The hilarious front line in the tragic war against ridiculous female armor
Emily Kaldwin, optional protagonist of Dishonored 2, was probably the best thing of E3 this year, certainly the best thing in terms of female costumes.
Especially since when I saw her in Dishonored she looked like this:
Full trailer is here, but be warned that it does contain some gore and outright gruesome imagery. If you want to avoid that then skip to 0:58.
(ht: whereismywizardhat)
– wincenworks
The sad part is, Ciri’s shoes here actually look wearable compared to way too many designs we’ve seen.
Most designers not only put female warriors in high heels inappropriate for the character’s activities. They also create footwear that ignores how feet work and would require them to be broken or liquefied… because body horror is sexy?
The ubiquity of “women’s feet = high heels” thing is quite scary. Awkwardly arched, nearly vertical “Barbie” foot shape is so prevalent in portrayals of women that there’s a generation of artists who apparently think that’s how female anatomy works.
It still amuses me that parodies of Samus Smash Bros “jet boots” understand that a heel this high needs thick platform under the ball of the foot, while the original barely had any sole in front part of the shoe.
~Ozzie
Personally I love this bizarre tendency for people who are are emotionally attached to having high heels in games insist that there’s a scientific reason for Samus and other women having high heels.
Like, high heels have these great and obvious martial applications – but literally no military or martial art has ever chosen to employ them… because it would be unfair to the enemy?
– wincenworks
more about why high heels on action heroines break the suspension of disbelief in fiction | general high heels tag on BABD
Lucas submitted:
There is a new upcoming film called Justice League Gods and Monsters. It’s an alternate universe with a different JL that uses brutal methods to maintain the order.
Here are the 3 protagonists, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.
(That is not Diana! It’s Bekka from New Genesis.)
Look at that V cut that goes to her waist, i have no idea how that protects her (or even works at all) but at least she has a helmet, shoulder pads and a (rather unconfortable looking) neck protection right? The uniform is so weird you can barely recognize her as Wonder Woman.
These 3 are supposed to be the opposite of the original heroes. Superman is the son of the villain, Batman is a vampire that sucks his enemies and Wonder Woman is… sexually agressive.
Machinima will show a companion series, here is her episode (only 6 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWLqnjFN64
She acts cocky all the time, waits until her boyfriend asks for help to go save him and after defeating the giant robot she rips his clothes off and has sex with him.
Might as well change her title to “Empowered Woman”.
Wow. It’s like the design process for this character incorporated hours of surfing TV Tropes and trying to find how to incorporate as many of the “sexy” tropes as possible.
I’m kind of impressed… it must take hours and hours of dedication and work to make something this painfully generic, soulless and ridiculous.
– wincenworks
Lucas submitted:
There is a new upcoming film called Justice League Gods and Monsters. It’s an alternate universe with a different JL that uses brutal methods to maintain the order.
Here are the 3 protagonists, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman.
(That is not Diana! It’s Bekka from New Genesis.)
Look at that V cut that goes to her waist, i have no idea how that protects her (or even works at all) but at least she has a helmet, shoulder pads and a (rather unconfortable looking) neck protection right? The uniform is so weird you can barely recognize her as Wonder Woman.
These 3 are supposed to be the opposite of the original heroes. Superman is the son of the villain, Batman is a vampire that sucks his enemies and Wonder Woman is… sexually agressive.
Machinima will show a companion series, here is her episode (only 6 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWLqnjFN64
She acts cocky all the time, waits until her boyfriend asks for help to go save him and after defeating the giant robot she rips his clothes off and has sex with him.
Might as well change her title to “Empowered Woman”.
Wow. It’s like the design process for this character incorporated hours of surfing TV Tropes and trying to find how to incorporate as many of the “sexy” tropes as possible.
I’m kind of impressed… it must take hours and hours of dedication and work to make something this painfully generic, soulless and ridiculous.
– wincenworks
#empowerment
So I made this high fashion Batman for bikiniarmorbattledamage, and one of the comments I got on the piece, from warriortomaiden, was that he should make out with empowered!Superman. And well, I really could not resist.
So here they are, all empowered, complete with an utterly impossible and uncomfortable flying make-out pose and completely unreferenced anatomy. You’re welcome.
kavkakat, you are a treasure for gracing us with this!
~Ozzie
