filipfatalattractionrblog submitted
This is the main character of a fantasy-science fiction comic book Falka. When I was 12 these books has been published in my country. Even then I was sure it was straight up porn.
Continuing with the theme of female-lead fantasy adventure comics that could be easily mistaken for pornography… How (in)appropriate!
~Ozzie
@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).
– wincenworks
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
World of Warcraft (the Movie)
clearlyiwaswrong submitted:
I don’t know if you’d seen these already but my eyes just rolled into the back of my head. Thanks for the crotch shot.
And of course the male equivalent is the opposite of sexualised.
Those posters sum up PERFECTLY the problem with gendered double standard in depicting fictional characters and how it traverses through various media, as an MMO gets adapted into a movie.
Everything about those characters that should be equal, isn’t: makeup, costume, posing.
@nicholaskole took notice way back of how male orcs are big and unequivocally monstrous, while female ones are just conventionally pretty ladies painted green with small fangs (and that Garona’s mixed ancestry is not given justice either). Basically this:
Also reminds me strongly of @krudman’s take on sexual dimorphism in character design.
We assure you, WoW the Movie, designing big badass orc women (and/or sexualized orc men) isn’t that hard! We have a couple examples in our orc tag.
~Ozzie
edit: A number of people have rushed to remind us that in according to the character’s particular lore, she’s a half orc. While correct, this doesn’t address any of the key problems such as her pose and attire, that audiences unfamiliar with the lore won’t know that or that the character is essentially promoted as a sexy orc-like lady in juxtaposition to a powerful, well protected and dangerous orc man.
World of Warcraft (the Movie)
clearlyiwaswrong submitted:
I don’t know if you’d seen these already but my eyes just rolled into the back of my head. Thanks for the crotch shot.
And of course the male equivalent is the opposite of sexualised.
Those posters sum up PERFECTLY the problem with gendered double standard in depicting fictional characters and how it traverses through various media, as an MMO gets adapted into a movie.
Everything about those characters that should be equal, isn’t: makeup, costume, posing.
@nicholaskole took notice way back of how male orcs are big and unequivocally monstrous, while female ones are just conventionally pretty ladies painted green with small fangs (and that Garona’s mixed ancestry is not given justice either). Basically this:
Also reminds me strongly of @krudman’s take on sexual dimorphism in character design.
We assure you, WoW the Movie, designing big badass orc women (and/or sexualized orc men) isn’t that hard! We have a couple examples in our orc tag.
~Ozzie
edit: A number of people have rushed to remind us that in according to the character’s particular lore, she’s a half orc. While correct, this doesn’t address any of the key problems such as her pose and attire, that audiences unfamiliar with the lore won’t know that or that the character is essentially promoted as a sexy orc-like lady in juxtaposition to a powerful, well protected and dangerous orc man.
Dreamfall chapters
@ladyofpayne submitted:
The game Dreamfall Chapters have the best female cast ever existed:
In this games we meet women of all ages and types of apperiances without begins similar “sexy” type. I recommend this game for all gamers, who love vivid characters and dramatic stories.
If nothing else, this lineup showcases how you incorporating a variety of looks and costume designs for a well populated female cast allows you show each character as a unique personality and background.
Now if only we could get more recognition for this outside of adventure games and RPGs and into more mainstream action titles.
– wincenworks
Dreamfall chapters
@ladyofpayne submitted:
The game Dreamfall Chapters have the best female cast ever existed:
In this games we meet women of all ages and types of apperiances without begins similar “sexy” type. I recommend this game for all gamers, who love vivid characters and dramatic stories.
If nothing else, this lineup showcases how you incorporating a variety of looks and costume designs for a well populated female cast allows you show each character as a unique personality and background.
Now if only we could get more recognition for this outside of adventure games and RPGs and into more mainstream action titles.
– wincenworks