Silentpony said:
SNIP. (forgive the snip but this will be a long post and I don't wanna make it longer than necessary, if I forget anything, by all means call me out on it)
(Quoted remarks are my paraphrasing for both berevity and clarification as to which aspect I'm responding too)
"Why do Bayonetta's writers get a free pass?"
Because of authorial intent... in my opinion at least. I view her character as being yes, sexual, but her sexuality is on a level so absurd and out there, that realistically many would be turned off by it (speaking from experience here, that's not to say sexually strong women intimidate or turn me off, but being on the receiving end of hyper sexuality especially unprovoked or unwarranted was indeed off putting and even a little frightening to me, but that's my personal experience, judge me as you will by all means) that's not to say I find such things a negative, if that's what you're into cool)... but the fact the character owns her sexuality it's all instigated by her, not at the behest of another character is what changes the context here in my opinion.
"What about the ME3 uproar?"
Well I'd dare to venture that's because of the differing narrative offered by the game, Bayonetta is a linear narrative, her personality is pre-defined, with Shepard (Femm or otherwise) her/his personality is defined by player input, so having such input render into 3 basically the same endings would remove player agency from a game series based entirely around player agency. In Bayonetta, you're along for the ride, not a part of it, thus having a lack of story agency is a different matter entirely, it's difference between reading a novel and playing a DnD character essentially... and no one likes their DnD character being railroaded.
"The Tomb Raider scene."
Having not played that game, I wouldn't dare to venture a guess about the context of the scene, you have me stumped here my friend and I'll need to look into it further to ascertain where it stands in my opinion.
That said, I maintain (as an Art Doctorate,) that no subject should be outside the purview of art, as horrendous as Rape is and no one should have to go through it, artistic and authorial intent and context are everything, if it was designed to shock for the sake of shocking... poor show all round. Regardless, I'm too ill informed to comment on this properly so forgive my answers lack of conviction here.
"Assassins Creed Unity and Women."
As others have said this is more to do with historical evidence then anything, but again having not played the game, I have no comment, as I understand it that whole thing was a fuster cluck with one team saying one thing and another saying something different, but what it comes down to is all players see themselves as the protagonist and thus all PC's in the campaign are portrayed as male to better map the movements of other players. Again, I could be wrong and I'll even admit, that sounds a little hand wavey from myself, so I'm curious as to what the in game reasoning is, until I have that, I wouldn't deign to comment further beyond a simple shrug and a "I honestly don't know."
"DOA XBV"
Again having never played this franchise despite an innate desire too play the first one when it came out (I was 17, what do you expect?), I wouldn't dare to comment beyond this: It seems in DOA whilst yes, the cheese cake is apparent and the main focus, it's the female characters lack of ability in this game that seems to drag it down, yes the girls are in bikinis, but they are there for what? To frolic in the sun to earn gradually more revealing bikini's to be dressed in with discernible reward or stat boost to gain? It's more voyeuristic than actively sexual or sexualised. Bayonetta on the other hand uses her clothes (lack there of?) as a literal weapon, it's empowering to her as a character (literally) and as such informs her personality, the way she moves, the way she fights and the way she enjoys herself, in a way the DOA characters don't seem too.
Closing off, again I'm sorry if I've missed any context here, please point it out to me if I have and I'll do my best to address it.
Reasonable Atheist said:
Dam the internet for being filled with you useless TeaJWs, Coffee is clearly the superior hot beverage, you are just trying to get attention and rushing to the defense of beverages that never asked for your help! There is no such thing as a beverage-archy, it is a silly mith perpetuated by tea drinking bleeding hearts. We will not give in to your tea drinking socialist agenda, us proud coffee drinkers will continue to publicly drink as much coffee as we like and you will just need to tolerate it. Hot beverages are an art and we can consume whatever type we like. There is simply not a large enough market for your type of tea drinkers in this country, you faux-brit tea drinking freedom hater!
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I was hoping someone would respond like that. Although, I'm a true Brit... such cultural white washing... DUN DELETE MY NATIONALITY. D:
Darth_Payn said:
OK, that "sex is always positive" line got a full belly laugh from me! What you said about sexuality being exaggerated brings to mind what Yahtzee said about that: "Just because its portrayal is "ironic" doesn't mean somebody isn't getting off to it."
I'd ask you quote me in context please: "Because when done right, sex is always positive" see the removal of the "WHEN DONE RIGHT" changes the context in incredible ways and ways that infer a lot of potential unpleasantness... so please, don't misquote me again.
Now to address your main point: Absolutely, just because something is "ironic" doesn't mean someone isn't jacking off to it, but why is that a bad thing? People are turned on by all manner of things, from girls in jeans and sweaters to men in jock straps lifting weights, the means of how someone is turned on are so varied and wild, who are we to judge what others find sexually alluring or don't?