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CaptainExplosion said:

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Technically a female practicioner of pagan religion in Europe could be considered as a witch. The European pre-christian religions weren't dogmatic, and everyone could practise them to their liking. And as always, every religion that is "not your own" comes from the devil, so technically these witches worshipped the devil from christian viewpoint. Bayonetta is a Japanese game, so it views witches how the Japanese intreprets the Euro-christian witch. Japanese have a tendency to take something from western culture and sell it back re-packaged.

I strongly dislike that viewpoint because, like I said, it was used to kill anyone suspected of doing pre-Christian European magic, or anyone who they thought was a heretic. Bayonetta feels like a glorification of the negative witch stereotypes that fueled the witch hunts. Honestly I'd be happy if she was cut from the next Smash Bros., just like I'd be happy if a certain someone stopped being a douchebag about how I felt.

Well, as I said, it's a Japanese intrepretation of witches based on the christian lore. It's no diffrent than Mario representing Italian plumber or Samus Aran representing Ellen Ripley. Castlevania is made of Hollywood's horror movie tropes.