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Or you know, we could get a more coherent story that doesn't still end up half-assed even when used with a grimoire card system made to tell that story. But wait, that would be too much work, wouldn't it? Let's just make adjustments to NPC's that shouldn't have been so insanely screwed up in the first place.

That's just the Polar Vortex. Don't worry it gets better as you numb.

Sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward.

Annnnd Go.

I don't think this is safe.

The vast majority of Japanese (or just Eastern) game characters, like say... Tidus from FFX. Open shirt, boy band looks, lack of facial hair, lean yet firm body, etc.

I laughed really hard at the JJ Abrams one.

I wonder what anime will look like thirty years from now.

I think if you're looking for sexualized male characters, you have to look at the country of origin and the cultural background to see more. Characters like Cloud, Tidus, and many of the other Japanese characters like Dante are highly sexualized but in a way that generally appeals more to Japanese women. It's one of…

I'm a woman and I think it's silly. I don't need to see a shirtless guy with rippling muscles. I'd rather have cool-looking armor or something. And I feel the same way for female characters. I love it when armor is practical but still awesome. When it comes to combat, that often means being fully clothed, man or…

Are you kidding? How many male characters buldge with muscles, are shirtless, are suave, have great voices. The reality is, you are holding the female metric for "sexy" up to the male characters. But women don't see sexy in the same way.

Male characters are absolutely created to be hyper-attractive, with enormous…

Well here are 10 from i09. Some more are in the comments.

Almost all of them? 4-foot wide chests? 55 inch biceps? Chiseled jaws? Those are all male traits women find sexually attractive, equivalent to how men view big tits and nice asses in women. Every time you see a male character with a body that could only be attained through steroid use, that is an oversexualization.…

I'm a guy so I'm not quite knowledgeable of this subject, but I'm just throwing this out there: The way they sexualize male characters in Japan is different. Instead of buffed up muscles, they usually portray them with lithe figures, almost effeminate features, and generally, with idealized characteristics.

Dude characters do look like that lol, I pay attention to that sort of thing.

No, no one does because no one wants to admit that it happens. Males are never sexualized, it is always a male "power fantasy" and all females are for the "gaze" of the straight male. Because everyone knows every straight male likes women that look like this and this only, straight males could never possibly like a…

Oh no, I understand what people are trying to claim the difference is, but actually isn't. Magus, and apparently yourself are trying to say essentially that men can't be sexualized. When you come at it from that perspective, what is anyone supposed to do to say men are sexualized? Why don't you tell me exactly how men…

Marcus Fenix (or any character really from GoW), any variety of superheroes (Superman, Batman), and pretty much any guy in a chick flick (Gerard Butler, Channing Tatum). This is the media presented to women that women gobble up. The fact that you want someone to provide you specific examples already tells me you're…

Yes. My college experience, the variety of any chick flick featuring Mr. Built with washboard abs and perfect hair, as well as war stories from plenty of women I know. Although I will say that I'm sure women aren't necessarily looking for the over the top versions that can be found, but that's where the over part of…