Paladins' Strong Female Champions and That One Skye Pose

[Brash Candicoot]

So I wanted to start off by saying, I think the development team has done a pretty great job with the cast of female champions in Paladins. They are diverse, interesting, and compelling. From Cassie to Evie to Kinessa the female cast reflects a large spectrum of personalities and player fantasies.
With that being said, lets talk about Skye. From a marketing standpoint, she's the star of the show. She's a great champion. When we look at the way she's portrayed in promotional media, lore, and art in game we know a few things about her..
She's Fast. She's Silly. She's Kind. She's a good Friend. Her body seems to be comprised of about 95% purple.
Almost all of her art reflects this. She's got cool skins: http://i.imgur.com/XJOIYo6.png
She's got fun poses: https://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/paladins.gamepedia.com/0/07/Skye_render.png
She's got amazing victory animations: https://youtu.be/gsACXjpzstE?t=33s
All of this art reinforces the great character you've built around skye.
Then out of seemingly no where we have this pose: http://i.imgur.com/ct133NN.png
WHAT? What about this pose has anything to do with the character you're building in skye? It's not fun, its not silly, it has nothing to do with being a fast purple killer. It just reduces skye to another bland female sex symbol.
We aren't looking at a cassie pose here, this isn't a character who is in part defined by flaunting her sexuality. This pose says to the player base, oh we've got all these cool diverse characters, but at any moment we are willing to reduce them to sex symbols to help boost our investment game.
Getting art into a triple A game isn't a small task, it has to go through an implementer, a team lead, an art director, and a creative director. This is a team effort. And I believe the team is responsible for upholding the great example paladins can set to the rest of the industry for creating strong female characters.
I have a young daughter that everyday when I wake up wants to watch the meet the champions! trailer again. She knows who skye is, and as she grows up, she can grow up alongside these characters.
What I'm asking is that as you continue to add to the paladins cast and investment elements, you double down on your commitment to create strong female characters. You've been doing a good job so far, but shipping with a skye pose like this undermines so much of the good you've already done.

[Doctor Evil (My Deep Trap)]

Yeah we get it you reworded Tracer's butt complaint thing.

[dirt bug]

haha yes a very good observation my friend haha

[Turtle McTurtleson]

I was waiting for this specific post on the discussions XD *click* noice