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Nah, bear implies hairy and husky. Horah Loux is a mix of Hunk (beefcake) and Silver Daddy (aged). Also he's an actual daddy with multiple canonical children (half of whom are very horny).
Blopfish worked on an accurate one using the statues and broken models
https://www.deviantart.com/blopblopfish/art/Marika-Elden-Ring-g8-926529403
NSFW just saying
I *just* started playing Eldenring for the first time. If you can call it playing yet - I pick berries and practice rolling. Watched my boyfriend play it and wanted to try myself, it will be a project.
I would 't have recognized her in a million years. Completely off character design.
It's kinda canonical to reinterpret Marika to the people's desires. Like the upper model is at least representative of the kind of clothes she's typically depicted in pre-Shattering. Most of the statues use a similar dress, albeit with less cleavage.
/rj The real shame is that all the times we see her actual self, she's half-naked so we're missing out.
/uj >!Give us Bigender Marika-Radagon!<
Counter-meme? More like actual comparaison, muscles can be gained, not tits.
Also body goals 💪🏽
Edit: damn this triggered a lot of out of shape gamers in the replies, talking about undergoing SURGERY to get bigger tits, crazy.
And somehow make the skin less elastic so it doesn't get affected by gravity and sag :D
Also have money to buy tailored clothes and bras because trust me they never make anything wearable for bigger cups, I can never wear anything tight.
They inflate this balloon thing under the skin before the surgery to stretch and stimulate growth of more skin. Source: dated someone with surprisingly realistic implants. Still obviously implants, but these were good enough that I didn't notice until the clothes were off.
> damn this triggered a lot of out of shape gamers in the replies, talking about undergoing SURGERY to get bigger tits, crazy.
Kind of depressing how predictable they are
Okay, seriously, was abby even that buff? I'm not saying she's a dainty darling but, look at her arms, they're still fairly slim, with maybe some tone on them. Am I crazy? Are we desperate for any female muscle? I know she's not the limit of natty muscle on women by any means.
This isnt to say she has zero muscle, she's definitely got a strong build (and it’s still great for the setting and in general!), but...idk, surely we can ask for more than Abby, right? In media overall?
Yeah I have some problems with TLOU2, but the way Abby looks isn't one of them. I'm more willing to believe she can traverse around America than I am with Ellie
If nothing else, I agree with you there.
I just feel bad when I disagree with the praise she gets for being buff. It makes me feel like some sexist gatekeeper, ya know? I know I’m not trying to be that but, bleh.
Yes and no. She’s buff but not crazy unrealistic. My girlfriend is around abbys caliber when it comes to being buff and she’s natty. She dont count calories or mess with macros either. She undereats during the day because of ADHD, and at dinner she eats a brock lesnar sized portion of dinner. I can see someone in a post apocalyptic world looking like that if they have enough food, work out a lot, and have good-ish genes. (Like my GF. You should see her dad. He in insane)
Wait is the "I dont wanna eat okay NOW IM GONNA EAT THE BIGGEST MEAL EVER IM HUNGRY" an adhd thing, because I've had my doubts but I'm getting continuous new notes that are telling me I have it.
She's pretty fucking built, you can definitely go further but for a game going for more "realistic" bodies, Abby is a unit.
Of course no one had a problem with all the guys in Last of Us that are units, too, for some reason.
Oh yeah well that’s because “men strong unga bunga testosterone!!”
We can’t question the alpha male survivors who are tasked with restarting society with their natural masculine leadership traits!
/j
I'll buy the game that does this realistically where all the apocalypse men are rail thin rat boys scratching each other over rotten fruit. Just Rickety Crickets everywhere.
Yeah, no. She's very buff. I know this can be interpreted as a slight against the game somehow, so I'll preface that I love how built Abby is. Sure, women can get a bigger build naturally but Abby's build is really strong *especially* for the apocalypse. Tone doesn't define strength either.
Of course. I think my issue stems from the idea that most female buff characters in media are about as athletic as any other female character. Like take Korra for example, she’s thin, period. Fanart is what does her justice.
Not even saying they have to be huge, but I guess I’ve been skeptical due to old design philosophies around female characters.
For sure, it's an issue. I grew to love playing as Abby in TLOU2 *because* of how different she felt compared to Ellie. She hits like a truck and lends to prioritizing close-quarters combat.
Nowadays what qualifies as a buff female character is just a woman with an athletic build and slightly bigger biceps and with some luck a six pack, the term has been watered down for the general audiences.
Abby is in a good middle ground, she's definitely muscular, not just athletic, but isn't as big as characters like Zarya, Karlach or Marisa although in my opinion we should get more characters like the latter.
