#> Corey

[mamuzzy]

it's been like that for a while now :/ "Gamers" calling female characters ugly because they don't like "extremely feminine" or simply because they don't want a woman as the main character. It's honestly tiring to see and it's all you ever see on the cesspool known as 'x'.

Pfff, those fuckers are no gamers. They want oversexualized women on screen but when these characters actually have personality, they insantly lose interest, it seems.

I only read articles in my own language and people talking about "woke woke woke" and DUDE!!! Oh you didn't hate Ciri when her tits were almost out from that clothes in Witcher 3, right? Ughhhh the hypocrisy!!!

Ok. I consider myself a hardcore gamer and I take the opportunity to make a list of my favorite female protagonist:

CATE ARCHER

In a culture where men's traditional chivalry ends when a woman opens her mouth, Cate Archer was truly a feminist icon for me.

I especially liked that the villains of the games were also women. Felicity Dumas and Cate Archer shared similiar past, losing their family really early and this trauma shaped them. But it's just poetic, that while her past inspired Cate to be better (not a better person, she used to be a catburglar with no morals), Felicity seeked megalomaniac revenge of the whole world that caused pain to her. Cate didn't save the world because she really cared about humanity. She saved the world BECAUSE SHE CAN. And she did.

She actually felt more sympathy toward Felicity, the enemy who tried to destroy her multiple times, all while Cate's actual employers always tried to bring her down with misogynistic remarks like being a secret agent is a "man's job". (The game takes place in the 70's)

And in the second episode, we see Isako too, who is a victim of grooming and exploitation through a debt of honor. I especially loved that after Cate defeats her, Isako wants to pledge her loyalty and Cate being like: lol girl fuck no, how about you don't try to kill me again, please??? (I actually started to write a character study blurb about Isako but it's in the depths of my drafts...)

Cate has no patience for idiots and misogynystic fucks, but I think there is softness in Cate for the ones who strayed into self-destruction. Because she could have been like those people.

ALICE LIDDELL

And Alice's story is a journey to the inner depths of her fractured mind. Saving Wonderland is saving her own sanity. Rehabilitation is hell. Literally.

JADE

And Jade? Straight-up badass bringing down a dictatorial regime that seeked to destroy them.

It's a shame Ubisoft abandoned this game and we'll probably never have that promised sequel.

KINZIE KENSINGTON

Kinzie was only playable character in Gat out of Hell, but she is my neurodivergent blorbo. She really just doesn't give a fuck what people think about her and her gender non-comforming ways.

I especially liked that being forced into feminim clothes and act like a "proper decent person of the society" was her nightmare realm. I could relate to her so much.

AMICIA DE RUNE

Amicia from A Plague Tale, both games. Taking care of her little brother and her found family and doing what it takes to survive. Her story is just heartbreaking. I'm not sure if I will ever get over this game.

CEREZA/BAYONETTA

Bayonetta is really close what I liked in Cate Archer. Being badass but also doesn't try to act like a man to find her place in a world of patriarchy. While the Witches of Bayonetta Lore are encouraged to make peace with their feminity, I really liked that she doesn't need to prove herself to anyone but herself. She is sexy, she is confident and she knows this.

TOA GALI

Toa Gali from Bionicle the Game

When I was a kid, Gali was also a warrior-girl icon for me. And reading the books afterwards just made me love her even more. Being caring and sensitive wasn't a weakness, because oh boy, when her Toa brothers pissed her off with their shenanigans, she really showed she is not one to mess with. I mean she basically destroyed the Bionicle equivalent of Hell on her own.

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I think I could go on but the post is already long. xD But my point is, we always had games with female protags, it's just they were always overlooked by these... "gamers".

[catadromously]

despite everything, it's still you

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Corey Brickley

[lowcountry-gothic]

Corey Alston (Mount Pleasant, SC)

“​​My name is Corey Alston. I'm a fifth generation Sweetgrass Basket Weaver. I currently run the family business in the Charleston City Market. Sweetgrass Basket Weaving has been a major part of the Gullah Geechee Culture dating back to days of Enslavement. This coastal art form has been recognized as South Carolina State Handcraft and has been known to be kept alive the longest along Sweetgrass Basket Makers HWY of South Carolina. This skill is one of the rare arts of our country that is founded nowhere else in America. Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets are a national treasure.

“​​Being chosen as one of the artisans of Mt. Pleasant does not only bring awareness to my skill set and my culture as a Gullah Geechee representative, but in collaboration with Acres of Ancestry raises awareness of the unjustifiable treatment that Black and minority farmers have endured. The more that this topic is brought to the forefront, the more that our nation's leaders will see that treating white farmers one way and then treating Black farmers another way will not be accepted. I applaud Acres of Ancestry for working tirelessly on making sure that everyone understands what our elder farmers are going through.

“​​These two Sweetgrass Baskets are called ‘Poppa’ and ‘Big Momma.’ It took six months to complete ‘Big Momma’ and four months to complete ‘Poppa.’ They both measure 36 inches tall.”

​​—Corey Alston, fifth generation basket weaver and cultural preservationist from Mount Pleasant, SC, Artisan Statement

[thecollectibles]

Mermay 2024- Maidens and Monsters by Corey Rivera

[ricky-mortis]

Hatchetfield Doodles!

[gophergal]

It's really a coin toss which he means

(edit November 2024: please look at my newer tf2 art im begging this cant be my legacy)

[booigi-boi]

Lords in Black but they're just normal high schoolers, nothing bad on their mind 💚

"Redraw" of this drawing I did in February when we didn't have HD pics of them yet (I love it still, just wanted to draw it in a different style)

Close-ups under cut

[coolpeaches]

Shomari Francis photographed by Corey Myers

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

truly a perfect set of tweets.

[teamcurtflake]

the teletubbies reboot looks wild

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Corey Brickley

[losthavenmine]

The Lost Boys (1987)

[nicolacoughlan]

QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY (2023—) 01×06 : "Crown Jewels"

[thecollectibles]

Prehistoric Beasts - Troll Lord Games by Corey Rivera

[hgedits]