I feel like a good example of why the “gamer bro” stereotype is massively inaccurate is the reaction to the leaked slides from ninja theory about redesigning Dante. Like, the stereotype gamer bro reaction to “DANTE ISNT A GAY COWBOY!!” would be “you’re damn right he’s no fucking queer!” But literally everyone I know of who the gamer bro stereotype could be applied to reacted with “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DANTE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GAY COWBOY”
In DMC3 he literally runs around in leather pants and leather duster with no shirt underneath.
As absurdly flamboyant as possible has always been his style.
DMCV gives him a new weapon that’s a literal fucking demon cowboy hat that makes his enemies explode while he does Jojo poses, the only reason he’s NOT a gay cowboy is the implications he’s shown attraction to women.
Have I watched the movie in the last decade or more? No. Do I have iron clad evidence to support my argument? Yes.
1. She’s the most knowledgeable about candy. She’s committed to it, and knows her stuff. When Wonka holds up a little yellow piece across the room, she recognizes it immediately. She was able to switch to candy bars for the sake of the contest, so we know she has personal discipline and is goal oriented. Also, two major projects play directly into her strong suits: the 3-course-meal gum that Wonka failed to make safe (gum) and the neverending gobstopper (longevity).
2. She’s the most fit to run a business. Violet is competitive, determined, hard working, and willing to take risks. Her father is a small town car salesman and politician, so she could easily pick up knowledge and support from him. (Veruca’s dad is also a business man, and in a compatible market (nuts), but it’s made very clear that Veruca has no respect or knowledge of business practices or hard work.)
3. She’s the most sympathetic to the Oompa Loompas. She critiques Veruca when Veruca demands to buy one. More importantly, Wonka has been testing the 3-course-meal gum that ‘always goes wrong’ on Oompa Loompas while he presumably just watches. Violet is ready to put herself on the front line, instead of treating the Oompa Loompas as disposable, and would therefore be a better boss.
4. Her personality ‘flaw’ is the most fitting for the company. In the moralizing Oompa Loompa song, they just say ‘gum is pretty cool, but it’s not socially acceptable to chew it all day‘. The thing is, we already know that she can stop if she wants, because she already did that to win the golden ticket. And yeah, she is defensive about the perceived impoliteness of her hobby (like when her mother tries to shame her about her habit during a televised interview) but the obsession with candy and neglect of social norms is EXACTLY what Wonka is all about. This is on brand.
5. Her misstep in the factory is reasonable. Wonka shows everyone a candy he’s very proud of. Violet is like “oh sick, that’s gum, my special interest.” Wonka is then pulls a “WRONG! It’s amazing gum!” So in the very moments before she takes the gum Wonka has mislead her just to belittle her. So when he’s like “I wouldn’t do that” why should she give a shit what he has to say? She’s not like Charlie over here who’s all “Sure Gramps, let’s stay behind while the tour leaves and secretly drink this thing that has been explicitly stated to fill you with gas and is too powerful for safe consumption, oh and also I just saw what happened to Violet so I actually KNOW what this stuff can be capable of” Also, Violet is not selfish about her experience, she tells everyone what she’s tasting and feeling, and everyone is eager to hear it. Taking a personal risk to share knowledge with everyone. Violet is Prometheus: fact.
So Augustus contaminates the chocolate river. Charlie sneaks around and contaminates the vent walls. Veruca destroys and disrupts the workspace. Mike knows exactly what will happen to him and transports/shrinks himself deliberately. Violet had no idea what the gum could potentially do to her, and caused no harm to anyone or anything but herself.
Lastly: Can you imagine Charlie filling Wonka’s shoes? That passive, naive boy? Violet is already basically Wonka. She’s passionate, sarcastic, candy-obsessed, free thinking, and a total firecracker. She’s even better than Wonka, because she doesn’t endanger others.
Violet should’ve been picked to inherit the chocolate factory.
“I have done research and the reason there aren’t many statistics is because this does not happen”
YOU ABSOLUTE WALNUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT. YOU CLAIM TO BE PRO WOMEN AND THEN DENY THAT WOMEN EVEN ABUSE EACH OTHER AT ALL.
Maybe the reason why there aren’t stats on this is because most countries define rape exclusively as “forced penetration” and say that only men can commit rapes according to law. When your definition of rape is that, OF COURSE THERE AREN’T GOING TO BE F/F RAPE STATS.
“I wasn’t talking about girls fighting each other”
You literally said “it’s rare for women to physically or sexually hurt each other” and you’re telling me I took it out of context. You’re just adding context post haste to avoid getting caught.
And you wonder why I don’t agree with radfems when you all speak to people who don’t believe you in such arrogant and condescending ways.