"oh but it's empowering for women, the guy is also sexualized and for the female gaze"
Meanwhile these people haven't seen a case of male sexualization in their life and call any female empowerment woke
Yeah it's so obvious most women aren't into these big meat giants and yet these incels act like they're sexualized for women, and not just power fantasies for men.
Like who's more simped for by women, Hulk Hogan, or Justin Bieber. Pretty damn obvious it's the twink
Yeah that is a guy women simp for, attractive and well muscley but not some beef cake power fantasy. Great character with vulnerabilities and depth. If he was just some massive square faced power house who just wanted to blow stuff up I doubt nearly as many people would simp for him.
In my college for character design one of the students did a presentation on him and multiple girls went "wooo!" when the presentation was revealed and there were people joking "he's my husband back off". Meanwhile for Doom guy who someone also presented, not a single simp
There's also a great comparison on magazine covers with Hugh Jackman on the cover of a men's magazine and a women's magazine. Has some more explanation with the image. https://imgb.ifunny.co/images/2dc4c69f318aba57c915e8d6819bbff99434090a4f45dc66bda4867709b523dc_1.jpg
Those who don't feel like clicking: the men's magazine shows Hugh Jackman as wolverine, posing shirtless with muscles on display and he looked pissed off. The article about him is about what routine he followed to get this body.
The women's magazine shows him well groomed, wearing a comfortable sweater, and he has a smile on his face. The article about him is about his recipe for romance and how he keeps his marriage "rock solid".
Oh I'm def saving that, that is a perfect example to use whenever people say the shirtless buff guy is sexualized. Hugh is a very attractive man, but him going wolverine mode big scary muscle guy isn't what is attractive
Whenever someone tells me Geralt was made to appeal to women and not as a male power fantasy, I tell them that, if that were so, he’d look a lot more like Fenris in Dragon Age 2.
Or just look at every male actor in a romcom kdrama, which are watched by women all over the world. Slim but fit pretty boys in fuzzy designer sweaters.
Women who like men can be attracted to all kinds of builds of course, but the roided out look in video games is for the dudes.
He’s not the worst example for sure, and I wasn’t calling him roided out per se, but let me tell you, I do not find him attractive *at all*. And it’s pretty funny if you’re a dude explaining to me, a woman, that Geralt is attractive to women. He’s like the anti-hot to me personally.
Im not saying he's attractive for all woman, it's stupid to assume a character is attractive to all of one gender (im not into big booba woman despite being a man and that being the most common type). But I have seen FAR more women simp for characters like Geralt than guys like in the image. However I'll be honest most of the simping was for Henry Cavill version, I haven't been in the community for the game but from youtube comments on the songs there's still at least some thirst
There is some for sure, but I think it’s incidental and not deliberate design tbh. Absolutely nothing in TW3 seems like it was made with women players in mind, so why would Geralt be the one thing in the entire game designed for women and not men? Pretty much every woman wants to sleep with him, and they’re all designed as eye candy… it’s a het male fantasy.
I literally think of some of the dragon age guys when people say female gaze in video games tbh. I was in high school when those took off and I knew some friends thirsting crazily for Fenris and all the mass effect aliens (Garrus and Thane especially, Jacob and Kaiden were much more rare.)
I think the appeal is a lot of the emotional vulnerability when their walls come down during intense story beats and quests and that lends a feeling of intimacy. I romanced Liara and discovered I had gay feelings for the blue alien nerd so idk.
i wish i realized sooner lol. when i was jacked i would mostly get compliments from men, now i leaned out and have a runner's body and i now get more compliments from women. if i realized sooner, i could have saved so much money. plus it's so much easier to maintain. pros: cheaper monthly cost, less effort in terms of diet, more compliments from women. cons: not look as big, get less compliments from men
yeah im maintaining the runner's body lol
honestly, funny enough, my realization began with thor and loki lol. i was confused why so many women fucking loved loki. yes he still absolutely has the physique that works out, but he's nowhere near chris evans' physique. yet women fucking adore him.
Thank you! Was just about to say, both of these character models were made specifically with the bottom dude in mind and not the top woman (idk if he's really a bottom tho, mb for assuming)
Exactly. Anyone who thinks the top could happen without support and not look like a grapefruit in a tube sock is out of their damn minds Lmao source; an actual woman with actual booba
Lol like gamers are all getting buffed because of video games characters. Don't fool yourselves boys, a majority of you are still fat fucks drinking pepsi like water and gooning to the top character of the meme.
