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soyokaze-step:

One thing that has always pissed me off in Bravely Default are the blatant double standards of job costumes. I could have gone with almost every job, but I chose to illustrate this problem with the Dark Mage one, because it’s an outfit that really striked me. Yeah, so guys like Ringabel have super cool pants, while Dark Mage girls like Edea are forced to battle in short dresses and garterbelt? Fuck that.
It’s not supposed to be an armor, but it has to protect the body, and I don’t see the point of shortening the ladies’skirts since it makes them more vulnerable- oh wait, it’s female empowerment y’all!

So to correct this unfairness, I drew Ringabel with the ladies’costume, and look at how empowered he looks! ^^/

Inspired by @bikiniarmorbattledamage and the Hawkeye Project, although it’s not a superhero!

Art © soyokaze-step

Good job at fixing the double standard, @soyokaze-step! 

It’s always relative, but I think you managed to avoid the “it’s funny, because he looks so girly” trap of putting a male character in female-coded clothes and/or makeup. 

Ringabell looks rightfully empowered, not shamed, for wearing a dress. 

How do any of those outfits, including the original male one, communicate a dark magic user, though, is a mystery to me.

~Ozzie

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Tidy Up Tuesday #66

Just a few things to address this week.

We certainly agree that it is important to interrogate all media for harmful messages such as supporting imperialism.  However, we do not support only taking this approach with media you don’t personally enjoy or expecting everyone to disregard all other aspects.

There is no problem-free content available for consumption, and it’s perfectly possible to enjoy media without supporting the politics of the creators.  The only way to improve the mediascape is to encourage creators to keep the positive techniques and leave behind as many of the problems as possible.

Things we have addressed before:

~Ozzie, – wincenworks & – Icy

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Cheetah’s appearance in Injustice 2. Why even put clothing on an animal hybrid? She’s covered in fur, what are the clothes for? Because they’re not for any purposes of breast support or protection from attacks… The “outfit” ends up calling more attention to various body parts by putting clothes on them, much in the same vein as Jack in Mass Effect 2. That loincloth especially calls a lot of attention to itself.

Also, does she apply lipstick as part of her grooming routine? What’s going on with her mouth?

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Though I’ll give her that she looks rightfully upset.

-Icy 

Cheetah’s design changed a lot over time, though whether her spots were a costume or her own fur, she rarely wore clothes over them [image source]:

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When she did, though, it was some basic minimalistic garb, not overdesigned “savage” costume  with way too many “exotic” accessories over boobs and butt.

~Ozzie

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While Grimm Fairy Tales is an extremely low-hanging fruit, I couldn’t help but snicker at how “creative” not only the costume, but all of those covers with the same heroine are – at least two poses get reused a lot with very slight modifications, like a closeup. And her expression on a vast majority is all the same.

Also it sums up GFT’s “mastery” at conveying character through their design – I suppose this is meant to be Snow White by the apple motif on her arm-warmer and the vaguely Disney-esque color scheme (aaand that alternative #2 cover).
Though didn’t she wear glasses and dress differently in those comics? Is that… a reboot? No, apparently it’s a sequel series and this is her daughter. Even in a legacy-based relaunch, Zenoscope isn’t capable of changing the status quo. 

But, of course, random conventionally attractive women in battle leotards* posing “sexily” with swords totally tell me all I need to know about this mature take on fairy tale stories and characters.

~Ozzie

I wonder what they could have been inspired by…

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I mean we all knew, but I just wanted to put it here so it highlights the @eschergirls type anatomy.

– wincenworks

That… “outfit”… looks like crap. Tagging this for a livestream somewhere down the line, hope y’all look forward to it.

-Icy

*Should I really call it that? It looks like a mix of lingerie, swimsuit and bodypaint.