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Topic	Ever noticed that female protagonists in games rarely have boyfriends?
Darkman124 12/13/17 9:34:09 AM #40:	pinky0926 posted... scar the 1 posted... You're getting awfully close to the idea that damsels in distress are prizes awarded to male protagonists >_> Aren't they though? I can think of a lot of games that follow that idea. I'm armchair quarterback analysing at this stage, but I suspect part of the reason for the "nice guy" epidemic is this idea that women in distress are a prize to be won if you just throw enough heroism at them. absolutely, yes, and it's part of the shit upbringing men get that there's a social contract in which they will sacrifice for women, and the women in turn will give them emotional and physical affection from their POV, they're paying their part of that social contract, and the women are saying "Thanks. I have no obligation to you, bye now" granted what they're actually saying is "Why are you doing this? I didn't ask for this." --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:892134558] in Ever notic... [t:76093872]...</cite> <quote><cite>pinky0926 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>scar the 1 posted...</cite> <quote>You're getting awfully close to the idea that damsels in distress are prizes awarded to male protagonists >_></quote> Aren't they though? I can think of a lot of games that follow that idea. I'm armchair quarterback analysing at this stage, but I suspect part of the reason for the "nice guy" epidemic is this idea that women in distress are a prize to be won if you just throw enough heroism at them.</quote> absolutely, yes, and it's part of the shit upbringing men get that there's a social contract in which they will sacrifice for women, and the women in turn will give them emotional and physical affection from their POV, they're paying their part of that social contract, and the women are saying "Thanks. I have no obligation to you, bye now" granted what they're actually saying is "Why are you doing this? I didn't ask for this." --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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