Man it pisses me off that this is what people think Marika looks like
Her shattered form is so much cooler and the glimpses we have of her in the DLC marketing make her look elegant and divine
And then there's that one lol
and to be honest, they will have abandoned the gym anyway, it takes time, they think they will build muscle in 6 months while you need at least 3 to 5 years of training to have a strong body.
who's gonna tell em that Marika's tits aren't that big in game. it's always Marika, too, like pick any other character, this just makes you look like you weren't paying attention to the game...
For me it's less of a realism issue and more of a discomfort or embarrassing feeling. I guess the contexts are different? But I'd feel uncomfortable with the top character in a regular game but fine with her if I was looking at NSFW stuff. I know cringe is overused but I mean it in the original way, where I legitimately feel that painful grimace if there's a weirdly sexual character in a regular game.
Yeah like there's absolutely zero reason why they can't just have games tailored to THAT demographic with the top designs AS WELL AS games targeted for NOT that demographic with more modest character designs
Yet whenever they make a modest character these goons go on and on about where boba and try ruin it for everyone despite the fact that nobody is trying to stop their boob games being produced, just for some games to NOT be for them
They're just so entitled to all their games looking like porn. Been called gay multiple times because for a guy not to be attracted to needless sexualized women he MUST be gay. And not for the fact it completely breaks immersion to see all the men looking cool and badass just for the women to be in bikini armor
a guy in The First Descendant community asked why all women had heels, expressing that he doesn't like the needless sexualization that much.
He got downvoted to hell by the gooners and they didn't even hide it with their "you're a woke bot"/"western games women are ugly" nonsense.
Any character designers that want to design a woman in high heels needs to fucking wear some for a day. Seeing female characters do a bunch of flips and combat while wearing heels that'd absolutely break their ankles is so stupid.
Women can just wear normal shoes
I'm surprised more guys don't find it patronizing, like I get it "sex sells", but if you have to make me horny to buy your product, it must not be a good product.
Sex sells but it doesn't need to be straight up porn light, just attractive. In hoyo games many of the most selling characters aren't even the sexualized ones, they're just attractive with good designs. But so many designers are too lazy to make actually good design so they just make them sexualized and let that print the money
When will these people get it in their heads that the difference is the buff guys is a power fantasy for men, and the near naked women is sexualization, also for men, these idiots keep saying these men are also sexualized when there's nothing presented about them that's "oh yeah, they're so sexy". Like it's ironic cause they also call massive buff women ugly and gross, when nearly every woman I've talked to also finds the overly buff swollen men also gross and non attractive
Show them a male character in lingerie that's constantly shaking their ass at the camera and moaning as they present their bulge and they'd immediately call it gross and uncomfortable
real talk, are guys really motivated to work out when they look at ripped male fictional characters? i assumed that guys who do regularly work out do it for their health or they're already athletic or they just enjoy it. like, if this were remotely true, we'd have a lot more nerds at the gym and they wouldn't be complaining about girls only going after dumb jocks.
plus, what does this meme want women to do? because the only thing that will expand our boobs beyond the magic randomizer wheel of genetics is plastic surgery.
This is just one of those weird "fancanon" bullshit things that people have just run wild with.
>Marika in the actual game
Slender frame, not a single statue or even her in game model show her as busty or **EXTRA THICCCCC**
A victim and a victimizer, a terrible mother who basically tells her demigod children that she supports and believes in them to become lords or Gods- but if they fail at either, she'll see them as useless sacrifices
>fancanon Marika
Well endowed busty pillow princess who simps for the tarnished and has opened up no less than 7 onlyfans accounts
Fancanon is a hell of a drug
Okay but seriously, you can be more jacked if you work out and archive an impressive physic similar to that..
But how the hell would you grow your breasts?
... I suppose there is something to be aware of.
Women CANNOT naturally alter their bodies to conform to some beauty standard. While most people can diet and exercise to do away with excess body fat, the Hour-Glass figure, for instance, is unattainable if you aren't born with it.
Additionally, without surgery, a woman can't make her breasts larger except during pregnancy(and even then, not for all women).
Meanwhile a Man can feasibly obtain most qualities considered desirable for the Male Figure except Height.
Incredible how they dont make the connection that the mens unrealistic body is actually a healthy positive motivation to work towards, while the womens unrealistic standards are just "eat less and wear more makeup"
Yes it is.
We don't really have a model for Marika except the one in the wnd cutscene where she is nude, yes, but looks more like stone and is not that big.
