This might be slightly off topic, but not really. I'm in the Saw subreddit, because I love horror and for some reason the Saw franchise, despite being a bit too brutal. I just love the story, characters and moral dilemmas there. There is currently an ongoing discussion, because after the latest movie, there are tons of new fans now writing. And they are thirsty, they thirst after some of the protagonists ( all serial killers, mind you), some of the other characters and the Saw group now looks a bit similar like our Character& Story section, only instead of Astarion, Karlach, Shadowheart... they lust after Hoffmann, Amanda, Strahm , Adam ... And now I'm afraid, that Twisted Pictures will pull a Larian and explore Hoffmans sex life in the next movie. What I want to say is, the sexualisation is everywhere, even in brutal and dark horror movies. I'm ok with it to certain point, but I feel it's getting a bit out of hand.
Sounds very similar to what happened in BG3 except that Larian actively tried to attract them. I wonder who this demographic is.
The reason,I brought the Saw example is, that this is probably the most unsexy franchise out there and Twisted Pictures never encouraged this and still the fans are extremely thirsty. I know, Larian promoted that with the Astarion/ bear Halsin scene at the PfH, but I wonder, if it is a general phenomenon, that people are more thirsty or showing it more. I mean, I was a Harry Potter fan back in the day and we had some very unhealthy Snape fans in the mix, but I think this got worse.
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I'm happily surprised too, that it is a decent discussion.
Last edited by fylimar; 27/11/2302:04 PM.
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