The Wilderness of Mirrors: Oh Bioware
This is a husk (in effect a cybernetically created zombie) from Mass Effect:
Given that the populations they’re forcibly sourced from are of mixed gender — something the first game at least is good with — one would assume that male or female you’re going to end looking essentially the same: neutered and unisex in appearance as every none structural piece of the body is sucked dry.
This is a banshee, or what a husk made from an asari, looks like. Compare and contrast how the race of bisexual blue space babes retain all their rather human external sexual characteristics, including glowing blue nipples.
I’ve seen it pointed out that their look is quite likely a shout-out to Sil from the film Species —
— and the resemblance is certainly very very striking. But leaving aside the point that it’s always fun to see how one humanoid species’ physiognomy differs from another in a sci-fi franchise where they’re at least some way physically compatable, that doesn’t change the fact that what Bioware have done here is both just skeezy as all get out, and sadly quite unsurprising given the franchise’s past failings.
So, I thought this a worthy addition to eschergirls’ #sexualized in defeat critique tag (thanks to georgethecat for pointing it out).
A) Thanks for the shout out. B) Bang on. C) Keep rocking (or whatever it is you do) :D
It’s amusing that even though Mass Effect lore has stated that asari resent being treated like sex objects and thought of as promiscuous by other races because of their biology and culture, the game itself often does the same thing to them, reducing them to the “sexy blue alien girls”. Considering that the asaris’ distinctive head fringe would likely have been enough to identify the Banshee as alien in origin, and that there were other types of husks in ME2 that didn’t rely on gender to differentiate them from the originals, the Banshee and her glowy nipples seem unnecessarily reliant on old (sexist) sci-fi tropes.
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evillordzog reblogged this from evillordzog and added:
what’s shown up on...Banshee’s texture:
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I’m actually gonna defend this one - don’t read past here if you don’t want very mild spoilers for ME3. I’ve never seen...
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milodrums reblogged this from eschergirls and added:
husks/banshes/cannibals/ sdkgjs I CANNOT
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I’d have expected the Banshee to look much creepier, as once the Asari effect of making themselves seem sexy to all...
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goddammitmax reblogged this from eschergirls and added:
Ugh, the Asari husks (banshee?) skeeve me out hardcore. They aren’t scary to me at all, just really disgusting, and not...
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It’s amusing that even though Mass Effect lore has stated that asari resent being treated like sex objects and thought...
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Sorry if this gets repeated, still working out this newfangled computerwebs interscreen. Got to agree with the others on...
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goddamnitreddas reblogged this from evillordzog and added:
Yeah you know I can’t really disagree with any of this now that I think on it. And while their representation HAS gotten...
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evillordzog reblogged this from goddamnitreddas and added:
True. I’m working on...assumption that since ME#1 (I’ve not played #2)
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goddamnitreddas reblogged this from eschergirls and added:
This is actually something I disagree with. Breasts in and of themselves aren’t sexual, and the Asari husks have breasts...
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I’m more than willing to give the benefit of the doubt on this one, guys — Look, this thing isn’t meant to be sexy. It’s...
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every time I see a husk my first reaction is LET ME COSPLAY THIS then I think of the time and money that a husk cosplay...
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sixty-seven reblogged this from eschergirls and added:
“mixed gender” “male or female” Don’t keep rocking the gender binary bullshit. There’s no need for it. Otherwise great...
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shout out. B) Bang on. C) Keep rocking (or whatever
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