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peterson-pain The woke left is trying to destroy that pillar of traditional Western femininity, the cartoon bimbo

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

member triangle boobs?

member 90s ads about triangle boobs?

(not in-game graphics here, which was the style at the time)

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I must admit I prefer 90s amoral murderer Lara Croft over whatever was going on in those reboot games. Something about living up to her dad's legacy or something?

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And narrowly escaping from getting Gambo'd over and over again, last I checked. awooga hypersus kombucha-disgust

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Games have to be dour and miserable to be taken seriously theory-gary

Ethan Winters' extremities are gambo'd to hell and back in RE7 and 8 but it's played for comedy

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh Lara, my first love.

If only Toby Gard was allowed his original vision of making her a latin american mercenary instead of stuffy b*itish royalty.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

latin american mercenary instead of stuffy b*itish royalty

sicko-wistful

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like it would lead too much into the “spicy Latina with a feisty attitude” stereotype that needed to die ages ago.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You may be right; way too many grillman rambled at length about "hot tamales" in ways that strongly implied they wanted to break their will as some sort of flex. kombucha-disgust

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

🤮🤮🤮🤮

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Hahahaha holy shit Lara is Haze-pilled

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those glasses with that smile make me think of that "can't talk right now I'm making piss" meme

[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Teashader sunglasses and an amphetamine-fueled grin? Nothing more 90s than trying to be Natural Born Killers for marketing