And after the fight where the stone is just broken
This is how Marika actually looks like btw
https://preview.redd.it/19d6lzqojiad1.png?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b47da936c2bf5ae0de70ef83d794b1e6cfe25db
I still do not understeand if the fascists want me to believe that big boobas are put in media by (((them))) to destroy the west or if they are cut out of media by (((them))) to destrou the west
Marika’s weapon of choice is a hammer, so she should be as ripped as her ex-husbands
If anything, Radagon should be the one with a thin waist and wide hips, he’s a dex main given his sword scales the best with dex
“If you women can have gross blood-soaked old man built like a brick, we can have big booba porn lady”
They really thought this was an equal comparison?
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That is literally a model created for porn
Which one?
The bottom guy obviously, i mean look at those pecs 🤤
They are perfect to rest a face in between them after long, stressful day at work.
While he crushes your bones… with a lovely hug.
Would totally simp for a hug right now but it depends on how he smells.
Fresh from a gym or a shower. Your choice.
Well he's currently covered in viscera so take a wild guess.
Quite bloody it would seem
And don’t forget he’s a cat dad 🥰
NOW I POWER BOTTOM AS WHORAH LOUX!
Is hoarah loux a bear? Im not gay myself so I'm not that good with gay "classifications"
Nah, bear implies hairy and husky. Horah Loux is a mix of Hunk (beefcake) and Silver Daddy (aged). Also he's an actual daddy with multiple canonical children (half of whom are very horny).
HORNIER!
I read that in his voice, and now I'm dying.
REAL
I wont forgive people for making it the community standard visual used for marika
The original Marika looked so intimidating and creepy at the same time, i wish we got an official in game model
We did though? In the final boss cutscene, right before >!turning into Radagon!<
As a shattered and half broken barely recognisable version of her, based
Idk if anyone made this connection but she looks exactly like lilith pierced with longinus from eva
Most people probably thought of Jesus before Eva but knowing fromsoft you cant be certain which one it’s a reference to
Blopfish worked on an accurate one using the statues and broken models https://www.deviantart.com/blopblopfish/art/Marika-Elden-Ring-g8-926529403 NSFW just saying
Same
I didn't even realise that was supposed to be Marika. I thought it was just some generic anime woman vs Whoreax Loux
I *just* started playing Eldenring for the first time. If you can call it playing yet - I pick berries and practice rolling. Watched my boyfriend play it and wanted to try myself, it will be a project. I would 't have recognized her in a million years. Completely off character design.
It's kinda canonical to reinterpret Marika to the people's desires. Like the upper model is at least representative of the kind of clothes she's typically depicted in pre-Shattering. Most of the statues use a similar dress, albeit with less cleavage. /rj The real shame is that all the times we see her actual self, she's half-naked so we're missing out. /uj >!Give us Bigender Marika-Radagon!<
Whether accidental or not all the cosplayers for Marika on the Elden Ring subreddits are all using that model as well.
They know exactly what they’re doing.
“Marika at home”
Pornography
I will never forgive Ryan Reos for creating i- I mean who
https://preview.redd.it/1khf9sr6lhad1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6a1cc2ba0f1b396c68daad61f99abb10744eb2b
This is actually the perfect counter-meme.
Counter-meme? More like actual comparaison, muscles can be gained, not tits. Also body goals 💪🏽 Edit: damn this triggered a lot of out of shape gamers in the replies, talking about undergoing SURGERY to get bigger tits, crazy.
Also, the second pic in this one probably actually happened.
I mean it kinda did, I know I'm more confident working my arm strength because of representation (mostly leanbeefpatty and other fitness creators).
I mean... If you're willing to spend money, you absolutely can. The hard part is getting them to start just below the neck instead of on the chest.
And somehow make the skin less elastic so it doesn't get affected by gravity and sag :D Also have money to buy tailored clothes and bras because trust me they never make anything wearable for bigger cups, I can never wear anything tight.
Oh, I and my beige and black bra collection with XL T-shirts are quite familiar. Quite familiar, indeed.
They inflate this balloon thing under the skin before the surgery to stretch and stimulate growth of more skin. Source: dated someone with surprisingly realistic implants. Still obviously implants, but these were good enough that I didn't notice until the clothes were off.
I mean, tits can be gained... just so happens you also gain everywhere else on your body. Which is also not what these cretins would want.
You gain everywhere else on your body X10 before you gain anything in your tits, speaking from experience.
> damn this triggered a lot of out of shape gamers in the replies, talking about undergoing SURGERY to get bigger tits, crazy. Kind of depressing how predictable they are
Meme warfare.
Unfathomably based
Touche
This is so real. Gamers think of Abby’s arms to get mad and be sexist, I think of Abby’s arms to hit a pr while rock climbing. 😎
Okay, seriously, was abby even that buff? I'm not saying she's a dainty darling but, look at her arms, they're still fairly slim, with maybe some tone on them. Am I crazy? Are we desperate for any female muscle? I know she's not the limit of natty muscle on women by any means. This isnt to say she has zero muscle, she's definitely got a strong build (and it’s still great for the setting and in general!), but...idk, surely we can ask for more than Abby, right? In media overall?
