@Feminist Frequency.
If you're reading this, then, thank you, for taking the time to click the link in my Youtube comment, to see what I have to say in its fullest. It tells me that you have an open mind, which is good, because it means you might listen to what I have to say.
I'm an advocator of free speech, and while I'm usually the first to jump on any feministic remark like it directly insulted me, you have the right of free speech too. Simply put: the reception you're getting from your videos, while keeping in mind that this is Youtube, and they have their own rights too, only helps strengthen your argument.
When the top comment of your video is something that can get you fired for sexual harassment in a work environment, even I, the manliest defender of man, have to step back and take a sideways look at it all.
I'll save my disagreements with the video (though, really, they're mainly minor nitpicks,) and maybe walk away from this with some more insight and a more open mind. While, yes, I see the counterargument that is 'we're men and we like boobs and have the right to stare at them', there seems to be nothing in that video that says that right will be taken away. Which is good; see the right to free expression.
Instead, your video seems to be aimed more at creating a more diverse use of the female character archetype in general in video games, and expanding the sub-archetypes in the industry, eventually translating into a wider range of female characters.
It seems to me like, whether you want it to or not, you're not asking for the Mostly-Naked-Warrior or Damsel-in-distress or generally weak archetypes to go away. It seems more like you're asking for more characters to pop up who break those archetypes, are asking writers to be creative, and create more characters who are more diverse, like Leona from League of Legends.
So I'll support your project. I can't put in much now, but:
While I don't consider the industry to be very creatively stagnant, as others do, I do think there's alot of stagnation in the writing right now. It seems to me like most writers just pick out a random trope from TVTropes, and base a character around that. The same video series could probably be brought up in the portrayal of African American characters in games, and how we need more diversity, for example.
So, just to clarify, you're getting support from someone whose, as he's typing this, is running Tera in the background, and is playing a female Castanic warrior. Someone who frequently offers counterarguments to feminism and accuses most people of being white knights.
But, on that same note, someone who took one look at those comments and went 'yeah, enough is enough. Debating, arguing even, is one thing. Ignoring the points entirely and telling someone to go back to the kitchen, that's just immature.'
Also, I'll leave this message on this note:
As a writer, I already try to include a diverse variety of female characters in my writing. In fact, my deepest characters are female, and one of which, is the Aspect of freakin' Death, and she's strong, cold, a bit flawed, only a little crazy, and doesn't cook. She also killed the Grim Reaper and took his place. As a writer... I'll keep this video in mind, and at the very least, use it as enlightenment for the ideas in my work. My cast is diverse as is, but maybe I can push it farther.
In other words, I was inspired by someone who supports feminism, and I never thought I'd see the day.
inb4 I'm called a white knight whose trying to get elaid and should grow a spine (balls) and be a member of the true master race
give me a break, I thought this forum was full of autistics, not stupid people.
