15 female video game protagonists that aren’t objectified or tokenized
Unfortunately this list is not completely accurate. A few of the characters within it are sadly objectified by the creators:
- Lightning has many great outfits, she also has many horrible outfits and outfits that actually look more complete with the addition of a ballgag and blindfold.
- Samus has both the issue of the long standing tradition of “the better you play the more undressed you get to see her” and well, her inclusion in Super Smash Bros.
- Nancy Drew, amazingly, has one game where Nancy is required to dance in what can only be described as a Catwoman fetish outfit in order to win the outfit (with the option of dancing for tips later) *. This incidentally, is more or less the only time you get to see Nancy in the games.
So yeah, while there are more heroines we could add to this list – it’s kind of a shame that 20% of those on the list have exceptions.
– wincenworks
* We should stress, the issue here is not Go-Go Dancing itself, but rather that this was awkwardly shoehorned into the for no reason other than they wanted to have a conventionally attractive woman in a fetish outfit dancing. Seriously – this is not a reasonable way to obtain a cat-burglary costume with security countermeasures inbuilt.
Tidy-Up Tuesday #7
This week’s points:
Please keep in mind this blog’s main concern are female warriors. If you see some other type of female character gratuitously sexualized in media, consider whether it’s a more appropriate submission to our related blogs, like eschergirls
When you see people trying to defend boob windows with claims that kunoichi (they mean female ninjas) flashed their boobs to dazzle opponents – these people are literally citing ridiculous anime and Japanese grindhouse films as historical documents. By the same logic, cars in America explode when they bump into any object.
As an expansion of this, if you see people citing the espionage technique known as the “honey trap” (or “honey pot”) as valid in combat – you can safely assume they have no clue how seduction works.
Things we covered before and got asked about recently:
- kylemistry, the empowered male Quiet cosplayer
- Sakura Clicker (also see Sakura Fantasy, to which it is a spinoff)
- Distraction bonus
– wincenworks & Ozzie
Tidy-Up Tuesday #7
This week’s points:
Please keep in mind this blog’s main concern are female warriors. If you see some other type of female character gratuitously sexualized in media, consider whether it’s a more appropriate submission to our related blogs, like eschergirls
When you see people trying to defend boob windows with claims that kunoichi (they mean female ninjas) flashed their boobs to dazzle opponents – these people are literally citing ridiculous anime and Japanese grindhouse films as historical documents. By the same logic, cars in America explode when they bump into any object.
As an expansion of this, if you see people citing the espionage technique known as the “honey trap” (or “honey pot”) as valid in combat – you can safely assume they have no clue how seduction works.
Things we covered before and got asked about recently:
- kylemistry, the empowered male Quiet cosplayer
- Sakura Clicker (also see Sakura Fantasy, to which it is a spinoff)
- Distraction bonus
– wincenworks & Ozzie
