if i could travel into a fictional universe and bring only one object with me, i would go to the stranger things world to give dustin henderson one of those high tech light-up lightsabers. it’s what he deserves.
I want to talk about how the character is sexualized by men who call themselves "fans" of tlou. And how I would cut off my own hand to prove that I'm sure it's only men who make these disgusting montages. How do I know that? Because all the women who like Ellie (think she's a pretty character, whatever) like her the way she is in the game. Dirty with blood, telling men to fuck off and being our beloved angry lesbian. That said, you can see the difference in the way men look at her and how they'd like to see her, they change her body, her face. Just to make her look "feminine" (in a totally disgusting way). And they also mainly use images of a pre-teen Ellie (14 years old) in sexual images. The point is this: men don't see a female character as something strong, capable, with an interesting story. They see them as something they can masturbate to and be weird about. And that's why when a female character isn't created in a sexualized way, they get so angry. Because, for them, that's all women in stories, films and games are good for, to be seen as something only sexual. Anyway, I've written a lot and I haven't even got to the point of heteronormativity and homophobic people.
*I know that not all men think like that and are disgusting like that. But unfortunately in the gaming universe, they are the majority 🤗
(Yes, my English must be shit, pay for a language course if you don't like it. Bye 💋)