This reminds me of when Diablo 4 launched with that super fat druid model. There was some hamplanet streamer that I saw a clip of seeing the character for the first time and going "she looks like me!" complete with performative tears. I tracked that version down just now, but when I first saw it, it was posted to reddit or something and of course all the comments were gushing about how "heartwarming" and "wholesome" it was. All I could think was: "yeah, she does look like you. And you, living in your body, must be aware of how hard it is for you to do basically anything. You probably get winded walking up a single flight of stairs. Do you really have no cognitive dissonance here seeing an action hero that 'looks like you'?"

These people should be more aware than anyone else of just how absurd this stuff is. They live their physical limitations every day. And yet their raging narcissism makes them go "yeah, this looks right" when they see an action hero character that obviously couldn't perform any sort of actual action.