Guaranteed the word “woke” will be thrown around left and right

  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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    20 hours ago

    Is it really like that for you? Does the same thing happen with books, movies, TV? Should they have an “option”?

    I have absolutely no trouble immersing myself into Aloy, Lara Croft, Jesse (Control), Red (Transistor), Bayonetta, Faith (Mirror’s Edge), and others.

    Like, the character not being the same gender as me, doesn’t even register as an obstacle for inhabiting them. I’m able to mentally become them in literally the exact same way I do any other protagonist.

    Since, it’s not like I need to be the same as someone in order to see the world through their perspective.

    The opposite, the less they are like me, the greater the chance I’ll get to experience something from outside my own lived experience. And I like that.

    I’m with women in that they should have representation in games (and stories in general), but even just for myself I’m cheering this particular progression on for the sheer variety it brings.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
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      19 hours ago

      Is it really like that for you? Does the same thing happen with books, movies, TV? Should they have an “option”?

      It is like that for me and they don’t need to have that option, that’s unrealistic to expect. You can’t choose anything in a book or movie. It just becomes something that “isn’t for me” which is fine. Not everything has to be my taste. I was simply explaining why it had nothing to do with hating ciri for some people.

      • rooroo@feddit.org
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        5 hours ago

        I don’t get you at all but fair fucks to you being civil about the matter. You got a lot of hate on here while simply stating a preference that you unfortunately share with a bunch of incel neckbeards.

        I’m the other way, interestingly. I like playing a woman as a protagonist. Not because I’ll lust over them or anything, it’s simply more enjoyable.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        One of the best things about art is it can help to share what others experience; it gives us an opportunity to “walk in someone else’s shoes”. I think this can lead to more empathy in a world sorely lacking in it.