Safe Horny

About

Safe Horny is a slang term used to refer to video game characters that are seen as "corporate-approved" and tame enough to be attracted to. Such characters are generally not in dressed overly skimpy outfits, and expressing attraction to them supposedly does not elicit backlash from a wider internet audience. Some examples of safe horny characters include male characters marketed as "hot," "muscle mommy" archetypes like Lady Dimitrescu, as well as redesigned versions of historically overtly sexualized female characters. The phrase "safe horny" comes from the term safe edgy.

Origin

On April 3rd, 2023, Twitter^[1] user @JoeLongBalls posted the earliest known use of the phrase "safe horny" in response to Blizzard announcing a new "hot" male support character. The post gathered over 2000 likes in a month (seen below, left). On April 20th, 2023, Twitter^[2] user @RespectElves posted a tweet about "safe horny" characters as well, mentioning Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village, Ganondorf from The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, and Cammy White from Street Fighter 6. The post gathered over 2000 likes in a month (seen below, right).

Spread

Various Twitter users reacted to the discussions about "safe horny" characters in subsequent days. Twitter^[3] user @Akumabat posted a tweet about the topic, gathering over 800 likes in a month (seen below, left). Twitter^[4] user @Gaigous posted a tweet about the topic with examples of safe and not-safe horny character designs (seen below, right).

On April 24th, 2023, Twitter^[5] user @PandasAndVidya quote tweeted a video of a YouTuber playing Pokémon with the caption, "Is this a symptom of someone that's only into "safe horny"?" The post gathered over 500 likes in a month (seen below).

Is this a symptom of someone that's only into "safe horny"? https://t.co/ZQGT8m1pzE

— Blue-Ping 🌊🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌹 (@PandasAndVidya) April 24, 2023

On May 23rd, Twitter^[6] user @heyitscookiee posted a tweet about how calling Purah "mommy" is a Reddit sexuality reminiscent of the "safe horny" trend. The post gathered over 1,000 likes in five days (seen below).

We really gotta stop being safe horny for characters and saying reddit sexuality shit like “mommy” and start describing in intense detail on how we wanna fuck said characters until the bed breaks instead. I’m tired of this shit. https://t.co/y5s3pKuHZu

— cookie 🍪 (@heyitscookiee) May 23, 2023

Various Examples

babe wake up annoying people have a new thing to be mad about it's called "safe horny" now https://t.co/CXBMBafmVG

— 🪽FRλ 💙💛 (@fracore34) May 25, 2023

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