A few people were concerned that we shouldn’t be harsh on Nova as she (or at least her boobplate) appeared in a recent Blizzard ad. However given that Heroes of the Storm got it’s own concept art and many people did write in to tell us how awesome Johanna’s (bottom right) design is… it just begs one question.
Does Blizzard actually have an official policy of “One or two good examples so we can get good press and a feminist cookie – then go back to sexy designs.” and if so is it posted to the walls in their art department? Also do the have one that says “Remember: Female midriffs are impervious to damage!” ?
Because I Johanna’s outfit certainly shows a lot of promise but… why is the least armored part of every character the squishy bits where they keep the vital organs?
– wincenworks
Was looking at an iOS game, when something caught my eye… One of these is not like the other… Was mildly surprised she wasn’t their covergirl… And how in the hell is that thing comfortable?
Oh Stormfall, will you ever stop being such a textbook example of how not to do female armor? Also, when we talked about helmet equality we meant that she should be able to see when wearing her helmet.
Warrior women wearing helmets that prohibit looking at anything but the ground seems to be an oddly common problem…
– wincenworks
Chaos Dragon and Gender Flips
whereismywizardhat submitted:
You know, in the adaptation from one medium to another, Gender flips happen. Most of the time, it’s actually to balance out a mostly male cast with some female characters, which is good.
Here’s what’s not good
This is from the anime Chaos Dragon, an adaptation of the light novel series based upon Gen Urobuchi and Kinoko Nasu’s tabletop game sessions. This is Lou Zhenjie, Urobuchi’s character. Notice the difference, beyond the genderswap, in how the character is treated?
It’s pretty terrible.
And people tell us that the parodies we feature are too ridiculous… I tend to think they’re not ridiculous enough!
– wincenworks
Chaos Dragon and Gender Flips
whereismywizardhat submitted:
You know, in the adaptation from one medium to another, Gender flips happen. Most of the time, it’s actually to balance out a mostly male cast with some female characters, which is good.
Here’s what’s not good
This is from the anime Chaos Dragon, an adaptation of the light novel series based upon Gen Urobuchi and Kinoko Nasu’s tabletop game sessions. This is Lou Zhenjie, Urobuchi’s character. Notice the difference, beyond the genderswap, in how the character is treated?
It’s pretty terrible.
And people tell us that the parodies we feature are too ridiculous… I tend to think they’re not ridiculous enough!
– wincenworks
