marchoftheaprils:

Hey, I was just looking at that rule 63 Power Girl, and it got me thinking. Why do people, when they make these types of rule 63, focus on the primary sexual characteristics, and not the secondary? If you were to make a rule 63 of the rule 63 Power Girl, you would need to give her a huge clitoris/vulva.

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Whether something classifies as a primary or secondary characteristic is mostly only of interest to biologists and people involved in medicine.   The classification refers purely to biological matters and development during puberty.

If someone were to make a Rule 63 of the Rule 63 would look like Power Girl, because massive genitalia is not what society considers “sexy” in women – but massive boobs are.

What’s really interesting to me is the disregard for all the other aspects involved.  For example, Power Boy’s lips remain full and kissable but his upper body is more bulked than Power Girl – but not as ripped and chiseled as conventional super heroes are.

– wincenworks

more about false equivalence on BABD

Mariana Blavatsky, from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, is truly a great example of how obsession with ensuring your female characters have sex appeal, and the more evil – the more sexy, quickly leads to a design trainwreck.  Just look at how people describe her:

Marianna Blavatsky… scantily clad Nazi occult leader… not a nice lady

The High Priestess in charge of Operation Resurrection. Her ultimate goal is to resurrect the ancient warlord Heinrich I. It is not known why she dresses like a stripper.

The most incredible part? The character is believed to be based off or inspired by a real life occultist (who predated the Nazi movement by about fifty to a hundred years).   Helena Blavatsky, who looked like…

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The similarities are so striking!

– wincenworks

So you recall that Mobius game?…

loelthereaper submitted:

Well aside from that the main character, Wal, had his gloriously empowered hips and obliques shunned under a black cloth, two characters were introduced to the story,

The formidable, scary-looking quiet,  and blunt Garland

Mobius Final Fantasy Garland

And then there’s this cutesy little fairy that aids you in Battle, known as Echo. It sounds all dandy, until you see her design…

Totally not a rip-off of Hatsune Miku..

… *sigh* So much potential for brave new ideas for this game, but Square – just like Wal’s hip line- backed out and went down the old beaten path of double standard design in games. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go sob in the corner for what could have been…

Okay, usually the necktie between cleavage thing strikes me as overkill… but necktie attached to a collar, between cleavage with a necktie shaped window underneath, with a tiebar that connects to random straps just there to outline her boobs, is just beyond ridiculous.

Meanwhile apparently it’s too much to ask that Wal get to show off that body that he’s spent so long working out and dieting for.

– wincenworks