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mark_asphodel) wrote2012-09-18 07:18 am
mark_asphodel) wrote2012-09-18 07:18 am
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Fire Emblem: You're Doing It Wrong
I suppose DW isn't the best place to air my grievances with Tumblr-fen, but I'll just post two things here:
1) Discussion of sexuality, gender roles, and what is and is not "normal" in Fire Emblem that uses the GBA Fire Emblem as a starting point and Radiant Dawn as an end point is, shall we say, missing a large part of the picture. As in, missing six to eight installments of the franchise.
2) Referring to complaints over the new OA and DLC art as "slut-shaming" when part of the problem is that the male characters are not being portrayed in the same sexualized manner as the female characters, which appears to be a glaring and problematic double standard, honestly misses the point entirely.
Then again, people who throw around "slut-shaming," like people who throw around "sheeple," are usually not worth the time to debate.
1) Discussion of sexuality, gender roles, and what is and is not "normal" in Fire Emblem that uses the GBA Fire Emblem as a starting point and Radiant Dawn as an end point is, shall we say, missing a large part of the picture. As in, missing six to eight installments of the franchise.
2) Referring to complaints over the new OA and DLC art as "slut-shaming" when part of the problem is that the male characters are not being portrayed in the same sexualized manner as the female characters, which appears to be a glaring and problematic double standard, honestly misses the point entirely.
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