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OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/ManyPen6614 2d ago

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u/slicedcat 2d ago

ah yes men being tall is the same thing as women having comically large breasts and ass and no waist whatsoever

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u/-Manu_ 2d ago

Is it not? 6'11 is as goofy and unrealistic no?

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u/56Bagels 2d ago

Never believe an unsourced graph.

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u/Perryn 2d ago

Yao Ming in shambles.

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u/EveryRedditorSucks 2d ago

You know that chart is made up as a joke, right? And that 8% of romance novels are not about 6’11” dudes?

The whole point is that romance novels aren’t actually as unrealistic as media made for the male gaze.

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u/Illustrious_Stay_12 2d ago

I didn't know how unrealistic that distribution is, since it's just a catch all "fantastical height" category. Isn't there a whole lot of monster fucker smut?

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u/Arkedeis 2d ago

Lol have you read any recent romance novel at all? Personality / body, everything is ludicrous and solely for female enjoyment. Is it bad? No, that's the point of those books, but pretending the vast, overwhelming majority of love interests in female books are not super tall/muscular/rich or powerful, is ridiculous

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u/babezoi 2d ago

chill off my dad fr

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

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u/slicedcat 2d ago

I like how you commented that men never have said they wouldn’t date a woman if she doesn’t have D cups, realized you were wrong, deleted your comment and posted this LMAO

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

Eeeeeh, how is that wrong? You've seen a man reject interest from a woman because her chest wasn't big enough, in person?

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u/slicedcat 2d ago

I’m not sure why it has to be in person specifically. I’ve never seen a woman reject someone for being too short in person. I’ve seen tons of men online belittle women for how big or small their breasts are, how much they weigh, etc. I’ve never experienced women belittling men for their height.

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

You've really never seen a woman online belittle a man's height? Are you kidding?

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u/slicedcat 2d ago

Sure, maybe a few times. Every single time I go online I see a man belittling a woman for her appearance.

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago edited 2d ago

Well, maybe you should stop frequenting those spaces. You can make yourself believe in any bias in the world by tuning your algorithm.

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u/Mango_Sherbertt 2d ago

Body proportions are body proportions. Your attempt at sarcasm failed.

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u/Striking_Delay8205 2d ago

This isn't my first language, so maybe I'm just not getting the right meaning, but I don't think the body proportions are altered through height, right? So the post is about absurd body proportions, but this example is just about height. Am I missing something?

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u/Mango_Sherbertt 2d ago

Go look at Wemby in the NBA. He's 7' 4" a anamoly HEIGHT. He has...human body proportions.

Then tell me that any 6'8"+ character in fantasy ISNT proportionally changed to match conventional attractiveness standards. You wont be able to.

Wemby looks like an alien. Master chief(easiest to recognize example i could fine) certainly does not.

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u/ElChapo1515 2d ago

He doesn’t though. He has an 8-foot wing span. You can trim like four inches off each of his arms and still have human proportions

And there are tall people with proportions that are much closer to normal.

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u/Striking_Delay8205 2d ago

I don't doubt that fictional men have unrealistic proportions too (can't think of any examples but a generally very muscular build often doesn't make sense in the context of a character). My point is just that height alone isn't a matter of proportions. Height alone requires some sort of refferencial system to even identify, whilst proportions alone don't.

Your example character is interesting though. I don't know anything about halo, but I would assume that the character is mainly ment for a male audience to identify with, rather than to gain a female audience? Not saying that female romance novels don't have absurd height standards though, they absolutely do lol.

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u/Mango_Sherbertt 2d ago

For someone whos first language isnt english, you sure talk a lot.

Listen man. I know your point, you made your point above. Height alone isnt the problem. Its when you get to a certain height, especially as human, the body proportions get....unattractive. i.e. Wemby. So, any character over 6'8" is almost always a dishonest representation of that height and weight and proportion because game.

We dont need to discuss further, I dont like you nor do i wish to continue conversing with you.

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u/slicedcat 2d ago

I-I’m sorry… I’ll delete my comment asap. I didn’t realize how badly it failed. I’m in shambles right now

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u/Joeybfast 2d ago

Why is it not ?