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For some time now I have observed many discussions concerning female creatures being featured in DOOM. Many users point out that DOOM's current monsters either cannot be classified by gender, or are obviously male to the point of no question. That is not what this topic will be about.
Advanced note: I am not religious in any way; I simply am taking knowledge from religious sources and applying it to my work. Also, I am male, and do not support the whole extremist women's rights or whatever those cooks are. I'm just makin' a post on teh interwebs.
Ever since man has begun depicting Demons and evil spirits, they have depicted them as twisted and evil versions of familiar shapes and bodies. Humanoid in shape and stance, but often adorned with the heads, and/or legs, of goats or monsters (or any other kind of animal really). Many of these depictions are very distinctly male in build, stature and, sometimes, genitalia. In comparison, there are relatively few female depictions of Demons, or so my research has led me to believe.
It seems culture has a strong fascination with the male body, and how far it can be distorted, warped and mangled, while culture places the female body in an admired, but often taken for granted, place of serenity. Where the villains of many stories are men, or obviously male creatures, there exists a minority of women, or otherwise female, villains or evil creatures. While there has been an increase in gender diversity over the years in gaming, it would seem that that diversity has come along much more slowly into the modding community.
That is where DOOM comes in, and where I will get to the point of this post.
Many people have suggested and attempted to create female versions of DOOM's classic monsters. Former Human females are particularly notable as being one of the only, if not the only, truly female enemies that have been created for the original DOOM games. Despite the arguments and theories put forth by many people in the community, DOOM's cast is distinctly male in appearance. While the obvious sausage-fest that plagues DOOM's cast is not really a problem, the point of this thread is to make spriters think about how they might go about making female versions of DOOM's cast in the future,
Moving on.
Hell is a strange place. Often described in horrific and disturbing ways, it is also a place of diversity (obviously moreso than Mario Kart 8, if I may jest). DOOM's cast perfectly reflects this. What many people don't see to grasp is that not all Demons are horrific, horned or goat-looking creatures. They are distortions of the human body, mockery of God's work. DOOM also conveys this very well (Imps being a fine example, as well the Barons and Knights of Hell). However, Hell is often associated with, and represented by, the Seven Deadly Sins, as they have become called.
Wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.
DOOM actually represents a select few of these Sins very well with the current cast, however, we will focus on only a few of the sins that apply to my point; Lust, Greed an d Gluttony.
Many people try to depict female DOOM monsters as just looking like the males, but with breasts and clothing (though I saw one guy/gal give a Pinky utters, creative), yet that doesn't make sense. A female Demon would utilize Lust, Greed and Gluttony to their advantages and, such, would reflect this in their appearances. Playing off of their female status, they would utilize natural beauty, and the dark desires locked away in men's hearts to lure them in before striking. A good example is the Succubus, something one of DOOM's monsters is named after (although the Mancubus should actually be called an Incubus, but whatever). Succubi are female demons that, using their beauty and men's desires, will mate with a man before submitting them to some horrible fate.
This then comes around to attempts at female Mancubi that I have seen and been disappointed in. Where a Mancubus is ugly and fat, a Succubus would be lean and too beautiful to look away from.
A female Imp would be slender and tall, with a body that would lure in a victim before they tear them apart.
Pinky demons would probably be more or less like cows, so whatever with that.
The point is, is that people seem not to take into consideration that these creatures are from Hell, the kingdom of sin, pain and despair. These creatures are going to do whatever it takes to make sure you end up there with them, and they will use sin to their advantage, especially if they're female. HELL, I'd be more afraid of an army of female Demons than I would be of millions of Beserker enhanced Cyberdemons, because at least I know that I'm guaranteed a quick death, who knows what horrors a female would inflict upon man or woman that strayed too close.
A great, no, PERFECT example or a female Demon done right is the DOOM 3's Vagary. Unless the first thing you see of her is her spider-body or her face, any man with a dark desire and easily sparked interests would be hard-pressed not to approach her in a dark or otherwise hard to see in place. They would be too close to avoid her when they realize that she is not what she seems, and she would use that to her advantage. Yes it would be pretty difficult not to notice the fact that she's half-fucking-spider, but creatures like her would probably be skilled enough to conceal their true selves until the moment to strike was at hand.
Hopefully I've made my point, if not, here...
TL:DR?
My point is, female demons don't just look like the males with boobs or slimmed down bodies. They are manipulators, thinkers and powerful agents of sin. They would look drastically different from their male counterparts to the point of where no relation could be drawn between them unless one saw them fornicating or something. So, anyone who looks into creating a female demon anytime soon, keep this in mind; They are more than they would appear to be, and the Vagary is a perfect example of this.
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Pointless rant is pointless and probably staggers off all over the place, but oh well. I gave it a shot, and I'm pretty proud of it. Feel free to disregard it if it just seems like senseless rambling.
Thank you and good day/night (whenever you decide to waste your time reading this essentially pointless wall of text about an essentially pointless subject).
