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[Dr.Morris79]

That girl from The last of us 2.

 

[Shaqazooloo]

Rinkah from Fire Emblem Fates.

 

[llien]

What I am saying is that very muscular man were also/often considered ugly/stupid/rare/fetish before the 60's.

Hanfred Bogart was considerd a real man. Things have changed and may keep changing.

But yes, I like the SFV design.

Did we even have Schwarzenegger style muscular men back then?
Some movie stars males not being that muscular is obviously true (but also look at, e.g. Jean Marais), but muscular men being considered ugly... can you give an example?

 

[GymWolf]

Diablo 3 female barbarian (she kinda looks like a buffed but still more sexy aloy from hzd)

 

[GreyHorace]

Bioware where famous SJW even before it was cool. They where after all one of the few who allowed protagonists to have homosexual romance between characters and depicted it seriously.

I'm well aware of Bioware's SJW leanings. But they weren't exactly overt with it until Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3. Back then they managed to handle it with subtlety, and not the 'hit you over the head' progressiveness that constitutes a lot of their efforts today.

But that's what makes Aveline such a pleasant surprise as a character. Despite her masculine traits and attitude, she embraces her femininity and doesn't reject it like some stereotype. I was honestly shocked that Bioware was able to write such a character with competence. Did I mention she's my favorite companion in Dragon Age 2?

She-Hulk on the other hand didn't begin like the character she is today. Her current image was pretty much an accident, as the character was created pretty much to avoid a potential licence loss AND NO OTHER REASON! Upon Marvel realizing they might have a feminist icon on their hand (they became rather sensitive after the rape of miss Marvel 5 years ago after all), and after a few writers who managed to be woke and smart at the same time, only then she reached her current status.

Even with the above, she's curiously allowed to keep her sexuality , unlike her male counterpart that becomes as dumb blob of muscle and rage. So rather than becoming an inhuman monster, she becomes a different fetish.
Lets not forget that despite all the above better traits, she's still not considered nearly as popular as her male counterpart. Hulk is now a staple of the Cinematic universe, while She-hulk was only considered as a Netflix adaptation at some point, and they didn't even go through with that.

Eh... I wouldn't call any of the writers who built She-Hulk 'woke'. Especially John Byrne, who drew scenes like this:

Does that look like the type of scene SJWs would approve of? Perhaps comic writers back then knew how to make female characters sexy and interesting without having the resort to woke virtual signaling.

 

[cireza]

Milda from Grandia.

 

[Self]

but muscular men being considered ugly... can you give an example?

In the sense of unnatural/artificial/fetish. Just ask elderly people of that generation or people of asian culture in general.
In Japan they were mostly treated as weirdos or even gay.

 

[Paracelsus]

In the sense of unnatural/artificial/fetish. Just ask elderly people of that generation or people of asian culture in general.
In Japan they were mostly treated as weirdos or even gay.

are*, Bara culture is still a thing.
"Hot Ryu" is a bara bait almost more than female pandering.

 

[llien]

Diablo 3 female barbarian (she kinda looks like a buffed but still more sexy aloy from hzd)

Lindsey Vonn.

 

[Ulysses 31]

 

[Yoshi]

Rinkah from Fire Emblem Fates.

Came to post her.

 

[Yoshi]

Ayla from Chrono Trigger is not extremely muscular, but quite:

 

[Spukc]

Newt in XC2.

Camel toes

 

[Danjin44]

Camel toes

I personally LOVE this design, its crazy over the top and something you could see in one of the Trigger’s show like in Kill la Kill.

 

[GymWolf]

Hanna from suikoden 2

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

This thread should be enough to show that a fictional woman can be muscular and strong without being de-feminized to the point that the only feminine trait left is the voice. Fighting games have been showing this since the early 90s, to be frank, and some of those characters are still loved today.

Yet, guess what kind of crowd would have an aneurysm seeing 3/4 of the pics posted here, close the thread and ban half the posters due to a colourful variety of reasons?

 

[Nankatsu]

Michiru - Yakuza 3.

 

[Kharnivore2099]

Probably most female characters in fighting games. Weaponlord definitely has some muscular women!

 

[Kamina]

Muscular females are fine and often nice to look at.
What is weird is when a female character is looking more like a man, with muscles like a men that maybe even physically overpowers several men, soemtimes at the same time. Thats just “progressive” bullcrap.

 

[Clarissa]

Ladiva from Granblue Fantasy Versus

Estel from Streets Of Rage 4

 

[thelastword]

Strong muscular women in video games is nothing new.

Exactly, it's something I was thinking too. There have been so many games with muscular girls, lots of games with lesbians too......Fear Effect, Life is strange, Mass Effect.....and pretty much any of your competitive shooters like Overwatch, Apex etc.....You will probably find some muscular girls or lesbians. So why so much outrage on Naughty Dog's game? It's not the first and won't be the last by any stretch.....It's just that LOU is probably the biggest game ever depicting such characters...….

 

[thelastword]

Oh I meant to post this......Mods could you edit it into my prior post......There is nothing new about muscular women in games....

 

[Yoshi]

Oh I meant to post this......Mods could you edit it into my prior post......There is nothing new about muscular women in games....

There have been several examples of old games with muscular women. This image does not really look like a strong example of that.

