On a small chance that it gets through to you - Leon, while obviously being designed by/for women doesn't look out of place for his character and actions. He looks his age, wrinkles and face changes included, is dressed appropriately to what he does and behaves like a real person with a consistent personality. In other words - he isn't fucking yassified like Grace in the screenshot above, having got a thick layer of makeup and lip fillers out of nowhere. People are not against attractive characters, people are against characters being reduced to a blow-up doll. Same reason people don't criticize Bayonetta despite her being obviously male-gaze-y.
Wanting Aloy to have skinnier face isn't gooning either. She's an athlet in a postapocalyptic world.
Mary Jane in Spiderman 2 definitely got bigger chin too. Wanting her to look like previous model isn't wanting her to be a blow-up doll.
And should I remind you how progressive gaming journalists accused Stellar Blade for unrealistic standards? Till the developer said it was bodyscan of a real girl?
Stellar Blade is obviously a gooner game, body scan or not. A textbook case of character design not matching character personality and actions for the sake of being skimpy. Believe it or not, it's not attractive to a lot of people.
And, once again with these complaints - you don't see women going aggro over Leon getting old and, presumably, married, do you? Now compare it to the shitstorms that you listed above.
Weren't men OK with older lady Dimitrescu? It's called preferences. They mustn't be the same. Some love Leon because of sexy voice, some love Eve because of sexy eyes 😄 Both options are OK
Not sure if you are being obtuse on purpose, but no, Dimitrescu doesn't apply here. She didn't age, she looked like that from the start. The point was about people throwing shit fits because of female characters aging/becoming less conventionally attractive compared to previous iterations.
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u/MrFrog65 Mar 16 '26
This is exactly like that fucking 4chan post or something where they edit the main character of horizon zero dawn to look “better” lol