Mark Skarr Wrote:... When you apply the idea of sexual assault against Mario, sure it’s stupid and ridiculous. But, he’s a cartoon character. Lara Croft was cartoony because that’s how they could do the graphics back then—she was always supposed to represent a real person. That would be like having a sexual assault scenario for Pac Man. That’s like comparing My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to Urotsukidoji—because, hey, all animation is for kids! ...
I do see where you're coming from. I'm not sure whether it applies in this case.
John Kovalic is a cartoonist by trade and by hobby. He might not make the distinction between "cartoon character" and "realistic character" that we 3-D modelers make.
More importantly, the "rapey" bit was a particular case of a general rule: If a plot twist doesn't work when applied to one gender, it probably won't work in all the other cases as well.
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Rob Kelk
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