@ilovesaprolings Probably the same reason they would change the art on any female character in current MTG: too spicified/damsel in distress-y. Can't show females running away from anything, now can we? Females can only be strong and not show any weakness whatsoever, just like in real life. Also butt.
I guess the centuries of women being depicted as the weaker-thans only able to be saved by a male aren't enough for you eh? You feeling insecure about women being depicted in a strong, commanding fashion bruh? Not cool with an identified male being seen as the one running away?
Nothing of what you wrote here is even remotely in my post, explicitly or otherwise. In fact, if anything what you implied from it proves exactly my point. Whenever this issue comes up people like to complain about women being being depicted as weaker/sexualized, etc in art for centuries upon centuries. Sure, but this is MTG we're talking about, not Prhyne Before the Aeropagus or the Abduction of the Sabines. Get on with the times for God's sake. Please show me the years and years of "negative female depiction" in MTG that people still feel we need vindication for. Sure, there was Elvish Ranger way back in like the first 5 years of Magic. It's been like, what, 25+ years and people still complain of "constant females in chainmail bikinis", etc. What media are you even watching anyway, that you see this everywhere? Apart from the aforementioned card, in my 27 years of life I've never seen a chainmail bikini or enough damsels in distress to really feel this is a stereotype that's still being pushed. Quite the opposite in fact. Please be aware that now there are people young enough to never have seen Red Sonja (and from what I know, she's not a weak character anyway). As for the flavor reasons behind the depiction of Saffi, I agree, but it will always be nerd talk before anything else. To give a random example, you can give whatever in-world lore explanation of why, say, Gandalf came back from the dead in LOTR, but it will always come down to Tolkien wanting to give a Christian message of God's providence, lore reasons and explanations will always be subordinated to ideology and politics.
And I do like the illustration, it's good, I was just responding to another post with my theory of why it was changed.
I think I've learned to treat Magic cards like baseball cards: keep 'em in a binder in numerical order, don't play with 'em, try to finish the set and just keep my head down.
@ilovesaprolings Probably the same reason they would change the art on any female character in current MTG: too spicified/damsel in distress-y. Can't show females running away from anything, now can we? Females can only be strong and not show any weakness whatsoever, just like in real life. Also butt.
I think I've learned to treat Magic cards like baseball cards: keep 'em in a binder in numerical order, don't play with 'em, try to finish the set and just keep my head down.
Nothing of what you wrote here is even remotely in my post, explicitly or otherwise. In fact, if anything what you implied from it proves exactly my point. Whenever this issue comes up people like to complain about women being being depicted as weaker/sexualized, etc in art for centuries upon centuries. Sure, but this is MTG we're talking about, not Prhyne Before the Aeropagus or the Abduction of the Sabines. Get on with the times for God's sake. Please show me the years and years of "negative female depiction" in MTG that people still feel we need vindication for. Sure, there was Elvish Ranger way back in like the first 5 years of Magic. It's been like, what, 25+ years and people still complain of "constant females in chainmail bikinis", etc. What media are you even watching anyway, that you see this everywhere? Apart from the aforementioned card, in my 27 years of life I've never seen a chainmail bikini or enough damsels in distress to really feel this is a stereotype that's still being pushed. Quite the opposite in fact. Please be aware that now there are people young enough to never have seen Red Sonja (and from what I know, she's not a weak character anyway). As for the flavor reasons behind the depiction of Saffi, I agree, but it will always be nerd talk before anything else. To give a random example, you can give whatever in-world lore explanation of why, say, Gandalf came back from the dead in LOTR, but it will always come down to Tolkien wanting to give a Christian message of God's providence, lore reasons and explanations will always be subordinated to ideology and politics.
And I do like the illustration, it's good, I was just responding to another post with my theory of why it was changed.