Staring at closeted queers
Before I go off on a rant here, keep in mind this is an image from MS Paint using a screenshot from a camcorder, not a direct screenshot from the game. Please do not blame me for the quality, it's the best I have to work with. That said, Capcom has made a some questionable choices on their presentation. For the purpose of this article, I'm talking about the main menu. You know, that thing you will always have to look at when you start the game, unless you actually take the time to make someone else go through the menu for you every time. Really? I'm sure I don't even have to check to know that there's slash out there of Ken x Ryu (shotoshipping sounds awfully wrong in this context), but this is just disturbing. I can read so much into this, it's scary. You've got Ken on top, staring down in a way that looks anything but fierce. That establishes him as the seme. Ryu's face and body positioning is done to look like he's begging for...