RudeOnion

I'm a girl. A gamer. A nerd. I studied game design, and hope to someday lend my contributions to the industry. In the meantime, I will run my Youtube channel "RudeOnion", and write about how I feel about the games I love. UPlay Ambassador for 2014. THANK YOU, UBISOFT! Official RudeOnion FAQ

[fantastic-nonsense]

okay but the screenwriter for Thor: Ragnarok is obviously intimately aware of what it’s like to have siblings because like…the snake scene? Bickering at every opportunity? Throwing things at each other for no real reason? “You know this guy?” “I have no idea who this person is”? Smirking when your sibling does something cool because ‘nothing but respect for MY sibling’ and then turning around and punching each other in the face right afterward? Stabbing each other for fun and then going ‘oh come on you big baby, that didn’t even hurt’? The fucking ‘Get Help’ scene? Like bruh…that is some Truth in Hollywood right there

[fantastic-nonsense]

In honor of this post reaching 10K notes, I have more examples of Siblinghood Done Right in Ragnarok:

*parent leaves the area* “THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!”

“You’re just…the worst.”

*internally* bitch I am the only one that gets to kill my sibling back off!

That little conciliatory pat on the back Loki gives to Thor after Thor says “Jane and I dumped each other”

“I swear I left it right here”

*casually talking to each other about something mundane with the underlying threat of violence everpresent in both of your voices*

casual jibes and banter about the way each other dresses (“Why would I do that? I’m not a witch.” “Then why do you dress like one?”)

“YES! THAT’S WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE!”

but also the concealed worry about your sibling getting actually hurt, even though you know they’ll probably be fine

Loki’s extremely obvious eyerolling when those girls approach Thor in public and ask for a selfie

*sibling walks in while you’re trying to cause trouble and enjoy yourself* “oh shit”

[captainlordauditor]

this bit

[xspiderfanx]

@thor-appreciation-blog

[rudeonion]

You're not as clever as you think you are. Just confusing af 🤣

[kryptonians]

I’m actually a little offended because if there were ever a male Strong Female Character

it’d be Nightwing

Isn’t that right Karen?

[powergirl]

IM A LITTLE BITTER NEGL dick grayson was doing the strong female character thing IN CANON way before anyone knew who clint barton was but WHATEVER FANDOM 

WHATEVER

did I mention this isn’t fanart

really printed

ACTUAL POSE IN AN ACTUAL COMIC BOOK

tits and ASS

gratuitous and inhuman

losing clothes since 1980something

yet fandom still decides that CLINT BARTON is a better male Strong Female Character than this flawless prince smh

idg why or how that snub happened but I am protesting it

WE ALL KNOW WHO THE REAL WINNER IS

and did I mention CANON because

CANON MALE STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

CLEAR WINNER BY A LONG SHOT

DICK GRAYSON PERIOD THE END

[akaalexia-deactivated20140324]

I love Hawkeye, and the Hawkeye initiative, but this post never fails to crack me up.

Artists, what are you doing?

[btanselanoican]

I

STRONGLY

AGREE

WITH

EVERYTHING.

[yosoyleche]

Not to mention a villain actually says “I’d know that ass anywhere” when seeing Dick Grayson from behind. 

[ladywater2010]

@bikiniarmorbattledamage

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

While it remains debatable how much Nightwing’s amazing body and empowered poses balance out how women around him are depicted, Dick Grayson undoubtedly is the closest that superhero comics have to offer for us as fanservice for readers interested in men. 

The last, “I’d know that ass anywhere” image comes from his solo series that could easily be renamed "The Comic With Actual Male Objectification":

~Ozzie

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

Donnie Yen and Fans Campaigning For Him to be Cast as Namor for Marvel Studios

With recent rumors increasing about Namor the Submariner getting his own feature film in the [...]

So apparently Marvel has finally reclaimed the movie rights for Namor, the most empowered superhero and apparently Donnie Yen and his fan base have a great suggestion for who should play the lead!

I have to say, I can’t think of a man who could bring more empowerment (x):

Now that would be a comic book movie worth seeing!

- wincenworks

[rudeonion]

And nothing of any value was lost...

[rudeonion]

I want to sing my praises to Resident Evil 7 for actually being able to make a NON-SEXY female boss character who is legit SCARY AS ALL FUCK.

Take note, Dark Souls:

Take note, Diablo:

Take note, Rusty Hearts:

THIS is how you design a scary-ass bug-boss lady:

[rudeonion]

This really pissed me off, today -__-

[ultrafacts]

Source 

[hellkatsally]

These dudes are fucking legit.  They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back.  And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”

[bebinn]

The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.

In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.

Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”

The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”

[lesbian-moon-gf]

Actual tears.. hnngh

[bee-whistler]

Show me more of people like this, world. I give up on humans too easily.

[groovypirate]

where do i sign up for this,i want to be in this gang

[ultrafacts]

[haydengisearchive-deactivated20]

This is fucking amazing. It may be out of character for me to say this but rock on

[clatterbane]

Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.

Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.” ( Article)

More about BACA, from their site

[uriesays]

My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af

They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.

What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???

[kikithegirl]

NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.

[birdungehrl]

it’s back! I will always reblog BACA

[your-uncle-dave]

Damn good people.

[rowsdower-saves-us]

I know they wouldn’t consider themselves such, but these people are freaking heroes and the world is a better place because of them. 

[racethewind10]

Hey folks, it talks about this in the article but its not mentioned in this post, BACA is a 501 © (3) charity that depends in part on donations to help pay for stuff like gas for their bikes. If you want to help, consider donating. 

[drgaellon]

@copperbadge You like posting about heroes, Sam. Seems like this would be up your alley.

