In case anyone wanted to argue that things like, say, Dragon’s Crown, Macho Women With Guns, Slayer’s Guide to Female Gamers or Axe Princess are supposed to be parodies/social commentary and therefore get a free card at employing questionable tropes… NOPE, that’s not how it works!

~Ozzie

This also applies if your “commentary” piece requires the audience to participate in hours of extra content and then engage in a elaborate mental gymnastics in order to find the commentary. eg Metal Gear Solid or Dragon’s Dogma.  

No amount of elaborate post event justification is going to undo the objectification.

– wincenworks

I don’t think that costume, that a female character deliberately wears into battle and dangerous situations, provides enough protection to qualify as armor…

You know who you are

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– wincenworks