Originally Posted by
ThatsOurEric
Yeah, that's a definitely NO from me.
Look, I don't think anyone was expecting Abby, who's more than likely to be introduced as an outdoor survivor,
to look like Tomb Raider reboot Lara Croft before she had her physical changes in the later games.
Her being well built and muscular is fine. There are plenty of women who look a bit more masculine than feminine.
Sara Connor, Ellen Ripley, and even Game of Throne's Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) are all examples of
that, but even then, there is still something about them that does still tell you, they are women.
You take a good look at Abby, and hell no, Abby looks straight up like a man. There are professional body builder
women who have muscles on top of other muscles that look more like women than Abby does.
And in all honesty, I feel that her appearance is made purposely to make her look more menacing/antagonistic
than because of her actual body-type. Which is the wrong direction to go in.
No offense taken. I'm taking that "revelation" with the tiniest pinch of salt, but Naughty Dog's crunch
and their methods surrounding it are notoriously terrible. I mean there's a lot going on there that
speculation of negative practices going on there isn't completely out of the question, given the many
departures.