[copperbadge]

I love these folks! I’ve reblogged them before but it’s wonderful to see the donation information has been added. 

[rudeonion]

Are these the same bikers who stand at soldier’s funerals, blocking the families from having to see scum like the Westboro Baptists?

[mattfractionblog]

FINALLY A CHEAPER MORE PLENTIFUL Q-TIP ULTIMATE ENOUGH TO DETAIL, CLEAN, AND BUILD (?) YOUR FRAGILE FUCKING MASCULINITY

QTIPS FOR MEN MOTHERFUCKER THE TINY DOUBLE ENDED COTTONSWABBED DICKMISSILE FOR WHEN FINGERBLASTING DAT EAR CANAL AINT GETTIN R DUN AND SHIT

NOHOMO

QTIPS PARA LOS HOMBRES MAYBE NOW DAD WILL THINK YOURE A MAN

(Via https://mobile.twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/832601548404424704)

[wiiidow]

Scarlett Johansson (and Jon Favreau) discussing her hair for Iron Man 2.

[rudeonion]

Resident Evil 7 - Entire Playthrough

Parts 1-5 are all posted below! Hosted by Twitch.tv.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

[buzzfeed]

We Had Women Photoshopped Into Stereotypical Comic Book Poses And It Got Really Weird

[didi-is-spiffy-deactivated20190]

Wtf

[cosmicmoves-deactivated20170412]

the fact that it doesn’t look weird until we see it on real models says a lot bc we’re just like… conditioned to see that shit as normal

[death-g-reaper]

@boobsdontworkthatway @eschergirls

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

ninanofun submitted:

Hey!

I really wanted to do a quick redraw of the two characters from “Aurcus Online” (original post here), first the male one in the obviously empowering outfit and then the female one with more appropriate attire for combat.

What amazes me the most about this is that the male outfit is actually pretty gender neutral and doesn’t look weird on the woman, at all. You’d probably just make the collar a little smaller for a more “feminine” look and choose different boots for a lady with her body shape (like I did), but that’s it. So why on earth would you invest more precious time into developing a different version of this outfit? The “male” one even shows cleavage! Game designers never cease to confuse me.

Wonderful and empowered submission, thank you! Very much in the vein of those experiments @costumecommunityservice did way back.

I am honestly as baffled as you for why so many video game developers design separate costumes for the same character/class depending on gender instead of slightly readjusting one outfit. Somehow doing extra work specifically to alienate half of potential audience is good business practice, because… sex sells? 

Yet whenever it’s more convenient, a completely opposite rhetoric is used to justify lack of women in a game. So yeah, depending on which way the creators want to keep gaming cootie-free, female characters either have a separate budget for making them explicitly different (i.e. more sexualized) than male ones or they are too hard to render so there won’t be any. Either way, women = deviation from the norm = extra work.

~Ozzie

more about double standards | more about costume design

[rudeonion]

I really, really love that Destiny is an exception to this shitty practice.

Male Warlock King’s Fall Armor Set

Female Warlock King’s Fall Armor Set

Titan Male Alpha Lupi Chestpiece

Titan Female Alpha Lupi Chestpiece

Hunter Male Trials Gear

Hunter Female Trials Gear

I fucking love you, Bungie.

[femfreq]

Why are almost all the female characters in games slender and young? We dig deeper into gaming’s problem with body diversity in our brand new Tropes!

You can find a complete transcript of the episode on our website.

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

While body shape is not technically the focus of this blog, it is a heavily related issue simply because it basically all fits into idea that female characters are only worthwhile if they are conventionally attractive, heavily sexualized and avoid challenging too many perceptions.

For all the talk about how much people like a female character for being badass, there’s a tendency to only support it if it doesn’t clash with other ideals like conventional beauty or sexualization.

This has created an odd situation where many people are more comfortable with a woman built like a fashion model wearing an outfit made of dental floss as being a badass than they are with, well a badass like this:

Which is not only ridiculously limiting from a creative perspective, but also re-enforces the idea that all women should look like these ridiculous fantasies (that look like at best, very few real women, and at worst no real women).

- wincenworks

We touched upon this issue before, especially when talking about Overwatch (particularly this post), but Anita puts the problem of double standards of beauty in character design most comprehensively in this video. 

Lots of illustrative examples really drive the point home: There is a noticeable lack of visual diversity among female game characters (and, by extension, in other popular media), while male ones get a variety of appearances. This limits not only the designer’s creativity, but the female audience’s sense of inclusion.

~Ozzie

more about: character design | double standards | suspicious dimorphism

[rudeonion]

[memoirsofafemalegamer-deactivat]

Here’s some screen grabs from the tour of Felwinter’s Peak video that Game Informer posted…Which you can watch here. 

Also, below are some key points of commentary from the video

Felwinter Peak is a mountain that is the home of the original Iron Lords

Players will have to ascend the mountain and take it back from the fallen before it is usable as a social space

There will be new vendors (Shiro-4, Tyra) 

Iron Banner will be in Felwinter Peak

From the top of Felwinter Peak you can see the Plaguelands

TONS OF SECRETS TO DISCOVER at Felwinter Peak

Tons of Wolves that live at the peak

The Iron Banner crest is two wolves, heads opposed with a tree in the center, so they depicted that at the top of Felwinter Peak

You can create songs with the bell

Hinted that, if you hit the bells in a certain order something “may” happen

[rudeonion]

I’m totally calling that the song is the same one you had to hit the rings for in Halo 3 :P

[toodrunktofindaurl]

You’re welcome.

[basketofmooneggs]

Okay. But how do you draw lettuce?

[toodrunktofindaurl]