I’m more surprised that he didn’t make it nanomachines again. That’s not the answer to everything, Hideo!
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lime@feddit.nu 1 day agoi mind when there’s some weird-ass rationalisation for the creator’s barely disguised fetish. when asked why 2B was styled that way, yoko taro said “i like looking at girls”. when asked why quiet was styled like that, hideo kojima said “when you find out the reason, you will be ashamed of your words and deeds” only for the reason to be fucking nonsense.
just own it man, geez.
Aeri@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can I be real I like it when it’s both.
I have personal characters for stuff and they’re very much designed in a way where I am attracted to them. I think a visually striking appearance is better than looking like a generic lump of metal robot dude. I’ll get out a bullhorn and say “SHES SHAPED LIKE THIS BECAUSE ITS HOT”
At the same time a rational in universe reason they look like that or have xyz feature is also fun and useful for storytelling.
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
but that’s still owning it! most people like or are fine with sexy characters, as long as it fits the setting. quiet is infamous because not only is she at odds with her environment, the creator actively lambasted people on twitter for pointing that out. quiet is a weird character.
Aeri@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah I’m not arguing in favor of Quiet though. All I’m saying is I like taking ownership of my reasoning combined with at least some semi plausible explanation. I think it’s fair to delineate that from pure “Made a sexy girl because I like sexy girls”.
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
hmm, maybe. the basic reason is the same, but caring about world coherency means it’s not just a matter of titillation.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Liking pretty women isn’t a fetish
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
no, but exhibitionism is.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Wearing a bikini top in hot weather isn’t exhibitionism.
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
look ricky, i know you’re reasonable. we’re not talking about the character in a vacuum, we’re talking about kojimas extreme defense of what would otherwise have been accepted as just standard fanservice, and the fact that the excuse was so flimsy. quiet doesn’t fit into her setting, sure. that happens in a lot of japanese media. but kojima made such a big deal about it before release that she somehow fits in worse than if he had said nothing.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 day ago
Can you really call it exhibitionism if it’s a constructed storyline?
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
not sure how to answer that actually.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
If it has to be sexual than it wouldn’t be possible. This is the real question.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 day ago
So it licking feet. Nothing to be ashamed of
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 day ago
Man, I heard people talk aboit Tarantino’s foot fetish, and I had not really looked closely at it until I went to see Kill Bill in a theater a few months ago. Now this is a movie I have watched a LOT, but after the 6th time we got a close up of Uma Thurman’s feet, 20 feet tall on the screen, god, I realized then who people pointed out his foot problem.
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
absolutely. but trying to deflect it like kojumbo did shows that he definitely was ashamed.