• 0r4n9e
    +5

    You'd think they'd put a bit more muscle, not fat, on Sonya Blade...

    • BlankWindow (edited 8 years ago)
      +8

      Seriously, they photoshop a bunch of female characters who are extremely active and say it is 'normal' for them to be bigger. It simply isn't in most cases. Lara Croft? It takes quite a bit of conditioning to freeclimb as she is portrayed to do in game. Any of the fighters are just as laughable the way they are depicted now as they are with added heft. Several franchises are starting to tone down the vivacious females, but media is media and you can see these things in every format.

      • Xeno
        +4

        This is my issue. The "correct" depiction of Laura Croft is probably neither of those images. In reality it is someone who is more muscular.

        • BlankWindow
          +1

          Nope, thin and toned is what they want and about what they have done. Muscle is just extra weight to lug around. Most game characters would fit in that type of build. People also seem to forget why the characters are who they are in a game. Playing games is an escape to be something other than we are, typically that would entail being someone 'better' than we are or at least capable of doing things we can not. While sometimes the depiction of these characters leans in fantastic direction that is completely to be expected in most mediums. In the end, you can talk all you want but money is the only thing anyone hears. Don't like it, don't buy it. These things don't bother me in the slightest because I don't look up to or try to emulate fiction and art. They are stylized representations of people. Not people.