Bikini Armor Battle Damage - Hypocrites and Sexy Art

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Grumpy Pickle Rick said:
You’re definitely right about that.

When I was a kid, I use to imagine what it would be like to be Spider-Man or Batman.

And I do like to write about fantasy and sci-fi, as an independent writer. More creative freedom that way.
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speaking as a creative, The only “woke” thing I add in is just organic diversity (not just racial and sexual) with an interesting cast of characters. Yea know, like a sane person would. The fact that these sorts of people seem to treat any minority they write or speak on the behalf of as mindless toddlers really says something.

I’m all for self indulgent power fantasies but does it not get tiring writing stories that remind you of how shitty the current climate is? Literally everyone, with a few exceptions, are kind of sick of it.
 
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weirdMcGee said:
speaking as a creative, The only “woke” thing I add in is just organic diversity (not just racial and sexual) with an interesting cast of characters. Yea know, like a sane person would. The fact that these sorts of people seem to treat any minority they write or speak on the behalf of as mindless toddlers really says something.

I’m all for self indulgent power fantasies but does it not get tiring writing stories that remind you of how shitty the current climate is? Literal everyone, with a few exceptions, are kind of sick of it.
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They don't have any frame of reference aside from the current climate. To them not having a para-palegic albino eskimo midget with a club foot and syphillis is just as unthinkable as you leaving out the word "The" in your book.

It really shows when you look at the story even a little close.

Where are the characters standing? What are they wearing? What do they look like? Do they stand perfectly still as they speak? Is the world on freeze frame as they talk?

The whole "pare it to the bone then shave some more", and "never use adverbs" and "never use adjectives" and "never use tropes" have led to grey blobs blathering at each other in a gray voice that is perfectly still.

Even the combat scenes and battle scenes are suffering from it.

To quote a great philosopher: You might not have noticed it, but your brain did.
 
Jet Fuel Johnny said:
They don't have any frame of reference aside from the current climate. To them not having a para-palegic albino eskimo midget with a club foot and syphillis is just as unthinkable as you leaving out the word "The" in your book.

It really shows when you look at the story even a little close.

Where are the characters standing? What are they wearing? What do they look like? Do they stand perfectly still as they speak? Is the world on freeze frame as they talk?

The whole "pare it to the bone then shave some more", and "never use adverbs" and "never use adjectives" and "never use tropes" have led to grey blobs blathering at each other in a gray voice that is perfectly still.

Even the combat scenes and battle scenes are suffering from it.

To quote a great philosopher: You might not have noticed it, but your brain did.
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but then how can I be able to envision them however I want? those dang pesky physical descriptors hurt me feelings, yea know? /sneed

real talk, describing a character is not a sin as long as it doesn't take half a page to do it. Just as long as those traits give some insight on the character, then it's fine.
 
weirdMcGee said:
or maybe they just wanted to sell the hack and slash elements more? Sure I have my personal grievances with BABD but I got to be honest, unless it's the whole point, cheesecake doesn't add anything to the story. It's mainly there as a hook.
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In Bayonetta the cheesecake actually serves a purpose. The boiler plate is that she's a woman that displays some kind of sexuality plus she's a witch killing angels with BDSM moves while fighting church who don't like either of those things blah blah blah standard explanation.

But more importantly is that the cheesecake is part of the comedy, Bayonetta is a really funny game just like the DMC series where you laugh out loud at certain points. At least I did. Dante getting an electric guitar in hell that shoots lightning bolts then doing a butt rock solo while stage fireworks go off isn't a cool moment, it's a hilarious moment. Bayonetta is like that as well, the nun intro actually made me look over the shoulder hoping that no one would walk in and see me playing it, even though I was alone in my apartment. The twist is that the sexuality in the comedy(cutscenes) is intentionally uncomfortable and cheesy to the player, it's not erotic in any way in my opinion. It really, really hams it up. Again, just like DMC does with its cool factor. Both of those series are cheesy as fuck and really funny. Raiden running around Arsenal Gear naked while cupping his dick and balls is more sexual than those two games combined.
 
Smaug's Smokey Hole said:
In Bayonetta the cheesecake actually serves a purpose. The boiler plate is that she's a woman that displays some kind of sexuality plus she's a witch killing angels with BDSM moves while fighting church who don't like either of those things blah blah blah standard explanation.

But more importantly is that the cheesecake is part of the comedy, Bayonetta is a really funny game just like the DMC series where you laugh out loud at certain points. At least I did. Dante getting an electric guitar in hell that shoots lightning bolts then doing a butt rock solo while stage fireworks go off isn't a cool moment, it's a hilarious moment. Bayonetta is like that as well, the nun intro actually made me look over the shoulder hoping that no one would walk in and see me playing it, even though I was alone in my apartment. The twist is that the sexuality in the comedy(cutscenes) is intentionally uncomfortable and cheesy to the player, it's not erotic in any way in my opinion. It really, really hams it up. Again, just like DMC does with its cool factor. Both of those series are cheesy as fuck and really funny. Raiden running around Arsenal Gear naked while cupping his dick and balls is more sexual than those two games combined.
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Satire and joking around don't matter to BABD, they'll still throw a fit over scantly-clad ladies.
 
Grumpy Pickle Rick said:
That what he says on his profile but I think that’s just a lie given his recent posts on ‘empowered men’.
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He's absolutely doing the male feminist thing where he's sort of trying to back up into that sphere to appear non-threatening(and hide his erection), sort of like a sperm swimming backwards so it appears that it was not actually trying to impregnate the egg.
 
weirdMcGee said:
describing a character is not a sin as long as it doesn't take half a page to do it
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I subscribe to Sax Rohmer school of "anyone mildly important is getting described 20 times by different other characters" with minor in Robert Jordan's "I will make you visualise all those clothes even if it kills me" and I WILL fight you IRL.
 
Smaug's Smokey Hole said:
It starts off kinda good, it felt like it could be wrapped up as a trilogy at most, but then there's 13 more books that are 1000 pages long because I guess it sold well, then the author died from undiagnosed George RR Martin syndrome before the series was finished.
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On the plus side, the stories were eventually completed based on notes. I doubt we'll ever see the end of ASOIAF because GRRM is such a fat lazy fuck more concerned with political sperging than doing his job and finishing a book after 10 years of waiting.
 
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