The hilarious front line in the tragic war against ridiculous female armor
I can’t help but notice a slight change in tone the covers of book one and book three. Did they really decide that by book three they would have already got the interest of everyone wanting to read a story of colonial atrocities and instead focus on the “looking for sexy lady butts” crowds?
For some reason this makes me worry about the integrity of their storytelling and the level of respect they’ll be giving the weighty matter of the Conquistador invasion of the Aztec Empire.
– wincenworks
lightlunas submitted:
League of Legend’s newest champion, Taliyah, the Stoneweaver, is another step forward towards more diversity and non-sexualized female champions for them. As usual, this was accompanied by a big outcry of some players about Riot Games not making sexy lady champions anymore, as seen in a lot of comments on her reveal video. Interestingly, Taliyah’s lead designer addressed this on twitter.
I hope they continue to fill the huge gaps in diversity first and if they make a sexy champion eventually again, treat it as the exception that it should be.
Good news: League of Legends, released another female champion, after Illaoi, who is neither objectified nor looks like a repainted clone of all the other characters. People who love Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender or Terra from the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon will likely enjoy her a lot!
Bad news: Apparently inclusion of a unique female character caused enough vile reactions among the dudebro crowd to make one of her creators respond to it directly on his twitter account.
We’re very glad that Riot developed self-awareness and is openly addressing their design problems and willingness to fix them.
And while nastiness and paranoia among entitled gamers is quite worrying…
Maybe it’s a sign of some real cultural shift happening right before our eyes: The guards of sexist status quo throwing hissy fits whenever there is the smallest evidence they’re not being pandered to as they were before.
~Ozzie
h/t: @i-got-nose-for-2 & @mosenwraith
Predictably, the mere mention of Space Marines in relation to sexism angered many people who rushed in to tell us how because there are Sisters of Battle (aka Battlesisters, aka Adepta Sororitas) there is no possibility of sexism in Warhammer 40K certainly no reason anyone would want a female Space Marine in anything.
So naturally I remembered that certain subset of the Sisters of Battle, the Sisters Repentia, are overdue for a bingo! And for those worried about how armor wouldn’t match the fluff behind them, don’t worry – neither does the bondage gear.
Also, if you’re concerned that this is one isolated nitpick… don’t worry there is a vast plethora of issues that can be raised to highlight how the Sisters of Battle are not treated equally with Space Marines (and there’d still be good arguments for female space marines even if they did).
– wincenworks
@superyoshisisland64 submitted:
So I was watch a let’s play of FFX when I came across horror of Yunalesca. Where are here nipples?????
I’m guessing she lost them betting on a game of Blitzball. Never game what you can’t afford to lose kids!
More seriously though that has got to be one of the most uncomfortable tops ever devised.
– wincenworks
@nuttynutifications submitted:
Extra Credits’ latest video is about how the player character’s appearance might affect how the player plays the said character, based on a RL experiment on how people’s mental capacities are affected by whether or not the test subjects were wearing lab coats when solving problems.
While tangential to the bikini armor thing, this video immediately provoked me to think: giving the player character an outfit that doesn’t look entirely ridiculous or immersion-breaking might actually boost the player’s performance. And now, we know that there are many, many people who find bikini armor ridiculous and immersion-breaking.
I feel it’s particularly worth noting since (intentionally or not) Extra Credits starts discussing the importance of how tropes cement our vision of a character – thus it should be obvious that if you want people to believe your character is complex and deep… best not to dress her up like a 70s pulp fantasy pinup.
Especially if you want your story to be great storytelling or represent a deep, immersive experience for the player.
– wincenworks