype." Alexandria claimed that the voice actor was tricked into playing the character and is now asking for reparations.

"Many folks in the trans community are up in arms over this and rightfully so. I feel that reparations from the team that deliberately tricked me is the only logical next choice of action. I am so upset, so infuriated that people are comparing trans-people to these clearly TRANSPHOBIC character skins," wrote Alexandria in a post on social media.




Additionally, some players of the game voiced their concerns about the new character in an online public forum. They also accused the makers of "Dead by Daylight" of transphobia and want legal action to be taken.





However, others defended the new character on the forum and explained that the character's default design is not transgender and that the feature needs to be unlocked to change its appearance.



Dead by Daylight has not yet publicly commented on the matter.

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[Lone MacReady II]

When will these freaks get it right? It is Disgust, not Phobia. The two things are quite different.

 

[ZazietheBeast]

But its perfect! It captures the essence of a troon: someone twisted into a mockery of nature's perfection.

Also, I fully expect Troon monster to become popular.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Doesn’t Dead by Daylight really pander to the genderspecials already?

I bought it awhile back to play with my brother and I remember the handful of hours I played (game never really grabbed me) I saw a ton of gay and troon flags plastered all over as ornaments on decor in the maps and being carried by some of the other randos we played with.

Regardless, this is hilarious. Ugly freak of a monster gets voiced by a troon. Troon sees itself in the monster and gets butthurt. I’m laughing.

 

[2LtMashengo]

This guy is annoying faggot, who refuses to seek normal employment claiming he has an autoimmune disorder

Isn't it normal for troons to have AIDS?

 

[TowinKarz]

I'm sure that everyone's going to be lining up to hire this imbecile after he tried to drag his employer and demand a payoff.

Hey, it worked for Sweet Baby Inc, didn't it?

Uh, wait a sec.............

 

[Super-Chevy454]

I'm sure that everyone's going to be lining up to hire this imbecile after he tried to drag his employer and demand a payoff.

Until someone menaged to found the hidden skeletons he have in his closet.

 

[Maude Snew]

This guy is annoying faggot, who refuses to seek normal employment claiming he has an autoimmune disorder

Even his immune system hates him, that's pretty based.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

This guy is annoying faggot, who refuses to seek normal employment claiming he has an autoimmune disorder

 

[Otterly]

DBD need to style this one out. ‘We are saddened and disappointed to see the killer character described as trans, by a member of the trans community no less. We feel this reflects poorly on people’s opinions of the trans community and hope that people reassess their prejudices.’ Yours sincerely etc.

 

[Der weiße Teufel]

I kind of don't buy it that they didn't have a model to show him during recording. I don't know how DBD's development cycles work, but normally when a new character is designed, voice work should be completed in the final stages, so the voice actor has proper references and it fits with the overall concept. They should be pretty familiar with the vision so they can do their job properly. They might not have full-on animations, but he makes it sound like there wasn't even CONCEPT ART they could show him.

Lying tranny was probably lying for asspats and grifting.

 

[Xanax and Wine]

The character art team probably just thought it would be really creepy to have this super weird monster wear cutesy girl clothes that do not fit at all
Not their fault this description overlaps with trannies

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Hey, you got your totally heckin valid representation. Who better to portray a "deformed mutant freak" than someone who fits that bill to a fucking T? I really hope they're just trolling this tranny because mockery is effective. Valve proved that by telling SBI to eat shit.

 

[KiwiFuzz2]

Same people would have been assmad if they'd used a non-troon actor to play the character.

It's just better to totally avoid these people.

 

[Mad Mamba]

Using resetera as an example of backlash against something in gaming is like using stormfront as an example of backlash against something jewish.

That's a bit harsh on Stormfront, isn't it?

 

[pwnest injun]

Isn't it normal for troons to have AIDS?

For black TIMs, absolutely. The majority have HIV. Nearly 2/3rds.

 

[Tinnitus]

The monster is neither male nor female but is dressed in a skirt and a pink crop top. The character also holds a weapon that is blue and yellow. Pink and blue are the two main colors featured in the transgender pride flag.

Weird way to make people want to buy the skin....

 

[Haramburger]

The Post Millenial is a canadian paper(BHVR is also a canadian game development studio), and one of the few sites willing to look critically at Zoe Quinn when she drove Alec Holowka to suicide in 2019. It's interesting that they seem to take the Farm's side in any story they cover that crosses our interests...

 

[Exterminatus]

DBD need to style this one out. ‘We are saddened and disappointed to see the killer character described as trans, by a member of the trans community no less. We feel this reflects poorly on people’s opinions of the trans community and hope that people reassess their prejudices.’ Yours sincerely etc.

Sadly the devs for the game are EXTREMELY woke so they probably cried and screamed over it and begged the tranny for forgiveness. They're also French-Canadian, so they have a double layer of faggotry.

 

[Super Dilator Duel 3D]

>who appears to have died by hanging
I didn't notice that first time around. This character just gets better and better.

The best part is that this isn’t even true. The Unknown’s in-game lore is, fittingly, extremely vague. The most you get about its origin is that it’s probably an alien creature of some sort. Other than that, the “death by hanging” thing is just a coincidence people like Keemstar repeated into becoming fact. It just has a very disfigured body and lanky, uncanny proportions, evidenced by the cracking sounds accompanying its every movement and the multitude of unnatural poses it performs in-game.

Doesn’t Dead by Daylight really pander to the genderspecials already?

I bought it awhile back to play with my brother and I remember the handful of hours I played (game never really grabbed me) I saw a ton of gay and troon flags plastered all over as ornaments on decor in the maps and being carried by some of the other randos we played with.

Yes. BHVR is extremely pozzed and there are like 15 fucking pride cosmetics in the game with more to come. There is a lot of discussion about this in the Dead By Daylight thread by @BrunoMattei in the Games subforum. Check it out if you’re interested in some good laughs over this whole situation.

I kind of don't buy it that they didn't have a model to show him during recording. I don't know how DBD's development cycles work, but normally when a new character is designed, voice work should be completed in the final stages, so the voice actor has proper references and it fits with the overall concept.

The devs have gone on record to state that it usually takes them around 8 months from start to finish to create and implement a new character. There is not a chance in hell they didn’t show him the design… but even if they really didn’t, why would he need to see it? It’s not even a fucking human. It’s not based off of anyone. The uncanny troon resemblance is an indictment of troons themselves, not of BHVR.

 

[High Level Rad Waste]

This guy is annoying faggot... claiming he has an autoimmune disorder

I bet I can guess which one.