[quote]As a male, I get where you're coming from but I don't see the relevance in sci-fi of females who are portrayed in a "sex-object" sense. I mean isn't the point of sci-fi to raise intelligent questions about our current society and the greater moral truths we should seek to attain through avoiding the negative exploration of science and cultivating the [i]positive[/i] aspects. To me the whole thing seems like a slip backwards when showing off boobies is made to seem actually relevant. (if you want to talk about Cortana and MC, as hypocritical as it sounds, that is kind of different and we can have that discussion) Not all women have huge knockers anyway, the argument for why boobs [i]still[/i] need to be accentuated at the cost of protection boggles me. I just don't see why such a major/nonsensical differentiation in armor is necessary.[/quote] Well......you see....... when you venture outside your bedroom, past the rectangular panel known as "the front door", you find women. Women are AMAZING creatures, in both mind and body. When you go back inside you experience a debilitating sadness: there are not as many beautiful women inside as there are outside(no, your mom does not count)...but what's this?! An amazing video game that is so good you decide to use "inside-time" to play the game. Problem: still no girls...what can we do to somehow fill in this lost time with some semblance of the outside world while conditions are less then acceptable to venture out? Solution? Add images of that which is awesome outside...not as a replacement but as a placebo for an addict who has witnessed "awesome" and can't wait for his next adventure outside to experience it again. In this downtime, shall we watch a manly female or a sexy female? Any man that has experienced the "awesome" found outside his door waists no time turning up the "sexy heroine volume". Because if one must wait, Has PAID for an awesome video game, and there is an option to see a female, I choose sexy heroine. If in your dreams you prefer a manly female with no curves, more power to you. But I offer you this challenge: put down your controller, unlatch all 9 locks on your bedroom door, kiss your mom goodbye(just for a second you can come right back...sheesh), and step beyond that barrier that is your front door, you too will see the "sexy heroine" light. <prays to "sexy female character gods" for full conversion of newcomer>