Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Uncle]

ImaPlayThis is likely in his thirties given the average age of RE’s userbase and he draws like THAT

worse, he posts it publicly because he thinks it's good enough to be worth sharing with others

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-photos-show-first-look-at-kennedy-center-facade-without-trump%E2%80%99s-name.1557946/#post-156854719

JFK was worthy of this building. He was instrumental in saving the world from nuclear annihilation.

[simiansmarts]

Speaking purely from a games and design perspective, I think before we can normalise women's breasts, we have to establish that they are not "for men". Or more broadly speaking, that women's bodies as a whole are women's property. The values and desires of men hold too much weight, both as the creator and the player/viewer. They assume everything is created in order to please/satisfy/benefit themselves, and currently very little exists that counteracts that worldview. That thinking not only goes uncontested, but is constantly bolstered by representation of women in popular games and franchises. I feel like trying to normalise in this climate (at least by way of making women's breasts less taboo) would only serve to make some men feel like they have more control, and are being catered to more. We first need to change that way of thinking, which to be honest sounds like a very difficult challenge because of how ingrained this distinction of women's and men's bodies are in society.

Maybe we could at least make a start by subverting expectations and breaking those holds where men's power over women's bodies is assumed and asserted. For example, with the portrayal of gay women who would otherwise be perceived as sexy or tantilising. And not just "Oh yeah, plus she's a lesbian" in her bio, but actually shown being gay with other women; only offering themselves to women, and rejecting the male gaze. Place a toxic male character and have his assertions confounded or even humiliated. Let men know explicitly that not everything is for them, and that women have agency over their own bodies and desires.

Similarly with male chests being seen as powerful, you could subvert this by having a big bare-chested man be portrayed as gay. Again, don't just hint at it in the lore, but show him in a cutscene or win pose actually being smitten with another man - both physically and vocally. I don't mean to imply that gay characters can't be powerful; I mean in the sense of the player seeing a burly chested man as a power fantasy - something they can use to uphold their worldview. Take that away from them. Show them men who they would idiolise as being able to have anything they want, and show them choosing to have other men.

...I'm sorry, I realise my suggestion in both cases literally boils down to "more gay characters!" lol - but this wouldn't be a bad thing in general. I understand this sort of approach would incur the wrath of alpha males, mysoginists and manbabies, but I'm imagining a big studio like Capcom doing something bold like this, and the positive voices overwhelming the negative ones. They would receive positive reception from both the gay community and ally players at large who are just here to play a fun game and appreciate cool designs. This would then be a form of "correction" whereby the vocal minority is drowned out, and those outdated, harmful ideologies would get exposed. We're seeing hints of this even now, and I think more extroverted moves in that direction would help to change the consensus.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-542#post-156852100

[Besticus Maximus]

I'd honestly be more impressed if that guy was jerking it off to his own hand drawn Dolans

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-photos-show-first-look-at-kennedy-center-facade-without-trump%E2%80%99s-name.1557946/#post-156854719

JFK was worthy of this building. He was instrumental in saving the world from nuclear annihilation.

he protected us from nuclear annihilation,
united all peoples within our nation,
denounced the evils of truth and love,
and extended our reach to the stars above

[Besticus Maximus]

Now you see why I should be the successor of the bushin-ryu arbs