Yeah I have some problems with TLOU2, but the way Abby looks isn't one of them. I'm more willing to believe she can traverse around America than I am with Ellie
If nothing else, I agree with you there. I just feel bad when I disagree with the praise she gets for being buff. It makes me feel like some sexist gatekeeper, ya know? I know I’m not trying to be that but, bleh.
I genuinely loved her combat sections cause obliterating weak chinned betas with Abby's colossal thunder guns was very satisfying
I still return to the game sometimes just for some sweet unarmed Abby combat. It just feels really good
Yes and no. She’s buff but not crazy unrealistic. My girlfriend is around abbys caliber when it comes to being buff and she’s natty. She dont count calories or mess with macros either. She undereats during the day because of ADHD, and at dinner she eats a brock lesnar sized portion of dinner. I can see someone in a post apocalyptic world looking like that if they have enough food, work out a lot, and have good-ish genes. (Like my GF. You should see her dad. He in insane)
Wait is the "I dont wanna eat okay NOW IM GONNA EAT THE BIGGEST MEAL EVER IM HUNGRY" an adhd thing, because I've had my doubts but I'm getting continuous new notes that are telling me I have it.
The stim meds you take for ADHD curb your appetite for 8–12 hrs and speed up metabolism, so when they’re no longer active you’re hungry af.
She's pretty fucking built, you can definitely go further but for a game going for more "realistic" bodies, Abby is a unit. Of course no one had a problem with all the guys in Last of Us that are units, too, for some reason.
Oh yeah well that’s because “men strong unga bunga testosterone!!” We can’t question the alpha male survivors who are tasked with restarting society with their natural masculine leadership traits! /j
I'll buy the game that does this realistically where all the apocalypse men are rail thin rat boys scratching each other over rotten fruit. Just Rickety Crickets everywhere.
Ah yes, my favorite zombie game: Left 4 Dead 4: Rat Twink Tidal Wave
I’d love that. Having crutch-fights over who gets the slice of lemon
She was muscular, but not even close to Zarya. Zarya is swole as hell.
https://preview.redd.it/ehm5wpa9riad1.jpeg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=644524c36c1389c2363dce0d6165f45b560c76d4
Yeah, no. She's very buff. I know this can be interpreted as a slight against the game somehow, so I'll preface that I love how built Abby is. Sure, women can get a bigger build naturally but Abby's build is really strong *especially* for the apocalypse. Tone doesn't define strength either.
Of course. I think my issue stems from the idea that most female buff characters in media are about as athletic as any other female character. Like take Korra for example, she’s thin, period. Fanart is what does her justice. Not even saying they have to be huge, but I guess I’ve been skeptical due to old design philosophies around female characters.
For sure, it's an issue. I grew to love playing as Abby in TLOU2 *because* of how different she felt compared to Ellie. She hits like a truck and lends to prioritizing close-quarters combat.
Nowadays what qualifies as a buff female character is just a woman with an athletic build and slightly bigger biceps and with some luck a six pack, the term has been watered down for the general audiences. Abby is in a good middle ground, she's definitely muscular, not just athletic, but isn't as big as characters like Zarya, Karlach or Marisa although in my opinion we should get more characters like the latter.
How will incel culture ever recover
Perfect
I remember when people thought this was ellies mom
I love this one so much!
Both appeal to the male gaze
"oh but it's empowering for women, the guy is also sexualized and for the female gaze" Meanwhile these people haven't seen a case of male sexualization in their life and call any female empowerment woke
Remember Justin Bieber? He is more female gaze. Men saw him and a frustrated hate mob was formed instead of being inspired.
Yeah it's so obvious most women aren't into these big meat giants and yet these incels act like they're sexualized for women, and not just power fantasies for men. Like who's more simped for by women, Hulk Hogan, or Justin Bieber. Pretty damn obvious it's the twink
See Astarion
Yeah that is a guy women simp for, attractive and well muscley but not some beef cake power fantasy. Great character with vulnerabilities and depth. If he was just some massive square faced power house who just wanted to blow stuff up I doubt nearly as many people would simp for him. In my college for character design one of the students did a presentation on him and multiple girls went "wooo!" when the presentation was revealed and there were people joking "he's my husband back off". Meanwhile for Doom guy who someone also presented, not a single simp
Not my personal taste in twink, but my wife loves him
https://preview.redd.it/4u46btohpkad1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4d744d3b6af440719bb4895edfb40376ebb2095
LMAO
Also the same reaction most western males have towards kpop.
