I’m gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re mostly joking here.
Umm... allow me to welcome you to your first fandom?
And let me ask you this: what if I felt just as strongly, but in a positive way? Would you still not think it's healthy then? I have my doubts.
And yet, completely appropriate. As I stated in my original post, it's her appearance, and to a secondary degree, her behavior. Her white skin combined with that lipstick, combined with that awful outfit just triggers something in my brain that makes me want to gag. It's like how a phobia is not based on anything rational; it is by definition irrational, the thing that triggers your phobia is just wired into you to cause a panic reaction when confronted with that thing, regardless if it is an actual danger to you or not. Well, a similar situation is occurring here, as something about Dimitrescu, when I look at her, is just wrong, even though any one of those features on another character would be fine with me. The combination just triggers a nausea in me, with no rational reason for why it should. Her height isn't so much a problem, although it certainly doesn't help. Whether she's real or not, whether I know her or not, is irrelevant. Her appearance makes me sick, and I simply don't get why so many people sexualize her. That's my real confusion when all is said and done, and the reason why I created this thread. I get why some would be drawn to her, but I don't get why she took off so much to become the face of the game in the lead up to the release.
If you're trying to uncover a Freudian explanation for my dislike of the character, you might want to ask the school you took your Psychology 101 at for a refund. It's cliché, it's ineffective, and it's too easy a means to explain away something inherently irrational.
Furthermore, I call into question your use of the word "beauty" for Lady D, as that is a subjective term, of course, and I clearly think it's an inappropriate label for her.
But also, that phrase: "comfort with her sexuality?" As a woman who lives secluded in an enormous and practically empty castle, with three artificial women that she has had to label as "daughters" in order to feel a bond with someone, her clear hatred and contempt for men, her predilection for dressing in the attire of a bygone age, her obsession with consuming vital bodily fluids beyond the mere desire to survive, her need to be seen as Miranda's favorite, and her reliance on her size and mutated powers to have any kind of influence on those around her... add all that up, and nothing about this woman indicates to me that she's comfortable with her sexuality, or any other aspect of herself. She may put on an air of confidence, and pretend that she owns who she is, but it's very clearly all an act, as her childish and entitled behaviors show the further along you go. That would be like suggesting that Wesker, a man who must consistently hide his most important facial feature behind tinted covers at all times, is confident enough to share his feelings with others just because he's become so powerful.
Once again, my aversion is to her, and her alone. I had no problem with Jill, Claire, Ada, Alexia, Excella, Alex, Helena, Carla, Mia,, Marguerite, or Miranda. Lady Dimitrescu, her I have an issue with, solely because she just looks disgusting.
Again, I question your usage of particular words in that sentence. "Strong?" If you're referring to physical strength, yeah, she's stronger than a normal human, but doesn't posses any level of strength that would be impressive by any of the standards we've seen in the series. Any Tyrant would be able to put her down with ease. If you're referring to strength of character or inner strength, I refer you back up to my list of reason's why I doubt she's comfortable with her sexuality and apply it here, as it's really part of the same overall value. You can also look at the list of females in the series that I have no issue with, and with the exceptions of Carla, Excella, and perhaps Alex, you'll see far better examples of strong female characters.
For your inclusion of "fictional," I refer you back to the paragraph where I explain, again, what my problem with her is. Her fictional status has no relevance.
And finally, was it really necessary to include the word "female" in that sentence? I've had plenty of issue with loads of male characters in the past, from this series and others, and nobody seems to have any issue when I find them repulsive. The Duke is a good example. But then again, I don't see huge swaths of the fanbase sexualizing him in memes all over the place. And you know what? Lady D isn't even the first abnormally tall, mostly human-looking character in the series, but I don't recall a whole lot of attention paid to the super tall, hyper-masculine qualities of Bitores Mendez; most people seem to think him an ugly bastard, and rightly so. So why is it not a problem to dislike him for similar reasons? It wouldn't have anything to do with him having a different gender, would it? Seems like the fact that I have a problem with Lady D isn't so much your area of concern, so much as the fact that it's a female that I have a problem with. The subtext of the rest of your post seems to convey this message as well. If so, you're making it more of an issue than it is, as Dimitrescu's status as a female has no bearing on the reasons I've given. Indeed, if she were a male character, such features would be even more disgusting for me, and I'd really hate seeing all those sexual memes all over the place.
Once again, I'm going to assume that you're mostly joking and exaggerating here, because I highly doubt this statement. This sentence is the least believable, and least relevant, of the whole thing.
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