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[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 54 points 9 months ago

Bringing my industrial sized container of foundation into the jungle

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 35 points 9 months ago

"sup, bitches! Today we're gonna do a tutorial on how to apply your contouring to pop even with drab dungeon lighting."

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

Vicious in Dungeon† kelly

†:latest-fad:

[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's like a mine craft water bucket. Just use it to break your fall when you fail a climbing QTE.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 34 points 9 months ago

a grown ass man, painstakingly applying makeup to the face of a character from an children’s game, to own the libs

[-] LeopardShepherd@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

I physically cannot play video games without an erection.

[-] Ciel@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 9 months ago

what happens to a mf if they never seen a woman other than their mom

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago

My mom doesn't have curves therefore no woman does.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago

This looks just like the previous design to me

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

which they also complained about.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

If Tomb Raider Underworld was released right now there'd be talking heads bitching about Lara in that too.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago

Supposedly straight men who have very complex opinions on what makeup fictional women should wear

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

Some [women] have tried to become semi-men by putting on the Bloomer dress. Let me tell you in a word why it can never be done. It is this: woman, robed and folded in her long dress, is beautiful. She walks gracefully.... If she attempts to run, the charm is gone.... Take off the robes, and put on pants, and show the libs, and grace and mystery are all gone. Even Venus never tried to run. Et vera incessu patuit Dea. So long as she is thus clothed, there is just enough of mystery about woman to challenge admiration, and almost reverence.

excerpt from Women's Rights, by Reverend John Todd (1867)

the very old and storied cry of Women have to dress and behave different or else I might notice they're not particularly different from men, and that makes me very uncomfortable for reasons. Legitimate reasons!

[-] spacecadet@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago
[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

dammit, that should have bin "limbs"

i typed the first half by hand, copying it out of People's History of the United States then found the rest of the passage online

[-] spacecadet@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Oh lol

I respect the dedication, it's a very funny excerpt

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago

They kept the impractical outfit and she's still conventionally attractive and it's still not good enough for them.

Why try to please gamers?

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

the impractical outfit

doesn't she do a bunch of rock climbing and gymnastics?

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

I just meant if I was in the jungle, I wouldn't want a tick on my leg or whatever.

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago

the trouble with coming up with appropriate dress for her is that she's doing several tasks that have conflicting needs.

really she should wear those cargo pants that unzip at the knee and switch when she needs to parkour

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

Lara Croft is a simplistic video game character from the 90s intended to be a) cool and b) hot. Considering the practicality of her classic costume is like asking why Duke Nukem only ever wears jeans and a tanktop despite his primary occupation being getting into gunfights with aliens

I think it's just easy to run into tonal issues when you try to add depth to such a 1-dimensional character

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

sure, but i'm a star trek fan and it's a reflex

[-] Cummunism@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

pretty sure she has makeup on in the first pic, but it just AINT ENOUGH

[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago

im shocked they didnt make her boobs bigger too

[-] Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net 27 points 9 months ago
[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

Retrvn to triangle.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago
[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

She's glaring at the camera while brandishing a weapon. That's what this guy has a problem with -- he'd rather she have a, a what? A neutral expression? An attempt at seduction? Sultry? Is 'sultry' the only expression allowed on the face of a female character? Some reverse angry-eyes-american-kirby bullshit.

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I mean, if you really wanted this to feel more like classic 90s Lara Croft you'd give her the red sunglasses and have her smirk at the camera instead of this AI yassification filter shit. These cumbrained morons are completely focused on the awooga aspect but they forget that old Lara was also a cartoonishly over the top badass in the vein of Duke Nukem or Serious Sam crossed with James Bond

I would honestly enjoy it if they leaned more into that inherent silliness of her character instead of trying to turn her into a sympathetic gritty action hero who wants to make her dad proud or whatever because Lara Croft has to also be a role model. Her series is called TOMB RAIDER, she's a rich asshole that loots priceless treasures

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

also the slaughter of endangered animals with reckless abandon. Laura is like an epicurean who doesn't bother with the meal.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago

lara croft is an outdoor cat struggle session go

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

She does have compunction about killing people. She gets over it at the end of the first game.

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

Lara Croft sees a Tyrannosaurus Rex that somehow survived to modern day and the only thing she thinks of is how cool its head would look mounted above her fireplace

[-] ComRed2@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago
[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

as long as she keeps that breathy english accent i can make fun of i don't give a shit what she looks like

WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE TREASURE, JONAH!

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Considering how dirty and sweaty the rest of her body/clothes looks its interesting that he thinks her make up would still look that nice. But suspension of disbelief or whatevershrug-outta-hecks

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

A girl should never leave home without her Covid-19 rated transparent plastic face shield.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

I’ve never found the overly airbrushed Instagram look to be attractive.

Is this even a big complaint with gamers? Seems like it’s only coming out of twitter accounts that get a few hundred likes for dumb shit like this while the original tweet has almost 4k likes

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

It's a good thing Adam Forest didn't have blue hair on top of that. He would've had no way of recovering if Harry did the "blue hair and pronouns" ultra-combo roast on him.

[-] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

i can literally hardly tell the difference between the two images, I had to lean in really close and squint really hard

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

Is the joke that he didn't change anything?

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nah, they added some makeup for her, looks kinda weird, like a character from 'Desperate Housewive' TV show

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

She's already so pretty wtf do gamers want?

[-] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

The upper version has a personality and some sass, maybe that is what they have a problem with?

As a woman that has played these games from game one while being uncomfortable with the Lara hype I love the new look. It was kind of depressing finally having a fun adventure game with a woman lead to identify with (my autistic self prefers playing characters I can more easily relate to) and it immediately becoming so sexualized.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

This is exactly the same bit the chuds did when Horizon Forbidden West came out. Get new material, twitter.

[-] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Get that Lara a jewel toned button up and a glass of arak!

[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago

You don't understand. How is Lara going to raid tombs if she doesn't have a tictok incel filter applied? It simply cannot be done.

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