Next to Max, we don’t go so far to find Klaus Kreutz, who is the one who recovered Max from behind a dumpster after losing his own disabled child to the Nazis eugenics. These are things we often strip from disabled masculine people, so it mattered to me. You can still be loved, still be a boy at heart. Max Hass is an example of a character that could have been done better, but to me his inclusion was valuable – it’s okay to be disabled, to perhaps be childlike, regardless of the reasons behind those things. helps recover Max’s lost toys as part of an achievement and story thread. Childlike natures are often presented as juvenile, rather than something understandable that people respect and support, like when B.J. But he’s portrayed as a masculine character in a youthful way, which is something we rarely see in war games. Max is flawed in his presentation in regards to ability, though he is definitely fitting a trope. However, the character is well-loved, heroic, shown to be mostly capable except for his own traumatic responses, and while he is shown to be childlike, he is distinctly masculine in his presentation. This portrayal is obviously from a challenging perspective and can be harmful. I love Max for a lot of reasons, but I will note that he experiences the stereotype of many mentally disabled folks in that he is physically minimally vulnerable, very strong, and speaks simplistically – only saying his name. Max is a pacifist, and was born with a brain injury and abandoned as a child. I want to talk about Max Hass with a desperation. Max Hass from Wolfenstein: The New Order. Note that I don’t think that these characters are without flaws, but I want to appreciate their good characteristics. We’ll see!įirst up, we’ll address the Resistance. Note: I may not discuss Sigrun, Frau Engel’s daughter, from The New Colossus in detail due to how her experiences are related to my own trauma, and since she is from a later game. I’ll likely address characters like Caroline, Frau Engel, and Anya in a separate article, because that’s a very different matter. I also played the Wyatt timeline, one of the most vital decisions in the game, so I won’t address Fergus or his timeline much (playing thru again hasn’t been possible with my cognitive issues). Now I want to address some of the other characters that are in the game and how they are presented (I may not address all your faves, sorry). We’ve addressed how Wolfenstein: The New Order talks about masculinity through the main character William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, and how it functions in genre. I want to talk about so many things in the realm of Wolfenstein and how it portrays masculine characters, but I want to talk first about the characters themselves. SPOILERS for Wolfenstein: The New Order and elements of Wolfenstein: The New Colossus. Much of the specific details here were sourced in the Wolfenstein Wiki.Ĭontent warning: Nazis, hate crimes, domestic abuse (parent-child, spousal), violence, homophobia, racism, ableism, eugenics, torture, suicide, animal cruelty
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The series focuses exclusively on Wolfenstein: A New Order and the characters within it, though it does reference the backstories of characters that may not be revealed until later games in that series. This is part of a series on masculinity and the game Wolfenstein: A New Order.
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