To the Gamers of Gender Critical, What do you think of the character Bayonetta?

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[–]lefterfield 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Hmm, so it sounds like the exaggerated femininity is part of the gimmick of the game. In which case... I think it's probably fine. She apparently has flaws, a personality, goals, and actual character development, which puts her ahead the vast majority of female video game/movie characters, including many "feminist" ones. I get that she's designed to appeal to the male gaze, and maybe some would take issue with that - but it's also good to have female characters that males are encouraged to empathize with. And maybe especially if they're females the men are attracted to.

[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The cool thing about Bayonetta is that at least as commentary goes, the guys who talk about her don't oogle her. They actually cite how fun the character is and how they enjoy how much of a bad ass she is. They don't really dote on the fact that she goes temporarily nude during her magic spells and they pretty much like her the way they like Dante from the Devil May Cry games which makes sense since Hideki Kamiya was the one who created both series. She's just so theatrical, flamobyant, and posh but ambitious and compassionate to those she cares about.

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Funny thing, my older brother feels put off by her, he loves his lesbian porn by the way. He feels the same way about Ivy Valentine (he told me this when I fangirl about those women). Women who can go dominatrix scare him (he told me he doesn't like dominatrixes because he doesn't like being hurt, which is true, he hates anything that can hurt him and is scared of needles for this reason), I suspect it's the whip and their love of sadism.

[–]Kai_Decadence[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's understandable lol. I was gonna think maybe it's because he's turned off by women who could do some physical damage to someone haha. But no, I get it.