Just wanted to highlight a couple of excerpts from the article Jamie linked:
There is a less vocal group of people saying that blondes aren’t usually depicted as heroes, that they are usually are depicted as bimbos or damsels in distress, which is also somewhat true, Metroid’s Samus aside. But then there’s also a greater group of cultures that aren’t depicted at all or when they are, they are also only ‘eye candy’. Recall the last time you saw a strong, independent Asian, Hispanic, Native American or woman of color in a video game? This contest was a way to help get a minority out there, depicted in a positive light, and instead lost to a classic example of “beauty”, who just by being born blonde has often had an easier time in life on average than other women (just look how easily her type won over the votes!)
It just breaks my heart along with some of my fellow fans that though we won the battle, we won’t win the war to get a unique, diverse respectable female character like the world has never seen before out there. Unfortunately in the eyes many, our victory to even get FemShep represented has been marred by the fact that people will choose the standard of what a woman “should look like” over something different every time.
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"On the one hand, I love that FemShep is getting marketing and is being displayed. On the other, the way the campaign has been run has made it into a beauty pageant, which has a whole host of issues about what we value in women (things other than for which I value my FemShep).
Since each Shep has a story, why not have fans submit a photo of their Shep and a story? Boil down who their Shep is, why she's awesome. It would both create fan engagement, as well as show the loyalty of the fans. Then have people vote on that. It creates a story about Shepard, not an image we just click on."
This is a good article that doesn't resort to blonde bashing, unlike that article from PC Gamer. Thanks for the link Jamie.
Modifié par Flies_by_Handles, 03 août 2011 - 04:30 .