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0 pointsreificator6y ago0 comments

To be honest I'm surprised that there wasn't any backlash. I find the weight and attractiveness jokes that GLaDOS throws at the player absolutely hilarious. But that can be a touchy subject, especially with Chell as the protagonist instead of, say, Gordon Freeman.

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himinlomax6y ago· 2 in thread

There was no backlash because nobody whatsoever has a problem with a female protagonist.

What some people have a problem is recasting an iconic character as a woman for the sake of "diversity," or any form of forced diversity for that matter.

reificatorOP6y ago

I ask this earnestly: Did you read past the first sentence in my previous post?

I wasn't suggesting that there would be backlash with a female protagonist. I was suggesting there could have been backlash to the way that protagonist was treated, due to her gender.

himinlomax6y ago

Sorry, I didn't understand because what you meant seems so strange. I can't believe anyone without a major psychotic breakdown would take personally what an obvious recording says about a virtual character you're just happening to be controlling.

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