The hilarious front line in the tragic war against ridiculous female armor
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Okay, so Battleborn is out of open beta and fully available, it’s probably a good time to talk Galilea (who was accidentally left out of the original post) and how her attire is both a great and very negative example. Breakdown below:
Now I must stress, the overall design is pretty great – except for what looks like the boobplate/gorget combination that actually invites and assists people in hitting her in the heart. And it seems for the most part the developers agree given how often she hides it from the viewer:
Why do I suspect Creepy Marketing Guy had everythingsomething to do with this happening in an otherwise awesome outfit and lineup?
I really don’t understand why you’d insist on putting characters in tacky (historically inaccurate) corsets and battle bikinis when you can make fantastic costumes based off actual historical fashions.
– wincenworks
Edit: We have been advised that series apparently dips in the T&A shots once withing the comics, however the point on using actual historical influence rather than impractical adaptations of modern day attire remains and these covers are still awesome.
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@texts-from-disney submitted:
I was pleasantly surprised, while watching television, to see this advert featuring a woman in full armour – winning the fight, to judge by the end, as well. She might want to tuck in that braid, but the armour is beautiful.
I think it says a lot about our society when a travel service understands the purpose and appeal of armor better than most comics, movies and games that focus heavily on combat do.
The hair seems safely tucked away while in the helmet though (and might explain why her coif seems to be behind her rather than around her head).
I am mostly convinced this was kind of a happy accident rather than intentional worldbuilding, but this here’s a thing I get a kick out of regarding Gerudo fashion;
In Gerudo society, this is women’s armour that armoured warriors would wear;
When you crack even the regular not-Nabooru Iron Kuckles open there’s a unique, not-Nabooru Gerudo lady inside of them, Iron Knuckles are covered in Gerudo motifs, this is all around a pretty Gerudo construct.
BUT, this is Ganondorf’s armour when he was young and functioning as their king;
We got a skin tight black leather catsuit under sculpted muscle leather armour topped off with thigh-high boots. Ganondorf comparatively wears the masculine equivalent to form-fitting titty breastplates. I’d go so far as to say this is like the Gerudo saying “But if they can’t see his sweet abs and manly, narrow hips how will they know he’s a guy? Better hammer some pecs into that chest plate just to be sure. Put some weird beads on his big bulgy biceps, it’ll draw people’s attention and he’ll get the upper hand while they’re distracted.”
The in-universe implications of of the character with the most aggressively on-display masculine secondary sex characteristics also being the character who was most likely dressed by women are kind of interesting to consider. It’s kind of taking “male power fantasy” and looping it around into some kind of “strong male character” situation, like some Gerudo fashion designer is standing there all “okay, so the fabric might not breathe at all and you’ll probably get your sternum crushed by the first guy who tries to punch you in the chest, but just get a load of how masculine and empowered you look!”
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone did female society worldbuilding deliberately and unironically like that?
Matriarchal society (say, drows?) where female warrior attire is designed with functionality and coolness in mind, while male fighters are dressed to look as masculine and conventionally attractive to the women as possible.
It’s quite sad that no-one in the mainstream media seems willing to try the idea.
I am mostly convinced this was kind of a happy accident rather than intentional worldbuilding, but this here’s a thing I get a kick out of regarding Gerudo fashion;
In Gerudo society, this is women’s armour that armoured warriors would wear;
When you crack even the regular not-Nabooru Iron Kuckles open there’s a unique, not-Nabooru Gerudo lady inside of them, Iron Knuckles are covered in Gerudo motifs, this is all around a pretty Gerudo construct.
BUT, this is Ganondorf’s armour when he was young and functioning as their king;
We got a skin tight black leather catsuit under sculpted muscle leather armour topped off with thigh-high boots. Ganondorf comparatively wears the masculine equivalent to form-fitting titty breastplates. I’d go so far as to say this is like the Gerudo saying “But if they can’t see his sweet abs and manly, narrow hips how will they know he’s a guy? Better hammer some pecs into that chest plate just to be sure. Put some weird beads on his big bulgy biceps, it’ll draw people’s attention and he’ll get the upper hand while they’re distracted.”
The in-universe implications of of the character with the most aggressively on-display masculine secondary sex characteristics also being the character who was most likely dressed by women are kind of interesting to consider. It’s kind of taking “male power fantasy” and looping it around into some kind of “strong male character” situation, like some Gerudo fashion designer is standing there all “okay, so the fabric might not breathe at all and you’ll probably get your sternum crushed by the first guy who tries to punch you in the chest, but just get a load of how masculine and empowered you look!”
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone did female society worldbuilding deliberately and unironically like that?
Matriarchal society (say, drows?) where female warrior attire is designed with functionality and coolness in mind, while male fighters are dressed to look as masculine and conventionally attractive to the women as possible.
It’s quite sad that no-one in the mainstream media seems willing to try the idea.
