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?
– wincenworks
So, after getting many reader suggestions and taking time to process the info, we took a closer look at what people behind the upcoming Wonder Woman movie have to say about the ridiculously mediocre Amazon boob armors which the film is going to feature… And wow, was it a ride of predictable rhetoric and obliviousness to blatant double standard. I sincerely hoped the whole bingo card wouldn’t be necessary, yet here we are.
Indeed, Patty Jenkins, the director, also played the “men are sexualized too” card:
I, as a woman, want Wonder Woman to be hot as hell, fight badass, and look great at the same time – the same way men want Superman to have huge pecs and an impractically big body. That makes them feel like the hero they want to be. And my hero, in my head, has really long legs.
Because that:
Has TOTALLY the same costuming priorities as this:
With lines like that, maybe Jenkins and the costume designer, Lindy Hemming, aim to be the Mari Shimazakis of Hollywood… Except Diana of Themyscira is not Bayonetta, so “she’s supposed to be very sexy and I as a lady find it empowering” excuses do not really work, even in
the
context of character agency. Because Wonder Woman is so much more than “looking like a supermodel while kicking ass”.
As a reblogger, @meishuu pointed out, that Oglaf strip was pretty much what the director said.
I want to be optimistic and am gonna assume that the crew is contractually obligated to endorse every choice made about the movie, no matter how ridiculous it is when you think about it for more than a second.
~Ozzie
@audio-sexual submitted (and Ozzie bingo’d):
I would like to submit for a bingo card: TERA’s latest class, The Brawler.
They must be a lover, not a fighter because they basically are wearing a hand-written in gold glitter gel pen invitation to murder them on the battlefield.
This pic was shared by my friend who noticed that the “armor” was getting increasingly more ridiculous until this stunner right here. I don’t know what that top/almost a corset thing is supposed to be or HOW IT WORKS…there are high heels, of course…& that crowning jewel, the diamond in front, rises & falls because the designers don’t know how breasts actually work.
As you can see, their character is just as enthralled with the look as we are.
Just when we thought underboob and boob windows couldn’t possibly get any worse… Though seeing how this is TERA, we’re hardly surprised, really.
Can’t get a good shot of this particular costume’s shoes, which would confirm the high heels and earn it a double bingo, but comparing it to other Brawler outfits (and, again, remebering it’s TERA), I’m 99,9% sure that’s the case. So, bingo?
For the record, here’s how other Brawler “armors” look:
~Ozzie