(12-23-2014, 06:12 PM)ArmachiA Wrote: I don't think this is the thread for THAT discussion, but not every sexualized (and I mean characters who are obviously sexy) character in video games are automatically some Objectified thing to be slobbered over because "Male Patriarchy." Â
Yes there is a problem with sexism in the industry, but I feel like some women just tend to say that includes EVERYTHING and EVERY VIDEO GAME EVER and it's just not true. We keep looking for problems where there aren't any and that's dangerously close to censorship.
DIFFERENT DISCUSSION THOUGH!
Perhaps this is an example that would be considered an exclusion for a few reasons but it is the only one that comes directly to mind:
![[Image: tumblr_n9stronuQi1sa36iko1_1280.jpg]](https://40.media.tumblr.com/25e22005058a125158719a0920dcf3be/tumblr_n9stronuQi1sa36iko1_1280.jpg)
K'mih Yohko. Her attire is obviously quite revealing in some sense(and considering that some people think that an unzipped jacket and a partial glimpse at the top of a pair of breasts is revealing, I think it's a fair call) and so I think it's debatable to say that she has some ... appeal. Now, specific, personal feelings and knowledge of her creator aside, I don't relate her even REMOTELY to something that is objectified and there to be ogled. So I am very well aware that not everything is there for certain purposes nor do I treat just any female character that shows some skin as such; though it's usually easy to tell when it was the intent of the creator's to make a character alluring in an objective sense.
Actually, I'd say the same about a scantly-armoured, female, castanic character from Tera; a race whom were certainly designed to be "sexy" in my opinion.
![[Image: tumblr_n043q8vHm71s58qc7o1_1280.jpg]](https://38.media.tumblr.com/0750ca388dd1775271cfa612c33c639b/tumblr_n043q8vHm71s58qc7o1_1280.jpg)
![[Image: tumblr_n0ae5lL64g1s58qc7o2_1280.jpg]](https://38.media.tumblr.com/fff20c84ac70345c76dcdcb67b6b7b12/tumblr_n0ae5lL64g1s58qc7o2_1280.jpg)
Back to the case of K'mih, given that it's my character's sister, I have even less ability to view her in such a way and I am even defensive in that aspect(I even had to censor a very normal term just now for my own sake), but objectively I can admit that I find her character incredibly cute and that does translate to.... physically attractive too. I fan over K'mih in a similar way that I fan over my friend's lala character, however, because she is simply so, incredibly adorable, in spite of her(K'mih's) obviously, beautifully-designed character(in my opinion).
Ironically, I have more "love-attraction" to my friend's more modestly-clothed and "plain"(tons of emphasis on those inverted commas) character because I am free of family relations ICly.
Anyways, perhaps we shouldn't veer too far off-topic as you have said, despite the fact the topic has been going that way for a while if I recall correctly. As one final note however, if anyone does decide to reply to anything I have said here and reference K'mih. Should you disagree to any level or simply feel the need to display your admiration for her design, please mind your choice words ^^ ;;;; It may sound weird and over the top, but I hold a serious dislike for even the tame comments and it'd annoy me further for having almost 'invited' it..
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
