That much, I get - though frankly, I think part of that is as much lazy coding as anything else (it's so much easier to just not deal with the gender of the protagonist from a sexism point of view, and the society they're dealing with is supposed to be above it, one supposes). The in-character stuff wasn't really my point, though; it's the out-of-character implications. It's the mindset that says, "A woman can be badass but she has to look sexy doing it, so let's make 'sexy' or 'sexier' one of the first points we make when covering every female character design or redesign". Have you seen what they're doing to EDI? I've only got a vague clue about who or what EDI is and ... just ... WHY?
Seriously, when it gets to the point where Ashley's redesign is for sex appeal (clearly stated in the text) whereas Kaidan's is for ruggedness and experience, and then the EDI thing ... and this coming from a games company that for whatever reason decided to tweak a female's 'run' animation in DA2 so that it was this hip-wiggle thing that you sure as hell don't see on Aveline ... I have too much fear and side-eyeing to give them any kudos whatsoever for establishing that a female can kick arse.
Seriously, when it gets to the point where Ashley's redesign is for sex appeal (clearly stated in the text) whereas Kaidan's is for ruggedness and experience, and then the EDI thing ... and this coming from a games company that for whatever reason decided to tweak a female's 'run' animation in DA2 so that it was this hip-wiggle thing that you sure as hell don't see on Aveline ... I have too much fear and side-eyeing to give them any kudos whatsoever for establishing that a female can kick arse.
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