A real fun video you guys MUST watch! (:
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some college student submitted:
This is the girl from the Ragnarok Online post a while back.
I always found it weird that a common justification was “freedom of movement” for drawing/presenting women in bikinis or lingerie with random bits tacked on as armor. Given that battle bikinis and lingerie armor generally come with accessories such as high heels, spikes jutting against the skin, and extremely tight mini-skirts, etc, such outfits would usually impede movement or even harm the wearer if they moved in certain ways. So, I’m fairly certain that the “freedom of movement” argument is kinda moot.
Finally a kind of post this blog was created for, YAY! 😀
Great point!
Evolution of a Swordsman in Ragnarok Online
danseru-kun submitted:
Ragnarok Online is a MMORPG where you can choose some job classes and level them up. I am actually not a player but this game is pretty popular in my country. Posters of this game is everywhere and I admire the style. This game features really good female outfit but the majority still falls into the sexualized category especially when you compare it to men. This is a sample:
A novice can start as a swordsman. Decent armor for the girl, feminine but tough. Equality ftw
Crusaders looking badass! One of the steps you can choose in the job tree. True warriors of the church! Yes equality for brothers and sisters!
And… then the Crusaders turn to Paladins. Aww look at how the mighty warrior discovered the truth that mini skirts are more functional and you don’t have to protect your belly. The highest class…
And from a Swordsman to a Holy Crusader to a Paladin we get the Royal Guard and… nuff said.
Man: leather clothes and boots -> more protection and boots until the highest class
Woman: leather clothes -> leader clothes with armor -> mini skirt and midriff -> bikini and stilettos (pls fix this one)
All images are official art and can be found in the sites below. The art style changed over the decade hence the inconsistency.
Poor girls had to donate most of their clothes in exchange for better weapons and shields. Now they have to run around in their underwear! ):
UUUURGH
Mod edit: As HohenheimOL observes, not only the costumes change for worse, the illustrated character’s attitude too!
[There’s a] jarring shift in body language between the first and second half. Hell, the characters on both genders look completely different; they start out looking rough, gritty, and battle ready. Come the second half, they look like generic animu “action” protagonists.
Did you see the Disney princesses as sexy warriors post over on Laughing Squid today? This just gives me so much anger-sad. Disney princesses as warriors – sure bring it on… (and isn’t Mulan already one….?) Just had to share. (I can’t link on here, sorry! – and don’t have to answer on tumblr, this is the only way I could find to message you)
Yes, I did. Those images have been around Tumblr for about two weeks now.
The thing is, I didn’t really know what to say if I posted those. Especially since it’s neither official Disney art nor was making those outfits believable the artist’s purpose (those are pinups).
But I finally queued a reblog from ami-angelwings (of eschergirls fame), as it was the first one I saw that elaborates on problems BABD would find in those “armors”. It’s scheduled to post this weekend.