Okay Bethesda, we get it – women in Elder Scrolls Online have boobs.
It is not necessary to remind us of this in literally every promo image that prominently features a woman. Particularly when you give the male characters much more practical attire:
Of course, this is less pronounced with “good” human groups, because as we all know evil is sexy.
– wincenworks
Nothing says conflict quite like two women in ridiculous costumes floating in the air and facing off against each other because… well why bother when you have more important things to communicate like the heroine is sexy but the villainess is sexier? (High heels are confirmed in an earlier post)
– wincenworks
(edit: As has been pointed out by several followers, this cover also promotes the worrying tropes of “evil is darker skinned” and “dark skinned women are more sexual” – which are both incredibly problematic)
Trends that should stop: having “evil” versions of female characters wear more revealing clothes and act more sexually aggressive than the “good” version, because that demonizes women’s sexuality and ties it to having lower morals and it’s just generally a shitty gross trope
Agreed so much!
The “evil is sexy” trope is as bad, if not worse, excuse for sexualization of female characters in media as any other rhetoric we address regularly. It (sometimes literally) demonizes female sexuality, on top of objectification that is already there. Sending the gross message that women can look and act sexual on their own accord, but they’re far likelier to do that if they’re wicked.
Which, of course, is most obvious either when a good character becomes corrupted and gains more seductive attitude while her outfit all of sudden looses a couple square feet of fabric…
…or when there’s an evil equivalent to a good character/class/race, and that equivalent is designed as significantly more sexualized. [x]
~Ozzie
see also: “Sex-positive” women in gaming (or lack thereof) | Cia | Regime Wonder Woman | Bladestorm’s Joan of Arc | evil Sue Storm (Malice)
edit: My apologies for not also highlighting the even more reprehensible trend of using darker skin to signal evil – because there’s apparently still not quite enough racism in the world.
Trends that should stop: having “evil” versions of female characters wear more revealing clothes and act more sexually aggressive than the “good” version, because that demonizes women’s sexuality and ties it to having lower morals and it’s just generally a shitty gross trope
Agreed so much!
The “evil is sexy” trope is as bad, if not worse, excuse for sexualization of female characters in media as any other rhetoric we address regularly. It (sometimes literally) demonizes female sexuality, on top of objectification that is already there. Sending the gross message that women can look and act sexual on their own accord, but they’re far likelier to do that if they’re wicked.
Which, of course, is most obvious either when a good character becomes corrupted and gains more seductive attitude while her outfit all of sudden looses a couple square feet of fabric…
…or when there’s an evil equivalent to a good character/class/race, and that equivalent is designed as significantly more sexualized. [x]
~Ozzie
see also: “Sex-positive” women in gaming (or lack thereof) | Cia | Regime Wonder Woman | Bladestorm’s Joan of Arc | evil Sue Storm (Malice)
edit: My apologies for not also highlighting the even more reprehensible trend of using darker skin to signal evil – because there’s apparently still not quite enough racism in the world.
So apparently Nights of Azure is both a serious RPG *, and rated T for Teen, I would never have guessed it based off the entry in the Playstation Store.
– wincenworks
* Unless, as I kind of hope, the reviewers are trolling people when they use adjectives such as “progressive” and “operatic in tone”