 

[Self]

Muscular females are fine and often nice to look at.
What is weird is when a female character is looking more like a man

Yea, I think that golden axe always had the right balance between muscular man and woman. At least back in the days. One has to look closely, but the girls always had very trained bodies.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Does that look like the type of scene SJWs would approve of? Perhaps comic writers back then knew how to make female characters sexy and interesting without having the resort to woke virtual signaling.

the assumption is that before woke culture there was no women, no characters that were not "white", etc. In any media, they were erased, or mis-represented. That is, until the inclusion and diversity experts came in and saved the day on twitter and other media, they generously offered (via blackmail) their expertise as highly paid consultants to any media creators, books, tv, cinema, comics, video games, now we are saved from harmful stereotypes, objectification, lack of representation, erasure, etc.

Obviously they do their work so well that often they will get upset at products that completely embrace their guidance .

 

[Aion002]

Lena from Epic Seven:

 

[Jon Neu]

What I am saying is that very muscular man were also/often considered ugly/stupid/rare/fetish before the 60's.

Yes, Apolo, Adonis, Hercules...

All considered unattractive and not the cuspid of masculinity at all for centuries and centuries.

Remember Marlon Brando:

 

[GreyHorace]

Yea, I think that golden axe always had the right balance between muscular man and woman. At least back in the days. One has to look closely, but the girls always had very trained bodies.

And guess who's the most popular character in that series?

It ain't Axe Battler that's for sure.

the assumption is that before woke culture there was no women, no characters that were not "white", etc. In any media, they were erased, or mis-represented. That is, until the inclusion and diversity experts came in and saved the day on twitter and other media, they generously offered (via blackmail) their expertise as highly paid consultants to any media creators, books, tv, cinema, comics, video games, now we are saved from harmful stereotypes, objectification, lack of representation, erasure, etc.

Obviously they do their work so well that often they will get upset at products that completely embrace their guidance .

Case in point.

We went from She Hulk to this? Fucking 'ell. Marvel deserves to burn to the ground if this is the best idea they can come up with.

 

[Ballthyrm]

Parkour all day, everyday.
That some crazy cardio if you ask me.

 

[Labolas]

Ladiva from Granblue Fantasy Versus

....fun character though.

 

[TGO]

Muscles don't mean jack, watch that TV show Man Vs Bear and you'll see
Even women that are built like bodybuilders lose to an average man or woman.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Muscles don't mean jack, watch that TV show Man Vs Bear and you'll see
Even women that are built like bodybuilders lose to an average man or woman.

The Tamikka Brents, former MMA champion, that lost to a transwomen said she never felt so overpowered in a fight in her entire life. >.>

 

[Pantz]

 

[Sethbacca]

Overwatch's Zarya comes to mind

Gods but I love Stefania Ferrario. Death by Snu Snu please.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Case in point.

We went from She Hulk to this? Fucking 'ell. Marvel deserves to burn to the ground if this is the best idea they can come up with.

Man and woman are the exact same thing!

 

[Kamina]

Man and woman are the exact same thing!

Exactly, because trans-women just have a female penis.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Exactly, because trans-women just have a female penis.

It's just a giant clit!

 

[EverydayBeast]

I don't get why this would be an issue though... lol like game designers have to follow your fantasy and only yours. Seeing how it bothers people I hope they create more

Even though they won't I wish the DBZ creators would focus more on Kefla.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Yes, Apolo, Adonis, Hercules...

All considered unattractive and not the cuspid of masculinity at all for centuries and centuries.

Remember Marlon Brando:

Actually he is not built at all, just what a regular working man looks like (obviously he did not eat fast food).

 

[GymWolf]

Actually he is not built at all, just what a regular working man looks like (obviously he did not eat fast food).

Lol...dude i know a shitload of people who do physical work and you need a pretty good genetic to look like that just by working, i started doing warehouse work with heavy stuff at 11 years old breaking my ass for 9 hours a day and i was obese before starting body building.

Also not build at all? Wtf? Do you see his arms and shoulders and traps? Brando has a better body than half of the people in my gym in terms of aestethic and proportions...

 

[MisterBrimstone]

OP's dick must be on fire from dry stroking by now.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Didn't see Blaze mentioned yet, but she gets my vote!

 

[HE1NZ]

Pharah is a gym enthusiast.

 

[Jtibh]

How many are out there? Post a pic. I'll start:

Should be muscular but attractive.
Everything else is just gay

 

[Whitesnake]

Shina the Leopard — Bloody Roar

Blue Mary - King of Fighters

 

[Guilty_AI]

Dana Zane from VA-11 Hall A:

 

[Nankatsu]

Pharah is a gym enthusiast.

Damn, that's Pharah? The time I played Overwatch she looked like a giant bird megazord.

 

[darth.shrimp]

Not the most "muscular, but two women from Blazblue you don't want to mess with:

 

[TGO]

The Tamikka Brents, former MMA champion, that lost to a transwomen said she never felt so overpowered in a fight in her entire life. >.>

You know when I was younger I knew a girl that was built like a tank.
She was like a rugby player and was the same size as me and was 3 years younger too, And I'm not exactly small. but she would mouth off at everybody.
I guess her logic was she was big and could take on the boys.... Until she hit the wrong one that did retaliate back.
She got beaten like a dude and it wasn't even a fair fight.
Dude was younger and smaller and ragged her round like bear would a man

 

[HE1NZ]

Damn, that's Pharah? The time I played Overwatch she looked like a giant bird megazord.

Yep, that's Pharah!