• gerryflap@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    Why do so many people here in the comments take this seriously? This is clearly satire. Joel is already good looking and the people who unironically say shit like this usually say this kind of shit about female or androgynous characters. Imo Joel also looks way better than the “non-woke” version of Joel they created.

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      1 month ago

      No one knows. I honestly can’t believe the original post isn’t intended to point out the absurdity of these anti-DEI assholes.

      The “fixed” version also looks transmasc, not that that’s a bad thing, just ironic if the post wasn’t intended to be a caricature.

      • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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        1 month ago

        I’m 95% sure it’s satire, like it’s making fun of those guys that edit pictures of female characters because they’re upset when their video game has women who look like actual people.

        • deus@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Yeah, I think it’s satire, likely referencing that infamous post where someone “fixed” Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn:

          • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 month ago

            I mean, I don’t find the one on the left attractive or anything (she’s not unattractive or ugly either), but she also doesn’t have to be. She looks like a person and I can focus on what the game is trying to tell or show me. Every female character doesn’t have to be a blow-up doll or something.

            Also, the one on the right looks bad. That face doesn’t fit at all. People are weird.

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              30 days ago

              I do think the one on the left looks a bit ugly, or maybe “below average” is a better way to phrase it; but why would that be a problem?

              Like, your main character can look kinda meh and that OK she doesn’t need to be good-looking.