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Do comic book fans care too much about character images?

Okay normally what I gather from what I read comic book fans are tired of the overly sexualized portrayal of women in comics and that's understandable. Why can't there be more women in full body armor or why can't there be a chubby super heroine without that being her power? Both are nice to see every once in a while and it makes the comics more realistic because not every person likes dressing like a stripper or not eating bacon.

Then I stumbled upon this thread while searching for images.

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The comments on there are horrible. For one the images they use do not look fat. Hell even though I wear a small and need a belt for every pair of pants I own my stomach is not washboard flat. Does this mean I'm fat? Also why can't Layla have her weird bargain bin sense of style? For one the picture they used is from a dystopian future where it can't be easy to find designer clothes and for two what's wrong with a odd sense of style? If anything it just makes her seem better to me because it means she's confident enough to wear what she wants. Maybe everyone on that thread is being sarcastic (which is hard to convey through the internet) and I'm just sensitive to the topic because she's one of my favorite characters.

What do you think?
Do comic book fans care too much about character images?
 Alycat4848 posted over a year ago
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x-menobsessed26 said:
Those people are either trolling or a new breed of stupid. I'm so sick of people bothering with the weight of characters. Honestly, in older times, you were considered a higher class if you were a higher weight because you could afford food.

Besides that, it would be nice to see girls coming into the Institute who are normal sized teenage girls. I know I am definitely overweight (not obese or anything, but I have more fat than flat). It could be the start of another crappy (yes, another one) story line where these girls come out who were afraid to join the X-men because they were afraid of being bullied by "freaks like themselves" because of something as simple as their weight.

I'm just tired of characters either being anorexic stripper-like whores or disgustingly obese freaks. It's a little ironic considering society is now trying to push the whole "you're beautiful as long as you love yourself" thing, but they still keep this bullshit going.

Onto wardrobe choices, in the words of Peter Griffin, who the hell cares? Honestly? Who cares what she wears as long as she still kicks major ass? It goes back to the whole, if she (even though she's a character, but that's besides the point) is happy, can't we all be happy for her and her fashion choices, even if they aren't something we would always wear?

But to answer the first question, yes, I believe they care too much. It's just not always in the best way.
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posted over a year ago 
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What’s sad is even when they try to write a character that is insecure about their appearance it’s something stupid and they’re drawn gorgeously anyways. Like Madeline Berry from Avengers Academy. She makes comments that give us the impression that she thinks she’s overweight and she looks freaking borderline anorexic! Her biggest complaint is her boobs are too small and I guess when you’re surrounded by triple D’s it might seem that way but she looks fine! More than fine actually! Then at the other end of the spectrum are characters like Thumbelina whose whole character revolves around the fact that she’s big. Though I guess this problem isn’t limited to comics but it seems to be an easy thing to fix in comics. All you have to do is draw the character differently and though it might take more time the fans would appreciate the more realistic characters. Well at least some of the fans because there will always be those people who focus too much on how a character looks.
Alycat4848 posted over a year ago
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I think its just females, which is sad. Once upon a time in the Comics, Nightcrawler had a hang up about his appearence, the Prof. made a device called an Image Inducer. He wore it and was reasonably happy, til Wolverine challenged him not to hide anymore. It worked out.
Fassmckee posted over a year ago
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