So…  the Fate series started with a frankly amazing female character, Saber* but since then they’ve… well they haven’t been really respecting the concept that they started with.  This one however… well it looks like they decided they need to go back closer to the original look while still trying to find ways to pointlessly sexualize her.

From episode 2 onward of the latest series the opening credits of Fate: Last Encore are just ninety seconds of this version of Saber hacking up literal shadow opponents in a shadow maze in a manner to flaunt her T & A.

Kind of disappointing for a series that is supposed to be about all manner of mythical heroes, now seem

– wincenworks

* Yes, we are aware this is technically not the same character due to Fate’s obsession with alternative universes, and the universe in Last Encore being very alternative… but putting “identically named variants on a broad character concept” doesn’t parse as well.

sourcedumal:

melliferan:

oh my god one of the raid members had this thing on their team I hate everything I hate this game

@bikiniarmorbattledamage

The horror. THE HORROR

The always amazing @eschergirls recently ran some contests, challenging people to think up explanations for what’s happening in the full sized art.

While no mortal can ever make sense of that concept, they did do a fantastic job of adding much needed comic relief to this horror. *

– wincenworks

* Some part of me still desperately hopes the artist intended this as a subversive work of horror.

Does anyone else notice a pattern here?  How about a few more pics:

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When your attire is so impractical that you need to loop your dog tags off your belt rather than wear them around your neck, it’s time to stop taking comfort in having safety glasses and get off the battlefield.

– wincenworks

So, Red Sonja’s new image is an improvement on the bikini, but sadly right on the first issue highlights a lot of the sexy lady armor tropes.

This is doubly frustrating because all they had to do was give her the rest of the scalemail shirt and some pants.  Well, maybe she’ll get pants next time Dynamite re-invents the franchise.

– wincenworks

I couldn’t find any evidence the cover girl for Elven Legacy existed as anything other than a cover pinup, so instead I bingo’d the foot troops.  The closest I could find to the cover figure was the apparent magic wielding leader who seems as baffled by her outfit as I am.

– wincenworks