the last of us – Bikini Armor Battle Damage

bikiniarmorbattledamage:

So, what Noelle is referring to is the silver lining to various shitbags crying that an imaginary woman had bigger guns than them – their meltdown a week or so ago leading to a glorious trend for real life buff women to share photos of their beautiful physiques. Including this viral tweet debunking the claims that a woman couldn’t get swole within a few years.

Now, the Last of Us 2 is (assume spoilers in all the links)

a very contentious piece of art – with a wide spectrum of opinions about the role of violence (1,2), depictions of a trans character (1, 2) and so much more. However, there are some parts are indisputably positive: the graphics are amazingly beautiful, the accessibility is leaps and bounds ahead of so many AAA titles, and the outfits for the female characters are excellent.

Someone is frantically typing a comment about how “they’re just clothes” but they’re really so much more, these are outfits specifically chosen and tweaked to reflect the world the characters live in, and the demands of their lifestyles.

The outfits and the way they change to reflect the changes in the mood and the characters – all without distracting from the rest of the narrative. It’s a great example of how much story telling potential you can get out of clothes when you’re not limiting yourself to the most T&A possible.

– wincenworks

edit: fixed first Polygon link (right after spoiler warning)

Speaking of men who feel the need to scream, shit their pants an cry in public – its always worth remembering that the same people who insist it’s “just like that” and “people like it, get used to it” are the same ones who have a meltdown when it turns out people like literally anything other than bikini babes.

So it’s always worth restating that you can, definitely get massive sales and piles of awards for not engaging in bikini armor silliness.

It’s true! No matter what Creepy Marketing Guy or the guy who won’t leave the comic book store and hasn’t bathed this week tell you.

No I’m going to go back to staring at Abby’s arms because reasons.

– wincenworks

So, what Noelle is referring to is the silver lining to various shitbags crying that an imaginary woman had bigger guns than them – their meltdown a week or so ago leading to a glorious trend for real life buff women to share photos of their beautiful physiques. Including this viral tweet debunking the claims that a woman couldn’t get swole within a few years.

Now, the Last of Us 2 is (assume spoilers in all the links)

a very contentious piece of art – with a wide spectrum of opinions about the role of violence (1,2), depictions of a trans character (1, 2) and so much more. However, there are some parts are indisputably positive: the graphics are amazingly beautiful, the accessibility is leaps and bounds ahead of so many AAA titles, and the outfits for the female characters are excellent.

Someone is frantically typing a comment about how “they’re just clothes” but they’re really so much more, these are outfits specifically chosen and tweaked to reflect the world the characters live in, and the demands of their lifestyles.

The outfits and the way they change to reflect the changes in the mood and the characters – all without distracting from the rest of the narrative. It’s a great example of how much story telling potential you can get out of clothes when you’re not limiting yourself to the most T&A possible.

– wincenworks

edit: fixed first Polygon link (right after spoiler warning)