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I just heard of a new upcoming video game called Battle Chasers: Nightwar which was based on a comic book of the same name. It seemed to be the type of game I would enjoy but first I needed to see if the designs of the characters were good (Bad designs can easily ruin the whole experience for me) so I checked on Gully…

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“Wow! That is actually a pretty damn good design!” I said to myself.

Then I checked on Red Monika…

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I reacted like anyone who actually has a good amount of brain cells.

How is that you could make one good female character design and then make a terrible female character design in the same fucking series?! HOW DID YOU SCREW THAT UP?!

So based on the promotional materials on their website, Red Monika (gee, her name reminds me of a character to whom she has a striking similarity) is a flirtatious acrobatic pirate/scoundrel type, which really makes me wonder what magical glue she uses to prevent her breasts from falling out. Her boobs also jiggle when she moves, cause that’s totally important when your view of the battlefield looks like this:

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I, too, have a sexy swashbuckler character with large breasts, and they wear a sports-bra equivalent even when they decide to flirt and show some cleavage. And they don’t even do back flips in combat.

The lack of creativity here is painful in the most boring way.

But this game is based on an existing property; maybe it’s the fault of the comics that made Monika look this way.

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… maybe not.

-Icy

90s comics was once of those amazing periods in history that’s hard to explain to people unless they were there – I kind of hope that one day Martin Scorsese will make a movie about it.

However Battle Chasers did have a ton of interesting material and a lot of promise – by that I mean the cast who were not generic fantasy hero and generic evil sexy lady.

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So, let’s take a look at what they chose for their feature video and  hope that the game creators realize that and don’t think that a classically 90s comic figure and outfit is what made this comic so interesting…

Oh dear.

– wincenworks

ladywater2010:

yosoyleche:

b-tandoodlez:

akaalexia:

powergirlschestnuts:

ohmygil:

I’m actually a little offended because if there were ever a male Strong Female Character

it’d be Nightwing

Isn’t that right Karen?

IM A LITTLE BITTER NEGL dick grayson was doing the strong female character thing IN CANON way before anyone knew who clint barton was but WHATEVER FANDOM 

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WHATEVER

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did I mention this isn’t fanart

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really printed

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ACTUAL POSE IN AN ACTUAL COMIC BOOK

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tits and ASS

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gratuitous and inhuman

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losing clothes since 1980something

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yet fandom still decides that CLINT BARTON is a better male Strong Female Character than this flawless prince smh

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idg why or how that snub happened but I am protesting it

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WE ALL KNOW WHO THE REAL WINNER IS

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and did I mention CANON because

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CANON MALE STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

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CLEAR WINNER BY A LONG SHOT

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DICK GRAYSON PERIOD THE END

I love Hawkeye, and the Hawkeye initiative, but this post never fails to crack me up.

Artists, what are you doing?

I

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STRONGLY

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AGREE

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WITH

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EVERYTHING.

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Not to mention a villain actually says “I’d know that ass anywhere” when seeing Dick Grayson from behind. 

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@bikiniarmorbattledamage

While it remains debatable how much Nightwing’s amazing body and empowered poses balance out how women around him are depicted, Dick Grayson undoubtedly is the closest that superhero comics have to offer for us as fanservice for readers interested in men. 

The last, “I’d know that ass anywhere” image comes from his solo series that could easily be renamed "The Comic With Actual Male Objectification":

~Ozzie 

edit: Changed the Greyson comic montage to a vertical, more readable image.

bikiniarmorbattledamage:

Hey Nintendo, I have an idea for a game for you – make a new Zelda game but use bits of these comics from 1990 as the concepts.  The bits where Zelda is kicking ass, rescuing the innocent and helping people overthrow evil.

– wincenworks

(ht: Kotaku)

So, Nintento… since you’ve taken a pretty good first step in this direction, just reminding you that any time you want to make Legend of Zelda game where the twist is you play as Zelda from the comics – the world is ready.

Any time.

Any time is good.

ANY TIME.

– wincenworks