My god...now I've read a bunch of online articles frothing at the mouth about that Tweet that showed Aloy on the left and then the version more like the actress but with makeup and 'perfect teeth' on the right. Those people would just have a fit and drop dead if they saw this thread I guess. But they all miss the point of the comments (and the Tweet was basically just a sardonic comment on things, not a serious proposal like they want to pretend it was!). The articles claim that men are being 'triggered' by more 'realistic portrayals of women like this or (get this) like Abby in TLOU2. The FUUUCK? Abby was 'realistic?' LOL. Now THAT is some damn funny stuff right there!
These people don't get that they are actually being ANTI-FEMINIST with their views. A lot of the comments or objections are from the developer themselves saying they made the character of Aloy look LESS like the actress portraying her because they felt that she would look TOO feminine and that made her look WEAK! Do they not see what that is saying? It is saying that a woman cannot be 'feminine' and be strong at the same time! How the FUCK is that a 'feminist' point of view?
Look, bottom line, is that they have MILDLY masculinized Aloy as part of an ideological mode of thought. They flat out admitted that in a way that SHOULD be insulting to feminists. That is a sign of just how crossed up all this ideological madness has become. Women must be more masculine so they don't look feminine and weak...but at the same time...masculinity is bad and men shouldn't be that. So what...men need to be feminine and women masculine? Wouldn't we just have the same thing we have today, just gender swapped? It makes no sense.
In the end, the changes to Aloy are pretty minor and I certainly don't care one whit. I'll still play the game and enjoy it if it's good, which I expect it to be. But the developers comments and reasoning on how they changed Aloy's appearance in the original game and in this one, is fucked up. Period. Western developers are going to take this shit too far, mark my words. Then their products will fail in the market and they will rage and flail about and blame the consumers for being 'sexist' or whatever suits their mood. Then they'll have to make changes again to recover sales. Same thing that has happened to Hollywood with a few movies in recent years. They can be pissed off all they want, but if people don't buy the products, they won't succeed. That won't stop them from pushing this too far though and maybe in the end that's all to the good as it will educate them on what exactly their market supports and what it does not.
I dunno man.. In the end.....on the internet, pretty much anything that gets put out there- half the people will hate and the other half will love. It's exhausting trying to track all the trends and feedback. Look, if you DO feel strongly about this kind of thing then you only have one course of action. Your only power is the power of your wallet and money. So if you feel strongly about something, support it with your money, or conversely DON'T support it with your money if you don't like it or agree. That's about it. You won't have much success in trying to convert people with opposite views to your line of thinking. Half the people are going to agree with you anyway and the other half never will!
