Eromenos wrote...
The way her white labcoat is presented does not oversell the fact that she's female with an hourglass figure. The way her red labcoat's coloring is arranged is done precisely to emphasize that she's an hourglass who may or may not use guns.
With the way the colors are arrayed on her in this picture, do we ever see male combat outfits being depicted in this way that emphasizes the sexuality of their bodies above all else? Nope. So why should female characters alone be targeted for this thankless responsibility that thus far segregates them into titillation-toys?
It's not a coincidence that folks are complaining that she resembles Samara's misogynistic appearance in a bad way. They might have made excuses in their heads for Samara, but seeing Liara forced into something similar has triggered their rejection of this concept, at least while on Liara.
While I am grateful that Liara's labcoat looks like it offers presentation in a way that Ashley's catsuit does not, I still condemn BioWare for insisting on female exploitation in Liara's red-labcoat for the dudebros, even while BioWare refuses to antagonize the dudebros with any potential male-exploitation.
While I'm glad to see some serious thought was put into this opinion, it strikes me as purely subjective. So far, you're the only one I've seen that thinks this new outfit is exploitive. Now, I've seen people who just don't like the colors and/or the forhead ornemants, but that's another matter.
Aside from basic color, her outfit doesn't resemble Samara's outfit at all. And unless you're saying that color had to do with the exploitation element of Samara's outfit as well, the argument that there is a paralell of explotation between the outfits of Liara and Samara is void.
I'd also like to add that the colors of Jacob's outfit --especially that of his loyalyy variant-- does some far more overt emphasizing of a masculine body form, but that is neither here nor there.
Modifié par IndigoWolfe, 06 juillet 2011 - 12:05 .