It is validating to see a game connect gender dysphoria to that aimless diasporic alienation living in another country. This is a hopeless situation: Thanh’s family may have “escaped the war”, but they remain restless merchants seeking a home. But the salvation that they are promised is either death or co-dependency, a kind of Aquarium Dream where wounds can only be licked.
I just resonate with this game a lot – I am hungry for queer diaspora stories like this. It was awesome reading an earlier version of the script and then seeing how much it had improved too. This is certainly a game that people need to play.