This was typed into a computer or smartphone by a rich movie star and sent over wifi and posted to the internet in a country with a standard of living so high that people from other countries are trying desperately to enter illegally, because being a poor illegal immigrant in the US is preferable to being middle class in others.
Fuck Mark Hamill and his virtue signalling.
I love mark hammil but yeah I gotta disagree with him here
Yeah it’s very apparent that most of Hollywood has started believing very extreme left wing rhetoric and it’s getting kind of disturbing. Even mostly pure actors like Mark Hammil aren’t exempt.
It’s almost like they’re doing this to hide the fact that Hollywood for the most part is an awful industry where people are sexually and mentally abused all the time.
This feels very much like someone who believes only they get to say mean stuff.
Also ignores the fact loads of other game devs reached out to the people at telltale (im presuming this is about that but correct me if im wrong) who lost their jobs and offered them positions at their companies
The irony in all this is that Ian Miles Cheong was involved in GamerGate…
On the anti-gamer side.
He may have redpilled and gone to work for Rupert, but it’s still funny seeing them call him “alt-right” and a gamer.
I get that getting an overwhelming tide of disagreement, criticism and negativity is a lot to deal with, but that isn’t harassment. It’s a million people, each individuals, taking umbrage with what you said.
It isn’t coordinated.
If you got up on stage in front of a million people and said something fucking stupid and 10,000 of them started booing you, that’s not harassment. Even though, yes, it might seem scary to have 10,000 people all jeering at you, that isn’t harassment.
Bitch I was fuckin put out of work because of cunty morons who didn’t like my comics. Voluntarily leaving Twitter because people don’t like your comics is not a big deal at all.
I mean, sympathies for having to deal with stupid assholes, but similarly, fuck you.
Pssst, nobody tell Olive that women have been playable in video games since the freaking Odyssey… >_>
Amnesiac awareness should be on the rise, really.
Seriously though, reading past the obvious trolls and looking at actual criticism (Not just of the lying comic, but of the lying games journalists who push this false narrative) you find the truth.
Which, if my timing in this case is right, is about the new Battlefield title featuring a woman with steampunk style prosthesis.
In World War I.
What gets me pissed is that I am pretty sure that the liars KNOW exactly what we are actually criticizing, but they push this divisive, political bullshit as an easy way out of addressing the grievances laid forth.
And many of gaming’s most popular female characters are women. In fact, many gamers complained when Samus was wimpified in Other M, enough to put the series’ future in serious jeopardy.
Something tells me the artist didn’t actually check for herself, just believed The Narrative.
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Pssst, nobody tell Olive that women have been playable in video games since the freaking Odyssey… >_>
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ok good, this was what i was going to say.
since when have men/gamers *actually* complained about the mere ability to play a female character (with the reasoning being because they don’t like women)? i think there was some hubbub in some game a few years ago about them delaying the playable female character for some kind of goofy/lame development excuses…. but that’s not hating women….
so when have gamers/male gamers ever vocally complained about the option to play female characters for actual misogynistic reasons? that’s what the comic seems to be stating…. oh wait, that’s why i can’t figure it out, because that’s never fucking happened lol. “i hate women so i don’t think we should be able to play them in a game”, that’s what these idiots think is going on? funny… for people who consider themselves gamers, they don’t seem to know anything about them….
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i think there was some hubbub in some game a few years ago about them delaying the playable female character for some kind of goofy/lame development excuses…. but that’s not hating women….
Have…..have they heard of damn near any game in the last 15 years?
These are people who think gamers hate women and minorities so I’m going to assume that they haven’t, because they don’t play games. They see games as “Capitalist toys for capitalist drones” or some bullshit.
It also seems like they only pull the “40% of gamers are women” truth when it’s CONVENIENT TO THEM. Otherwise they forget this fact and assume all gamers are men.
Collectivist language. One of if not THE main reasons why I don’t agree with radical feminism. Women are individuals. We aren’t “sisters” unless it’s about your real sisters or cousins.
“women rarely ever harm each other in physical or sexual ways”
Girls who went through early puberty would like to have a word with you. Elementary school girls can be creepy, nasty gremlins when it comes to their classmates development. Hell, even OJAMAJO DOREMI, a children’s cartoon, alluded to this with male AND female classmates making sexual remarks about a girl’s breasts.
Girls who went to public/government schools would like to have a word with you as well. I have volunteered at government schools for social service, the girls, just like the boys, get into literal physical fights over midday meals. I have seen female children punching, biting, and kicking each other JUST LIKE BOYS. The tendency to get into physical fights is not related to gender, it is related to poverty.
You keep assuring me that you speak on those issues, but I have yet to see a radfem actually back that up and instead give me meaningless platitudes. You even showed your real intentions in the way you write, you seem to believe that women hurting each other is something that hardly ever happens, when it very much does, especially in extremist circles.
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