Seeking out different audiences doesn't mean the main audience has changed comics still cater to a certain group more than others. And besides, I already pointed out it is not just a comic audience thing. It is a society thing Straight, female or LGBT nobody idealizes being fat. The ideal form people want to see in their wish-fulfillment isn't fat. Goldballs and Mondo barely register as characters showing up. Glob Herman keeps on showing up because of Ed Brisson's obsession with him honestly. It wouldn't be a surprise in the next 6 to 12 months none of them are showing up in books. I wouldn't call any of them a thing, to be honest. I am sure they can add a female fat character who is going to disappear and barely be used as well.
There is a legit convo to be had about body size because they are a variety of body shapes and sizes that are still athletic but aren't ridiculous skinny. There is a difference between Tabria Majors /Ashley Graham and Rebel Wilson/Chrissy Metz. There is a difference between Meg thee stallion/Nicki Minaj and Zoe Kravitz/Chanel Iman. The comic generally gives you one body size there is a scene in Batman where Catwoman and Lois Lane switch clothes I found it hilarious that Catwoman and Lois Lane are the same size. Comics can be a lot more versatile with their body shape I think we can agree on that. If you are looking for larger females then Runways with Gert and Harbinger with Faith is probably what you looking for out of comic. But there is no rule that X-men must be representation for every single thing and forcing the X-men to be that let the other 100s of comics off the hook to do better.
Lastly this comics everybody is drawn with muscles
Except they haven't which is why this thread exists.
There should be balance. I'm not saying they should push some big gal as an A-lister. But if they're going to have fat male characters of ANY level of "registering as characters," there should also be fat female characters, or even just female characters with a body type other than "Comic Book Female."
like you mentioned, they are out there. they just happen to be villains. there were at least two on that Freelancers team that showed up in Champions.
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There are only two types of female comic book body archetypes.
1. Perfect hips, waist, bust and face.
2. Child
Unless we count Qwerty.
how many male superheroes have small calves or narrow shoulders?
I wonder how many male body types we can count?
1. Muscular athlete
2. Thick 'n juicy
3. Twink
4. Twank
5. Twunk
6. The Fred J. Dukes
7. Frail old man
8. Frail child
9. Buff child
10. Short but ferocious
11. Tall and lanky
12. Fat face but thin body
13. Thin face but fat body
14. Buff old man
15. "The Puck" aka Little Person
They are not just in the X-men
The X-men doesn't need to have every type of minority in it. The X-men is plenty diverse and if other comics was following their lead we wouldn't be having this convo. It is not to say the X-men can't do better but X-men case it is utilizing proven characters they already have around, In stuff like justice league or Avengers they have to make new characters and that to me is a big difference.
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