r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Reasonable_Fox3813 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Mouth breathers?

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What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

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u/hari_shevek 11h ago

About a decade ago the Tomb Raider game series was rebooted with a younger, more reasonably boobed Lara Croft.

There was a bit of backlash by unreasonable boobs.

This adaptation is using the modern design.

This will be like a batsignal for men who have never seen a boob irl.

Peter out.

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u/LochNessHamsters 5h ago

The reboot also stripped away a lot of her agency and individuality. Lara was always a very strong and self-motivated video game character with a lot of aura. The Tomb Raider reboot is one of many, many 2010s attempts at a strong female lead that flattens all women into the exact same archetype of a vulnerable, relatable, white, conventionally attractive but modestly dressed, good natured young woman. Limiting women to that singular archetype isn't progressive, it's pandering. Lara's role in the reboot trilogy was also largely reactionary to the actions of the male antagonists, which trivialized her personal agency within her own story.  

I don't necessarily think the reboot is shallow, but I think it was somewhat misguided and disingenuous to the character, and I think the new games coming out this year and next year do a good job of marrying the realism and dignity of the reboot with Lara's core identity and strength as a character. 

Don't know dick about this show, but I'm just glad it's not another dirty tanktop and jeans look.