Hildegard Von Krone by Shoko-Cosplay
Guys, can you imagine how awesome Soul Calibur would be if Hildegard Von Krone was the standard for their female characters, rather than the exception?
– wincenworks
A stroll through our archive reminded me of this post, so I figured it’s high time to bingo the Black Widow!Thor.
As pointed out earlier, seems like costume change for a new wielder of Mjolnir is optional for male characters (neither Captain America nor Superman get one), but obligatory for female characters. And somehow the result is always some fashion sin with lots of focus on boobs and legs.
We’ll get to Wondy!Thor sometime later, we promise.
~Ozzie
Lady… err… Lady from Shadow Hearts: From the New World has a truly perplexing outfit… it’s unclear if at any point there was thought put into what her outfit was for, if it had a message or anything other than how to avoid needing censor bars.
Certainly nothing about her outfit screams “Malice” to me… except perhaps malice against the audience who have to look at that outfit.
– wincenworks
SarcasticMantisShrimp submitted:
This is Nu Wa from Smite. Look who got a bingo!
I love Smite to death, but their portrayals of females leave MUCH to be desired.
Oh SMITE, you neverending well of snore-inducing generic “sexyness” and casual cultural appropriation.
At this point the only thing worth pointing out about this is that for a figure from Chinese mythology, Nu Wa/Nüwa/Nügua here looks suspiciously white. And, traditionally for SMITE, any claim of this portrayal being “historically accurate” hinges on mass delusion (and probably a certain youtuber’s disproportionate popularity).
PS: No need to claim precede a valid critique with “I really love this thing to death, but…”
~Ozzie
Can we talk about how Shiklah is “Mrs Deadpool” but they’ve chosen to apply none of Deadpool’s visual branding? Aside from one decoration on her belly chain on one cover? No? We’re just going to rebrand the character’s title as a derivative of Deadpool and pretend the battle lingerie is critical?
I mean if nothing else, this is a golden opportunity to have her wear something you can sell as Deadpool merchandise! I mean you got the Deadpool Bobblehead in there – but this seems like the prime time to be trying to sell everything Deadpool! Pants. Jackets. Shirts. Bags. Things you use to hold your socks up… everything!
– wincenworks
Interestingly, they did it before with actual distaff counterpart and barely even tried.
Lady Deadpool is an alternate universe character in Marvel (and also one of “our” Deadpool’s weird love interests). Who comes with an assorted ponytail and boobsocks, just in case anyone forgot that she’s Deadpool, except a lady!
And also WTF anatomy, cause Liefeld.
Seems like attaching a male hero’s name to a female character is a seemingly simple task that everyone’s too lazy to put their heart into. Even the new Thor, no matter how well written, somehow HAD to be designed with a boobplate, cause ladyparts, amirite?
~Ozzie