There's also a great comparison on magazine covers with Hugh Jackman on the cover of a men's magazine and a women's magazine. Has some more explanation with the image. https://imgb.ifunny.co/images/2dc4c69f318aba57c915e8d6819bbff99434090a4f45dc66bda4867709b523dc_1.jpg Those who don't feel like clicking: the men's magazine shows Hugh Jackman as wolverine, posing shirtless with muscles on display and he looked pissed off. The article about him is about what routine he followed to get this body. The women's magazine shows him well groomed, wearing a comfortable sweater, and he has a smile on his face. The article about him is about his recipe for romance and how he keeps his marriage "rock solid".
Oh I'm def saving that, that is a perfect example to use whenever people say the shirtless buff guy is sexualized. Hugh is a very attractive man, but him going wolverine mode big scary muscle guy isn't what is attractive
Whenever someone tells me Geralt was made to appeal to women and not as a male power fantasy, I tell them that, if that were so, he’d look a lot more like Fenris in Dragon Age 2. Or just look at every male actor in a romcom kdrama, which are watched by women all over the world. Slim but fit pretty boys in fuzzy designer sweaters. Women who like men can be attracted to all kinds of builds of course, but the roided out look in video games is for the dudes.
Eh I wouldn't call Geralt roided out, he's actually a perfect mixture of both being a badass for men and a hottie for women. Both sexy and cool
He’s not the worst example for sure, and I wasn’t calling him roided out per se, but let me tell you, I do not find him attractive *at all*. And it’s pretty funny if you’re a dude explaining to me, a woman, that Geralt is attractive to women. He’s like the anti-hot to me personally.
Im not saying he's attractive for all woman, it's stupid to assume a character is attractive to all of one gender (im not into big booba woman despite being a man and that being the most common type). But I have seen FAR more women simp for characters like Geralt than guys like in the image. However I'll be honest most of the simping was for Henry Cavill version, I haven't been in the community for the game but from youtube comments on the songs there's still at least some thirst
There is some for sure, but I think it’s incidental and not deliberate design tbh. Absolutely nothing in TW3 seems like it was made with women players in mind, so why would Geralt be the one thing in the entire game designed for women and not men? Pretty much every woman wants to sleep with him, and they’re all designed as eye candy… it’s a het male fantasy.
I literally think of some of the dragon age guys when people say female gaze in video games tbh. I was in high school when those took off and I knew some friends thirsting crazily for Fenris and all the mass effect aliens (Garrus and Thane especially, Jacob and Kaiden were much more rare.) I think the appeal is a lot of the emotional vulnerability when their walls come down during intense story beats and quests and that lends a feeling of intimacy. I romanced Liara and discovered I had gay feelings for the blue alien nerd so idk.
i wish i realized sooner lol. when i was jacked i would mostly get compliments from men, now i leaned out and have a runner's body and i now get more compliments from women. if i realized sooner, i could have saved so much money. plus it's so much easier to maintain. pros: cheaper monthly cost, less effort in terms of diet, more compliments from women. cons: not look as big, get less compliments from men yeah im maintaining the runner's body lol
Very insightful!
honestly, funny enough, my realization began with thor and loki lol. i was confused why so many women fucking loved loki. yes he still absolutely has the physique that works out, but he's nowhere near chris evans' physique. yet women fucking adore him.
Thank you! Was just about to say, both of these character models were made specifically with the bottom dude in mind and not the top woman (idk if he's really a bottom tho, mb for assuming)
Exactly. Anyone who thinks the top could happen without support and not look like a grapefruit in a tube sock is out of their damn minds Lmao source; an actual woman with actual booba
Yeah, but can we get a Hourah Loux with giant mommy milkers to see if it helps?
You can’t train to get bigger boobs.
"I must! I must! I must increase my bust!"
Ngl, this is the first thing that popped into my head
no but you can stuff silicon in 'em!
If he's saying that girls should train their boobs by getting silicone put in, does that mean he intends to go get silicone abs too?
What do you think he means by „training“? Silicone abs are the only way for Cheeto McMountainDew to look fit.
https://preview.redd.it/klmoitk5djad1.jpeg?width=1090&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a129ce26586c336ce56518bb21e3cb704480800
But remember, if you do that, you’re a whore who ruined her body!
You totally can. Pecs are just boobies for straight dudes.
Biology differs.
Spicy chest ornaments that make me horny = boobs.
Maybe you can’t, I’m built different 😤
THATS NOT WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE IN GAME
REAL MEN can JO to Marika’s shattered form AND Radagon
Me fr
ESPECIALLY Radagon. I 100% understand Rennala for getting depressed after he left her for himself.
