I forgot to mention earlier that Peters is the only hero I can think of who I would argue looks like he’s intended to be a child, or at least potentially a teen. But with the whole zombie thing, I’d buy him being any age 14-30.
He’s not sexualized at all, but that seems to only be common with the female characters.
The heroes are essentially soldiers at war, so, eh…, that means children are being recruited soldiers, armored up, and sent into death combat in the story’s context.
I’d really prefer if SG didn’t. I’d get over it if they did, but I would still not want them to make any more of them.
Edit: some people in the thread are bringing up Peters and Samara but to be honest I never mentally counted them since they’re supposed to be dead— a zombie and a ghost-yūrei thing respectively.
@Starryeyedgryph
Have you seen Isarna? Tall, blue dress slit up to there, grey hair, a properly elegant “older” woman. If you ignore her she will kill you. Lol
What kind of ultra conservative are you if a children seeing Zeline makes you uncomfortable come on guys. What the heck do you fear will happen to a child. Most probably he’ll just say “wow cool hero!”.
My children (6 and 2) know what humans look like. They’ve seen real ones, seen anatomy books, and have no problems asking questions and discussing those things.
Maybe were crazy up here in Northern Europe, but it’s just totally normal. They are relaxed about people’s bodies, and it’s a healthy attitude. I know if anything weird happens they won’t be afraid to talk about it to a teacher, me or their dad.
That being said, a regular nude person and a scantily-clad character in a provocative pose is a different thing, so yeah.Though my son would be most likely to say of Natalya “her outfit is pretty stupid for someone that’s fighting”.
My thoughts too. I wouldn’t be good with children seeing nude heroes or ones in sexually provocative poses, but seriously the EP heroes are really NOT in anyway sexually suggestive. It’s just fantasy art.
Well, if we’re going with the “Spirit of the E&P grind,” wouldn’t you just release a 5* card with a baby on it? I’m 95% sure I’ll have all the needed emblems by the time the kid hits 18