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When I said "bent over a few notches" I more so meant literally bent over. When I stand with a straight posture, my back arches too so I'm not really seeing a "sexy" correlation because her back's arched. I won't argue that she's not leaned forward at all though, because I honestly can't tell if she is or not.
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It's nearly 1:1 the same pose as the one of Tracer. And it was the pose that gets removed, not her latex outfit.
Yeah... no.
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Here, I drew a diagram:
Her back is more arched, she’s leaning forward while he’s standing straight, her hips are at an angle, and her legs are spread apart. They’re different poses.
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Damage control. If the team was unhappy with the pose, they wouldn't have added it in the first place.
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Spoiler alert: the team could have initially been happy with the pose and changed their minds about it. They explicitly stated they were considering removing it, why would they lie about it?
EDIT: The game is also still in beta, so changes are perfectly normal.
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I still feel like this isn't something to be heated about (referring to the outcry on Blizzard forums, and the original "it's too sexzzzyyy 4 kids" post).
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Yeah I would agree with that. I wouldn’t care either way if it was removed, but I don’t think the decision warrants any backlash either.
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I feel like men can be sexualized just as much as women in video games. They're always burly, buff and toned, which is the unrealistic representation of men. But tha'ts an unrealistic representation and not exactly sexualised.
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My favorite example of sexualization of male characters is Metal Gear Solid. It has such a weird focus on macho men with nice asses I’m like 99% sure Hideo Kojima is bisexual.
The usual difference between sexualization of men in fiction is that it’s still aimed at men and is more about their power – when women are sexualized it’s “hey guys check out this hot bod”, whereas when men are sexualized it becomes “whoa look how STRONG and HARDCORE these dudes are”.
It still sets an unrealistic image and is
really weird and gross, but for different reasons.