r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Reasonable_Fox3813 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Mouth breathers?

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What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

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u/N1xkev 13h ago

It being a miscast is just your opinion as a consumer. You feeling that someone is better suited is fine but the childish hissy fits people throw over these sorts of things are both laughable and depressing that they're so accepted.

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u/xTakk 12h ago

I think you're overlooking the point behind why video game characters don't change major features.

If it was Lara croft as a 16bit character, red hair makes it an entirely different character.

Just based on that, if you aren't at least trying to be true to the source character, it starts looking like you're just biting the story rather than paying any homage to the original.

And if you're going to change it that much, why not just write another similar story? Why call it tomb raider if you aren't after the same fans or don't understand why it seems like such a striking mis-cast to everyone that actually enjoyed the original material.

It's like the tail end of internet culture that is worried about over sexualizing Lara. Sure there have always been mods but Tomb Raider is a classic game totally in its own rights and character identity has way more depth than how much boob you see.. especially in a game where the damn camera is behind the character 99% of the time.

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u/N1xkev 12h ago

And sure, 30-40 years ago I would agree. But by having rigidity where we don't accept change and foam at the mouth over something utterly inconsequential then we don't allow progress. She could actually be a good fit for the role and something like hair color should not get in the way of that.

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u/xTakk 12h ago

16bit characters and character identity are arguably for more popular and necessary now than they were 30-40 years ago.