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At this point I feel that it is also worth pointing out that Shantae’s magical abilities allow her to transform into a variety of creatures.  So people arguing she needs the outfit, that wouldn’t work for belly dancing, at all times are apparently fine with her being an elephant in game:

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But not with the idea that maybe she should wear something that doesn’t look like a sex shop parody of a Genie/Bellydancer outfit.  It’s puzzling.

That and we should also mention, there was a vote for backers to decide which design for the “rival” genie would be used.  Let’s look at the variety of options.

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Gotta say, I’m actually impressed the design that eventually won was the one with bra straps so at least some suggestion of breast support and the least impractical shoes.  Of course, we’ll have to wait until release to see if those are “in execution”.

– wincenworks

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In recent years, Magic: the Gathering has made a serious effort to improve its depiction of women. The past couple of years has seen such high-profile armor-plated badasses as General Tazri and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death.

General Tazri by Chris Rahn

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death by 

Anastasia Ovchinnikova

But it’s a lot more fun to talk about times when they really, REALLY didn’t get it right. So let’s take it back about 10 years and look at Razia.

Razia, Boros Archangel by Donato Giancola

Quick backstory: the plane of Ravnica is ruled by 10 guilds. The Boros guild is effectively a militarized police force. At the head of the guild are the firemane angels and in command of them is Razia. I guess that she thought the standard issue boobplate wasn’t empowering enough and that a platemail thong would better inspire the morale of her troops.

Wizards of the Coast maintains their baffling process of making steps forward then making jumps back when it looks like they’re really progressing.

– wincenworks

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the-hittite:

In recent years, Magic: the Gathering has made a serious effort to improve its depiction of women. The past couple of years has seen such high-profile armor-plated badasses as General Tazri and Alesha, Who Smiles at Death.

General Tazri by Chris Rahn

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death by 

Anastasia Ovchinnikova

But it’s a lot more fun to talk about times when they really, REALLY didn’t get it right. So let’s take it back about 10 years and look at Razia.

Razia, Boros Archangel by Donato Giancola

Quick backstory: the plane of Ravnica is ruled by 10 guilds. The Boros guild is effectively a militarized police force. At the head of the guild are the firemane angels and in command of them is Razia. I guess that she thought the standard issue boobplate wasn’t empowering enough and that a platemail thong would better inspire the morale of her troops.

Wizards of the Coast maintains their baffling process of making steps forward then making jumps back when it looks like they’re really progressing.

– wincenworks

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So, I came across Dark Age miniatures promoting the top character, Lynette, Chief Herder of the Durshe Tribe, and made the mistake of looking into the rest of their catalog.  While they do have a few positive examples, there’s a distinct trend in how they design their female characters.

I find this one kind of amazing in that aside from the standard issue issues with the female design having all the “ugly” elements removed this set seems to have decided to go with making the female “Frenzied” look more like “Rather Disinterested”.

Partially due to the fact that they chose to cover up her mouth rather than give her a snarl, and partially due to her gear all being adjusted to fit like fashion rather than like it’s barely containing the rage.

– wincenworks