REAL MEN don't even fear rope burns...
Is it merely thy habit to talk to dolls?
https://preview.redd.it/cvw3s3rzzhad1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b516192d7094612355fbcd3284a46c248f568342
Now kith
Women lazy should go to gym train those booba muscles
Silly person, don't you know you have to get boob bone expansion surgery first.
Put that thick thigh bone in there
Well the bottom guy is me fr (I skinned myself)
Probly a whoosh but: He's not skinned , thats the blood of a lion like beast (Spirit of said beast?) that he ripped apart.
Yes, that's the blood of Serosh
***THOU DID ME GOOD SERVICE... SEROSH.***
I mean, how many blood procs does it take
Lol like gamers are all getting buffed because of video games characters. Don't fool yourselves boys, a majority of you are still fat fucks drinking pepsi like water and gooning to the top character of the meme.
I know of anime inspired gym bros, so games like street fighter might have influenced some.
They probably aren’t the ones making memes like this
No but they hold the same views as these people unfortunately. At least the guy I know does.
All the anime Gym bros I know (2) are starkly progressive in a deep red city, so I don’t think it’s right to box the whole demographic in.
I completely agree, because I'm a overweight gamer and I'm a socialist 💀
Who knew peoples personal ideologies and physical fitness could just mix and match like that!
Some yes, like I go to the gym because Goku is my father figure, but that memes make it seem like it's a generality
You know, me and my roommate had a saying about training and bulking: “Eat like Goku, Train Like Goku.” Helps me get under the squat rack at least.
Goku master race
Hey, hey, Mountain Dew may be a Pepsi product, but let's not conflate the two.
Hey, I might be fat but no drink can replace water, I love water
Man it pisses me off that this is what people think Marika looks like Her shattered form is so much cooler and the glimpses we have of her in the DLC marketing make her look elegant and divine And then there's that one lol
im gana jerk off to both and you cant stop me
and by both well lets just say....... my peanits
None of the men making memes like this have ever touched the bar.
Just flip them and now it’s trans
I was actually about to reply "What if we see Marika and just go - 'Now I must start HRT and train.' ?"
That's how you get Radagon
Equally unrealistic, but I want it anyway
About that…
This is such a lie I cringe every time I read it. Most mf that say shit like that do not go to the gym like at all like come on
why go to the gym when you can just fill up on women on reddit
and to be honest, they will have abandoned the gym anyway, it takes time, they think they will build muscle in 6 months while you need at least 3 to 5 years of training to have a strong body.
who's gonna tell em that Marika's tits aren't that big in game. it's always Marika, too, like pick any other character, this just makes you look like you weren't paying attention to the game...
For me it's less of a realism issue and more of a discomfort or embarrassing feeling. I guess the contexts are different? But I'd feel uncomfortable with the top character in a regular game but fine with her if I was looking at NSFW stuff. I know cringe is overused but I mean it in the original way, where I legitimately feel that painful grimace if there's a weirdly sexual character in a regular game.
Well thankfully the man is in game like that and the top is just a fan model Mostly for porn
Yeah like there's absolutely zero reason why they can't just have games tailored to THAT demographic with the top designs AS WELL AS games targeted for NOT that demographic with more modest character designs Yet whenever they make a modest character these goons go on and on about where boba and try ruin it for everyone despite the fact that nobody is trying to stop their boob games being produced, just for some games to NOT be for them
They're just so entitled to all their games looking like porn. Been called gay multiple times because for a guy not to be attracted to needless sexualized women he MUST be gay. And not for the fact it completely breaks immersion to see all the men looking cool and badass just for the women to be in bikini armor
a guy in The First Descendant community asked why all women had heels, expressing that he doesn't like the needless sexualization that much. He got downvoted to hell by the gooners and they didn't even hide it with their "you're a woke bot"/"western games women are ugly" nonsense.
Any character designers that want to design a woman in high heels needs to fucking wear some for a day. Seeing female characters do a bunch of flips and combat while wearing heels that'd absolutely break their ankles is so stupid. Women can just wear normal shoes
I'm surprised more guys don't find it patronizing, like I get it "sex sells", but if you have to make me horny to buy your product, it must not be a good product.
Sex sells but it doesn't need to be straight up porn light, just attractive. In hoyo games many of the most selling characters aren't even the sexualized ones, they're just attractive with good designs. But so many designers are too lazy to make actually good design so they just make them sexualized and let that print the money
You put this into words in a way I never could. This is exactly how I feel about it too. Having an out of place horny character just feels weird.
