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Welcome to Rule 34, a series in which Motherboard’s Samantha Cole lovingly explores the highly specific fetishes that can be found on the web.
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But as others have noted, the "old" design that's going around is actually furry fan art that oomphs up her features just a little more than the original:
Similar to the absolute fit some people threw about Adora's look in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power for having the gall to draw a female character without a rack, they're losing their absolute shit about Lola's lack of T&A. "Where her titties???? Where her ass????" one guy on Twitter said in response to the new look:
Thousands of tweets about Lola turned her into a Twitter trending topic yesterday, as people drew new fan art of her in the updated uniform, made jokes about Bugs' dick and balls, and, yes, screamed at the heavens for the loss of a cartoon's boobs.
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If the character has no depth beyond "don't call me doll," that's just not very interesting. The New Legacy director seems to be projecting some of his own horniness onto the old Lola, since his issue wasn't with Daffy and Bugs trailing her in a pool of their own drool, but with her look. As usual, the girl has to change, so that the men aren't tempted into... the furry fandom? Hard to say. I remember watching Space Jam during a third grade class library period, and as a kid who would rather wear baggy clothes from the boy's section than anything pink, short, or tight-fitting, Lola's effortless swagger and command over everyone's attention was completely foreign to me. I had a basketball shaped pencil pouch and pants with hammer loops, if that paints the picture. The implied sexuality of her scenes might as well have been another language to eight year old me. But as the only girl in the movie, I was well aware that this was the character I was meant to relate to most. So, personally speaking, I'm glad there are more sporty, slouchy girl characters in kids' movies these days. But it would have been cool to see Warner Bros. add a new female character, if they really wanted to send some kind of message about how woke they are now, instead of erasing Lola's old look completely.I've reached out to Warner Media for comment, and will update if I hear back.