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Okay, let me be more emphatic.
Let's look at the gender options in this game, since, y'know, that's what we're talking about.
Biologically female with magically added cock-n-balls: This is the only one that is a hermaphrodite. We presume the female bits still work (though it's not the focus of this game, so that's just an assumption) and the male bits certainly do work since that's a plot point. A being that can function as male or female.
Biologically male with magically added boobs: Not a hermaphrodite. Except for the magic, just a guy that got a boob job, which any dude can do if they want.
"Female upper half with male lower half" - a male with gynecomastia. Can be caused by a hormonal imbalance. Which can be environmental - it's been caused by years of using bad stool that pinched things and messed up production. (Ow.) Can be treated with surgery or hormones, if undesired. (Which it usually is, but might not be.)
Male to female transgender with male reproductive bits - I don't think it's ever said how Lily transitioned (if it is, I missed it) but we can assume magic, hormones, or surgery to get the breasts. Most trans people never get 'bottom surgery' because it's invasive, somewhat dangerous (as is any surgery that takes all day), and is really really expensive if not covered by insurance, which it often isn't.
And the biggest reason your "facts" don't apply to the protagonist of this game:
Although I guess that last bit shouldn't be a spoiler to anyone that's made it this far into a thread about the game, but hey.
I suppose our biggest disconnect is you're using the word 'hermaphrodite' to refer to real-world people with intersex genitalia, and I'm using it to refer to creatures that are functionally male and female at the same time, which can only be fictional in humans but do exist in the animal kingdom in the Real World.
Since all the people in this game, of any gender, are fictional, 'real world' limitations don't apply. And it's more fun that way!
PS: Sorry for the hijack, folks. I'll shut up now.
A proper labiaplasty does not leave 'an open slit that is supposed to look like a vagina'. The surgeon constructs labia majora, labia minora, a clitoral hood, clitoris, and locates the urethra and vaginal opening correctly.
"True hermaphrodites" do not exist outside of invertebrates and fish. Hermaphroditism in humans only exists in fiction. People with intergendered genitalia do exist, but they are not hermaphrodites, and it is insulting to call them that.
Those aren't hermaphrodites, those are intersexed people.
Among real humans no, you can't. Among, say, salmon? They have both. At the same time. They still breed in pairs, one providing sperm and one ova, but both can do either. They HAVE to be able to do either, to be a 'hermaphrodite'.
Your "facts" are part of a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding that is floating around. I have a lot of intersex and trans friends, and while none of them think hermaphrodites, futas, shemales, or whatever in art are a problem, those aren't words that should be applied to actual people.
Let's look at the gender options in this game, since, y'know, that's what we're talking about.
Biologically female with magically added cock-n-balls: This is the only one that is a hermaphrodite. We presume the female bits still work (though it's not the focus of this game, so that's just an assumption) and the male bits certainly do work since that's a plot point. A being that can function as male or female.
Biologically male with magically added boobs: Not a hermaphrodite. Except for the magic, just a guy that got a boob job, which any dude can do if they want.
"Female upper half with male lower half" - a male with gynecomastia. Can be caused by a hormonal imbalance. Which can be environmental - it's been caused by years of using bad stool that pinched things and messed up production. (Ow.) Can be treated with surgery or hormones, if undesired. (Which it usually is, but might not be.)
Male to female transgender with male reproductive bits - I don't think it's ever said how Lily transitioned (if it is, I missed it) but we can assume magic, hormones, or surgery to get the breasts. Most trans people never get 'bottom surgery' because it's invasive, somewhat dangerous (as is any surgery that takes all day), and is really really expensive if not covered by insurance, which it often isn't.
And the biggest reason your "facts" don't apply to the protagonist of this game:
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Although I guess that last bit shouldn't be a spoiler to anyone that's made it this far into a thread about the game, but hey.
I suppose our biggest disconnect is you're using the word 'hermaphrodite' to refer to real-world people with intersex genitalia, and I'm using it to refer to creatures that are functionally male and female at the same time, which can only be fictional in humans but do exist in the animal kingdom in the Real World.
Since all the people in this game, of any gender, are fictional, 'real world' limitations don't apply. And it's more fun that way!
PS: Sorry for the hijack, folks. I'll shut up now.
