Awilix Info

Women do play video games. I think this is more reflective of HiRez's artistic capabilities. That, and Awilix is Mayan and somehow still white. I mean, come on? Chaac is dark, indigenous - he fits the profile of a Mayan God. The least you can do when designing a God based off of mythology real, actual people worshiped is make sure they're aesthetically correct. But that's an entirely different problem I could talk for hours about.

I just want to see a Goddess where sex appeal isn't even a thought in her design. Even Arachne, a literal spider, has a highly sexualized torso. You can argue Scylla, but I mean... she's a little girl. I'm talking grown woman Goddess that doesn't give a **** if you think she's attractive. And some people do pull that whole 'but in mythology most gods were naked anyways!' but if we used that example, we better start stripping the Gods too.

I'm not a fan of assassins so I'm not going to speak on her abilities. I'll withhold my judgment on that.

I'm a woman. I love playing Smite. I just wish they'd look a little bit closer at their designs of goddesses.

My point is - if HiRez can't design a Goddess without the no clothes make titty wobble physics, honestly can't, I'm side eyeing them hard.

She looks neat, the anti leap ultimate I pretty brilliant since Smite is such an "Escape or Die" MOBA. She seems to be an assassin that excels at sticking to her target, not allowing them an opportunity to escape. Which is a welcome change of peace since almost all other assassins rely on bursting there enemy down before they can even get the opportunity to run away. Looking forward to her release.

---

On the topic of her lack of cloths, I really wish that people would stop using the "But goddesses have always been sexualized, because goddesses are suppose to be beautiful!" argument.

First of that's kind of like saying "Well movies sexualize woman all the time, so video games should do that to!"

Secondly: I feel a lot of people don't know the difference between overly sexualizing a character and making a character look beautiful.

Look at Maya in Killer Instinct 2 and the latest Killer Instinct.

In the picture to the left she is not even wearing cloths, she just has a couple of patches of jaguar skin to cover her delicates. Not to mention boobs are almost has big as her head. She was clearly designed this way to satisfy men's hormones.

In the right one, she is weary something that a real person would actually wear in combat, while still showing some cleavage and a lot of leg. She isn't super busty, but she is defiantly not flat chested. She looks like she is ready to fight anybody who stands I her way and she still looks absolutely gorgeous, because she is a beautiful woman, no amount of cloths can hide that.

What I'm trying to say is that: when somebody says that a character is overly sexualized, they don't mean "make them uglier" or "cover their body" they mean make them believable, make them wear cloth that somebody would actually wear in a fight and don't make them super busty just cuz its hot.

Like Sub said:

She's not white, she's just pale. I personally know quite a few Mesoamericans who are that shade or lighter, and are not of mixed descent. I also kinda disagree with the clothing portion, what with how they're gods and can basically do whatever they please so skimpy/impractical clothing would likely be a non-issue for them if there were to "realistically" be a battle among the gods.

Well first Hercules is a demigod, not a god so of course he would need armor and Achilles' invulnerability came from a ritual done after his birth, not from armor. His vulnerability was the spot on his ankle that he was held by during the ritual, hence the term "Achilles Heel". And Hades' helmet isn't for protection, it's enchanted to make the wearer invisible (thus I argue that he should absolutely not have been made a guardian). And while yes, legendary armor or weapons have saved even divine lives, not every god requires the use of them or wouldn't be suited for them. The Mayan gods for example would likely be hindered by something unwieldly like armor, and most of them are certainly not portrayed using it. If Shinto gods get added then they shouldn't use shields, something completely unheard of in feudal Japan (as far as I'm aware). I'm not saying that none of them should be clothed and that every single goddess should be a porn star, I'm just saying that they should be designed in a way that would make sense based on a mythological standpoint (or better yet, if they would stop trying to be "creative" and actually make them what they're supposed to be). And here's another way to look at it: No matter how skimpy their clothing is, it's probably more coverage than their traditional depiction gives them.

skimpy/impractical clothing would likely be a non-issue for them if there were to "realistically" be a battle among the gods.

I dare you to find a female warrior from a pantheon that dressed like Athena/Serqet/Awilix/Freya. I dare you.