On Aliases You Can Trust

On aliases you can trust

Amusingly, I've gotten some pretty waaangsty asks in response to my Trolls versus TVW flowchart. My favorite? From a guy called "DickButt McGee".

Sure, dude. I'm totally going to listen to what you're going to say. How could I not listen to anyone namedDickbutt McGee??

I swear, sometimes they make it too easy.

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.

This.

This is the same man.

Flow-chart feedback (last one, I promise)

So I'll get back to posting actual art here after one more post.

Amusing responses and reblogs continue to pop up. My favorites so far (I'm not going to quote users, because frankly I don't want to validate these people):

1) Referring to me as "Herr Wundergeek". Yes. I am an evil nazi for pointing out that critics of TVW are all reading from the same script. Making fun of people who hate Anita Sarkeesian is the same as HATING FREEDOM. Or something.

2) ANITA SARKEESIAN IS A FRAUD. ...yeah, okay. Way to completely validate my flow chart, guys. Also, she's actually honoring her end of the deal and making videos. How's that Tropes Versus Men Kickstarter working out? ...yeah. That's what I thought.

3) ANITA IS A STRAW FEMINIST. ...uh, no. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

(image taken from Hark A Vagrant's comic about Straw Feminists)

4) IF U NEED A FLOW CHART TO DISPROVE PEOPLE, YOU ARE WRONG. ...yeah, that would imply that I'm taking your arguments at all seriously. I'm just laughing at you.

Lastly, let it be noted for the record that I'm a woman.

After this we will be returning to more normal updates about art and game design. Thanks, folks. You're beautiful.

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.

It's kind of wrong, but I really like writing death scenes

Not much art this past week. I've had to knuckle down and get a lot of writing done for a deadline, and it's not something I can post previews of.