My Reaction To The Announcement Of Peter Capaldi As The New Doctor Was Mainly One Of Disappointment.

My reaction to the announcement of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor was mainly one of disappointment. Peter Capaldi is a terrific actor, of course, but he's yet another straight white dude. And, you know, I'm sure he'll do a good job, and I'm sure I will watch and like his tenure as the Doctor. Like I said, he's a great actor.

I just feel like an opportunity has been missed to tell stories about a hero that isn't yet another straight white dude. Because our whole damn culture revolves around telling the stories of straight white dudes. How amazing would it have been to have a character like the Doctor regenerate into a form that isn't straight, white, and male? SO AMAZING.

(And yes I know that Helen Mirren doesn't want to play the Doctor. It doesn't change the fact that she's amazing and would have been amazing. Also, who does sad eyes better than Idris Elba? No one, that's who.)

AUGH!!! NO! JUST NO! DO NOT WANT.

Vince submitted:

Lightning from the Final Fantasy series has always been a female character I liked in video games. Good news is she is returning in a third game featuring her. That is awesome! It looks like you play dress up with her for combat, that could be cool, I guess - kinda weird, but I’ll go with it. Also weird is that the game director and character modeling designer wanted to ‘enhance’ her appeal. AND YES! THEY WILL JIGGLE! 

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/07/27/more-information-on-lightnings-boob-job-in-lightning-returns-ffxiii-emerge-yes-theyll-jiggle/

Q: Is it true you said you wanted Lightning-san’s size from a C cup to a D cup?

Nobuhiro Goto (Character Modeling Designer): Toriyama-san said “I want it bigger” so…

Motomu Toriyama (Director): [What a] cop-out! (laughs)

Goto: Yes, it was enlarged.

Q: Was it a C cup until now? Does it even jiggle this time?

Goto: Yes!

Toriyama: It’s determined by clothing, like the so-called corrective underwear. (laughs)

…

Dengeki Online‘s report of the Q&A provides further details:

Q: I heard that the chest Jiggles?

Goto: Yes, her chest jiggles. Since everyone can decide what costume she’ll wear, you can make sure it does (laughs). By the way, since Lightning swings her arm when you change her weapon in the menu screen, that’s a recommended action for sure-fire jiggling! To see it even better it could be useful to equip a small shield. Look forward to it!

Geez…

I’m super upset by this.

Nice to know where their priorities are for re-designing her, and that they’re really excited about how you can dress her in specific clothing to watch her boobs jiggle when she fights.

Hey, Astrophysicists!

An astrophysics blog where I can talk about black holes and stuff.

Hope for the future is a blog about astrophysics written by a 10 year old girl.

The surviving characters of the previously-mentioned game of Apocalypse World were (the erroneously named) Mr. Foster - our Faceless - and Adnan, our Savvyhead. I like to think that they survived, wandering the wastes and having adventures. Only because Mr. Foster is a recovering Faceless, wacky (mostly murderous) hijinks ensue. I have a few comics I've had rattling around in my head. This is inspired by the pronoun difficulty that Mr. Foster inspired.

I'm sitting next to a stack of Sailor Moon manga that I intend to skim over lunch. So I guess that Fall of the Silver Imperium hack of Thou Art But A Warrior is probably going to happen.

But not until after SexyTime Adventures. Because, c'mon.

Ah! Didn't realise you had a tumblr! It's your fault (via GoMakeMeASandwich) that I really started to understand the problems games have with representation etc :)

Yeah, I suppose I should link the two. This is more meant to be an art/game design blog. But it's kind of inevitable that feminism is going to spill over here.

I'm really glad that GMMaS made a difference for you.