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pokoko 3 days ago
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the-pi-guy said:
pokoko said:

You might want to put a trigger warning on that before someone gets upset.

The funny thing is, there are now SO MANY power fantasy novels written by female authors out there now and the main characters are almost always hot, as well as being "badass".  I think it's clear that many females enjoy visualizing themselves as attractive and powerful, just like males.

What's the problem, then?  Why the war on attractive female characters?

There is an old article posted on one of the usual suspects (IGN, Polygon, etc.) where the writer was talking about how much she loved playing a beautiful, sexy and powerful character like Bayonetta .... UNTIL she realizes that guys are enjoying the character, too.  THAT made her angry and turned her against the last game.  The entitlement of her outlook was breathtaking to read about, especially since it was all in her own head.

I think that mentality has a lot to do with the situation.

You do pretty much the same thing as me here. This comment is not directed at Curl, you're obviously not asking him why there's a "war on attractive female characters".

Curl didn't say anything about Bayonetta. So why do you get off on bringing up unrelated subjects?

You don't think Bayonetta is relevant when the topic is about attractive female characters?  Okay, whatever you say.

epicurean said:

I dont go anywhere on reddit, and recently made a list of things to do to hopefully make myself "happier". One was less politics, and one was more video games (which is why i've been posting again). 

Anyway, the comments by the IGN Italy guy saying the model wasn't realistic, followed by the backlash that it WAS a real woman was the loudest conversation I heard about the game. Hard to believe you never heard that if you follow gaming, but I'll take your word for it. Maybe it was only on X/Twitter and gaming website comments you dont read. It was everywhere I looked though. I think the model even had to turn off her instagram or X or something? Impacted her somehow I think.

Wish they would've put as much attention to her personality in the game to how she looked, otherwise the game was pretty decent.

I've heard that people started insulting the model, which is crazy.  I personally remember comments about plastic surgery and how she didn't look human and some about her being too skinny.  I don't know if people directed those at her on social media but it wouldn't surprise me at all.