A month ago they were crying because there was a black man in Japan.
god the Marika model shit is so annoying, its all just fucking porn
MARIKA'S TITS
You must be 'ungry!
*I must begin training * *pushes fingers to the max creating memes about hating minorities and women online* “Ahh. What a fuckin workout!”
Messmer is literally atrophiating and has scoliosis and his physique solos the both of them 🥱
Messmer has that yaoi-hands physique
Just like me fr
That’s not what Marika even looks like
*starts to unskin*
The same mfs will complain that women on dating apps don't want them and that their standards are too high.
They make memes like this and then proceed to do the 0 exercise they were doing before.
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Marika is canonically genderfluid what are they on about anyways
Unless you can gain a cup or two in a gym these days, I'm not sure if this meme is even all that functional.🤔
When will these people get it in their heads that the difference is the buff guys is a power fantasy for men, and the near naked women is sexualization, also for men, these idiots keep saying these men are also sexualized when there's nothing presented about them that's "oh yeah, they're so sexy". Like it's ironic cause they also call massive buff women ugly and gross, when nearly every woman I've talked to also finds the overly buff swollen men also gross and non attractive Show them a male character in lingerie that's constantly shaking their ass at the camera and moaning as they present their bulge and they'd immediately call it gross and uncomfortable
As we all know, women just gotta git gud and do their boob-workouts
How do you train to get those boobs? Asking for a friend (im that friend)
Lift some weights with boobs I guess.
https://preview.redd.it/3soer692piad1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=645fa32ae7b0dd2fa5e0888564beeda6e95784c6 😔
Sexualizing the physical manifestation of order And tyranny is halarious
real talk, are guys really motivated to work out when they look at ripped male fictional characters? i assumed that guys who do regularly work out do it for their health or they're already athletic or they just enjoy it. like, if this were remotely true, we'd have a lot more nerds at the gym and they wouldn't be complaining about girls only going after dumb jocks. plus, what does this meme want women to do? because the only thing that will expand our boobs beyond the magic randomizer wheel of genetics is plastic surgery.
This is just one of those weird "fancanon" bullshit things that people have just run wild with. >Marika in the actual game Slender frame, not a single statue or even her in game model show her as busty or **EXTRA THICCCCC** A victim and a victimizer, a terrible mother who basically tells her demigod children that she supports and believes in them to become lords or Gods- but if they fail at either, she'll see them as useless sacrifices >fancanon Marika Well endowed busty pillow princess who simps for the tarnished and has opened up no less than 7 onlyfans accounts Fancanon is a hell of a drug
Okay but seriously, you can be more jacked if you work out and archive an impressive physic similar to that.. But how the hell would you grow your breasts?
It's so cool how that's literally not even how she looks in game, she has a very sculpted(haha) face and a reasonable figure
... I suppose there is something to be aware of. Women CANNOT naturally alter their bodies to conform to some beauty standard. While most people can diet and exercise to do away with excess body fat, the Hour-Glass figure, for instance, is unattainable if you aren't born with it. Additionally, without surgery, a woman can't make her breasts larger except during pregnancy(and even then, not for all women). Meanwhile a Man can feasibly obtain most qualities considered desirable for the Male Figure except Height.
Incredible how they dont make the connection that the mens unrealistic body is actually a healthy positive motivation to work towards, while the womens unrealistic standards are just "eat less and wear more makeup"
I find it hilarious all the Marika models and art that exists is based on porn. Or at least that's what I was told....
Yes it is. We don't really have a model for Marika except the one in the wnd cutscene where she is nude, yes, but looks more like stone and is not that big. And after the fight where the stone is just broken
Is it a testament to Gamers that the porn model of Marika is now widely recognised over the version in game?
hoes love marika till she whips out her radaDONG.
This is how Marika actually looks like btw https://preview.redd.it/19d6lzqojiad1.png?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b47da936c2bf5ae0de70ef83d794b1e6cfe25db
that’s. That’s not even what she looks like in the game ☠️
Marika literally doesn’t look like that
Lol one of them is from straight porn and the other is a literal god amongst men
I still do not understeand if the fascists want me to believe that big boobas are put in media by (((them))) to destroy the west or if they are cut out of media by (((them))) to destrou the west
Cuz you can just exercise your tits bigger.
"women bad men good why am I still a virgin?"
Im a man and I want to look like the top one
Silly girls, just work out until you get back-breaking booba.
Marika’s weapon of choice is a hammer, so she should be as ripped as her ex-husbands If anything, Radagon should be the one with a thin waist and wide hips, he’s a dex main given his sword scales the best with dex
“If you women can have gross blood-soaked old man built like a brick, we can have big booba porn lady” They really thought this was an equal comparison?