Nessa is NOT oversexualized.
You know, in fact, Nessa is not sexualized at ALL. I am so tired of seeing this:
I will preface this by saying: I am black. I am female. if you tell others âlisten to black/female voices on the matterâ then here one is. here is a black female voice. listen to me.
The thing most people say is that Nessaâs outfit is too revealing. Well, my question is, why isnât Mistyâs? Or Jessieâs? I mean, thereâs even more examples, like Shauna from Hoenn, or Gardenia. What about Shellyâs original design from the R/S games?
Letâs start with Misty,
We are now finished with Misty.
And, well, I shouldnât have to bring up Jessie, but I will anyway.
Woah! Do you see that? Her top is- is so TIGHT! and her skirt? Oh jeez, and her BOOTS? Sheâs practically a hooker! this isnât safe for kids!
That was all sarcasm. This is how you sound when you bring up this double standard for Nessa. You know what, letâs just take a look at Nessa vs Jessie right now.
Alright so we see that their tops are⊠basically the same thing, except for the fact that one is a shirt and the other is, you know, a bikini. for swimming. because she is the water type gym leader. Oh but letâs not forget that sheâs showing oh so much SKIN! Itâs about the same as Jessie give or take some inches due to the angle of Jessieâs picture vs Nessaâs.
And as I will likely say many more times in this post, Nessaâs top covers her thiddies because she is wearing a bikini. thats what bikinis do. they cover the bare minimum of your body in order for you to legally be in public while also enjoying the water. Should also point out that sheâs wearing swimming shorts, so in a way, sheâs more covered up than most people who wear bikinis, Misty included.
Finally, for this section of the argument, Shauna, Shelly, and Garden Girl.
Shauna (or Tessa, or whatever), from Hoenn, looks like this:
Pretty revealing clothing, huh? Well what if I told you, this ALSO is not oversexualized? This is an outfit used for the ease of fighting. She is a Battle Girl, a character with no real personality within games, but is an actual character within the anime. Minor, but a character nonetheless.
Now just take a good look at her outfit. Dang, itâs kinda familiar, isnât it? Oh yeah, thatâs because itâs the exact same outfit Nessa wears.
I shouldnât have to go deeper into this, but I will for just a second.
Garden Girl (Gardenia) she wears a weak ass poncho over her shirt that, even though itâs long sleeved, is not at all a SHIRT. you can see exactly where it ends and, would you look at THAT!
Itâs the SAME PLACE!!!! WHOA!!!!!! THIS IS SO WILD MY GUYS!!!!
BUT IâM NOT DONE YET, BECAUSE THEREâS A WHOLE NEXT SECTION AFTER THIS ONE, SO JUST HOLD ON TIGHT FELLAS!
Sheâs a little small, not my fault sheâs from Ruby and Sapphire. This is Shelly. No, not that ORAS Shelly. This is the original R/S Shelly. and sheâs well- sheâs justâ WEARING NOTHING! you see cleavage in a KIDâS game! This is just baffling, fellas!
Now Iâm just as tired talking about other scantily clad anime girls as you are, so why not move onto our second section.
âNintendo is always sexualizing their darkskin/black characters!!!!â
Sooooo sexualized! Oh, you didnât mean JUST pokemon characters? Well this has no fucking reason to even be considered an argument when weâre talking strictly about pokemon, but ok. Iâll address it.
THE MALE AND FEMALE OCTOLINGS ARE DRESSED THE SAME! THE GIRL IS WEARING A SKIRT BECAUSE SHEâS FEMININE AND HER HEELS ARE VERY TALL!
ALSO DARK SKIN IS NOT THE ONLY CHOICE, YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE SKIN!!
You people are just choosing to be stupid.
Thatâs it! Iâm going BONKERS! I canât do this anymore, guys! STOP SAYING BLACK WOMEN NEED TO COVER UP! STOP SETTING A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR DARKSKIN WOMEN IN MEDIA! YOU DO NOT DO THIS FOR ANY OTHER RACE OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN NESSA AND YOU KNOW YOU DONT!
STOP BEING FAKE WOKE! YOUâRE NOT DOING ANY BLACK PERSON OR WOMAN A FAVOR FOR PRETENDING TO CARE ABOUT RACISM/SEXISM! IF ANYTHING, YOU ARE THE RACISTS! ITâS JUST SO FUNNY HOW NOW YOU DECIDE TO COME UP WITH FUN QUIRKY LITTLE REDESIGNS, WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR MISTY? WHERE WAS IT FOR JESSIE? I DONâT SEE A SINGLE REDESIGN FOR SHAUNA OR SHELLY OR EVEN ORAS SHELLY!
YOU DONâT CARE. YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT NESSA OR BLACK WOMEN. YOU CARE ABOUT MAKING YOURSELF FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN WEARING SWIMSUITS TRIGGERS SOMETHING IN YOU TO GO HOG GODDAMN WILD AND SCRIBBLE ON A WETSUIT OR A ONCE PIECE.
YOU AINâT SLICK. AND YOU AINâT GETTING AWAY WITH THIS RACISM!
TAKE THIS L, ITâS ON ME.