Here we go again
whereismywizardhat submitted:
Time to add to Langrisser’s sins against basic sanity in costume design
This is Priestess Mariel Sarlus. I mean, I know nuns are often sexualized anyways, but really?!?
One of the things I always find truly baffling about a lot of these designs is they’re not trying to find integrate the fantasy setting with the sexy design… they’re just cutting windows and adding clothes you’d find in a modern day lingerie catalog (or sex shop).
I mean… unless I’m supposed to believe that part of her role as priestess is to set some sort of example for pubis grooming.
– wincenworks
Here we go again
whereismywizardhat submitted:
Time to add to Langrisser’s sins against basic sanity in costume design
This is Priestess Mariel Sarlus. I mean, I know nuns are often sexualized anyways, but really?!?
One of the things I always find truly baffling about a lot of these designs is they’re not trying to find integrate the fantasy setting with the sexy design… they’re just cutting windows and adding clothes you’d find in a modern day lingerie catalog (or sex shop).
I mean… unless I’m supposed to believe that part of her role as priestess is to set some sort of example for pubis grooming.
– wincenworks
The sad part is, Ciri’s shoes here actually look wearable compared to way too many designs we’ve seen.
Most designers not only put female warriors in high heels inappropriate for the character’s activities. They also create footwear that ignores how feet work and would require them to be broken or liquefied… because body horror is sexy?
The ubiquity of “women’s feet = high heels” thing is quite scary. Awkwardly arched, nearly vertical “Barbie” foot shape is so prevalent in portrayals of women that there’s a generation of artists who apparently think that’s how female anatomy works.
It still amuses me that parodies of Samus Smash Bros “jet boots” understand that a heel this high needs thick platform under the ball of the foot, while the original barely had any sole in front part of the shoe.
~Ozzie
Personally I love this bizarre tendency for people who are are emotionally attached to having high heels in games insist that there’s a scientific reason for Samus and other women having high heels.
Like, high heels have these great and obvious martial applications – but literally no military or martial art has ever chosen to employ them… because it would be unfair to the enemy?
– wincenworks
more about why high heels on action heroines break the suspension of disbelief in fiction | general high heels tag on BABD
Chaos Dragon and Gender Flips
whereismywizardhat submitted:
You know, in the adaptation from one medium to another, Gender flips happen. Most of the time, it’s actually to balance out a mostly male cast with some female characters, which is good.
Here’s what’s not good
This is from the anime Chaos Dragon, an adaptation of the light novel series based upon Gen Urobuchi and Kinoko Nasu’s tabletop game sessions. This is Lou Zhenjie, Urobuchi’s character. Notice the difference, beyond the genderswap, in how the character is treated?
It’s pretty terrible.
And people tell us that the parodies we feature are too ridiculous… I tend to think they’re not ridiculous enough!
– wincenworks