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imo replace doomguy with sabrina the skunk from early webcomics she resonates way more with me

the gore stuff really turns me off lol i still think the chaingunner's animation is too much and i hate brutal doom, i play doom to indulge in what mappers wanna show me and am not into anyone's guro stuff

that's hypocritical cos if anyone put other off-putting things into their work like pixel porn or horrible venting i would be so there

haha I'm not personally into furry stuff at all, but I'd still play it.

13 year old me thought the gore was cool, but for a long time now I would be fine without it. Chaingunner death is pretty extreme if you pay attention to it but I've seen it so many times that it doesn't really register as much other than a visual indicator of the thing not being a threat.

Horrible venting sounds like a great idea for a wad lol. Push the sidedef count to the limit with letters as sector art.

Doom resonates best with me when I'm struggling to not die horribly; I like feeling desperate over powerful. So agreed 100% with the above posts.

As plums said, I think there is an inherent "guns and shooting things = macho" theme to be considered, although that's more from our raisings in societies that hold these antiquated beliefs than in the game itself. Idk that there is a way to remove the appeal to "manliness" in that regard without addressing the societal attitudes around it, but that's all well above my head. Instead I'll +1 to replacing doomguy with a magical anime girl protagonist and giving daisy the bun general more of a leadership role 😊