Sooooo much

has been going through my head today.

First off, I saw this internet thingy-ma-jig that was a posted twitter from a self-proclaimed feminist about the lack of strong female protagonists in any soon-to-be-released video games. She was commenting at E3 2013 and released her comment into the twit-o-sphere. (Sorry, twitters ((or whatever)), I don't tweet, so I'm not familiar with your terminology).

A huge negative response then ensued, comprised mostly of douche-y gamers calling this feminist horrible names, including and sadly not limited to "cunt". Berating her for not being satisfied with the masculine protagonists released. Suggesting that not enough women game for there to possibly be a strong lady hero.

To begin, whatever one's opinion, it doesn't give them the right to attack another person of opposing opinion. Period. There is no reason to verbally assault this person because they are speaking their mind. It is their personal page, and they have the right to put anything there. Granted, anyone else has the right to comment however they so choose, but why would ANYONE choose to berate and tear down a fellow human being?

On a deeper level, the fact that a bevy of men descended upon this woman and abused her for her opinion is disgusting. People wonder why women were downtrodden for so long---and still are, hugely---- when if a woman goes to stand up for herself and her believed rights, a group of men will call her names and attack her intelligence instead of the issue she introduced.

Virtually or not, bullying has the same effect.

Personally, I don't care one whit what gender the protagonist of a game is. Not. At. All. I love zombie video games, I love RPG's, I love good games. But, I do think that women can be just as badass as men. And hey, I have yet to hear a dude complain about a strong, smart and sexy female hero.... Even if they don't exist.... Strong, smart, and sexy male heroes don't either.

One of my favorite games---Castle Crashers.

I challenge those men who think girls don't game to play a game of that with me. Granted, I'm not amazing. But I kick serious ass. And I'll kick your butt with my green poison knight just the same as I'd kick it with my pink heart-arrow-shooting rainbow-and-stuffed-penguin-magicking knight.


((The link to the article I refer to is: http://femfreq.tumblr.com/post/52673540142/twitter-vs-female-protagonists-in-video-games in case you'd like to see specific examples. One I would like to highlight is "As soon as women are as capable as men, then mabye" (yeah.... typo and all)))