This discussion reminds me of the Mirror's edge character designer responding to a fan's photoshop 'makeover' of Faith. He said "I remember when I first had that image sent to me. To be honest, I found it kind of sad. We've spent time in developing Faith. And the important thing for us was that she was human, that she was more real...We wanted her to be attractive, but we didn't want her to be a supermodel. We wanted her to be approachable and far more real. It was just kind of depressing that someone thinks it would be better if Faith was a 12-year-old with a boob job. That was kind of what that image looked to me."

Chell was supposed to be an everywoman, not eyecandy. She was an average, everyday person who got swept up into something bigger, just like Gordon Freeman. I get that people like pretty people, but come on, she already *was* pretty. Just not perfect.

Why is a woman who's not perfect treated like a broken object that needs to be fixed?