The hilarious front line in the tragic war against ridiculous female armor
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Carolzilla submitted:
Smosh just released this video, they make fun of different superhero topics, including female superhero armor.
I like how they take a jab at many questionable trends in superhero-related media, like the how white most superheroes are, how female characters don’t star in their own movies and the obligatory dead parents (content warning for that particular sketch’s ending).
A few words regarding the crucial difference between censorship and the creators consciously choosing to edit their content.
I dedicate this post to every salty dudebro who had the gall to suggest that we at BABD wantto “stranglecreativity”, because heavens forbid anyone was openly critical of The Thing You Like and suggested it has problems!
Important quote from the video:
Or is it only censorship when it’s people who aren’t you, and don’t think like you, getting what they want for once instead of you?
Dear dudebros, please ask yourself the above question next time before you type a single word of a reply to us.
~Ozzie
edit: “Thanks” to Tumblr’s absurdly broken video post feature, the video initially didn’t load. Fixed now.
Can you believe that this post is nearly a year old and we’re still getting brodudes screaming that providing feedback is censorship and insisting that any change they disagree with was force by “SJWs”?
Even in the face of mountains of evidence that the majority of people who make media actually want it to be enjoyed by lots of people, and thus do care about what alienates potential audiences and don’t take kindly to their “champions” engaging in this kind of nonsense. This, by the way, has always been the case.
This is, of course, glossing over the hilarity of bloggers having the power and authority to force billion dollar businesses to make editorial changes is just a little ridiculous. A little.
I have to say, for a turn based game they seem to have spent a disproportionate amount of work on inventing fighting moves that flaunt leggy outfits and teasing upskirt shots.
Given that the game’s title is about how it’s a world ruled by dragons, and your goal being to get rid of dragons – the warriors who are going to jump around like that would get something other than short skirts… or whatever it is the rune-kinght has.
As Shad argues in the video, the gambeson is perhaps most one of the unappreciated aspect of armor, largely due to the unimpressive visual nature of it and misinformation spread by roleplaying games, both the early tabletop variety and video games variety.
Gambesons are not only an important part of so many armor compositions but also a viable armor in of themselves and were a fashion item at some points in history. We’re huge fans of the gambeson and would love to see them get more wide spread appreciation.
So, if you’re designing an outfit for a character who needs an armor that is light, not too heavy duty and/or can look fabulous – consider the gambeson.
Content warning for sex worker-phobic language bit later (around 11:55) in the video.
Nostalgia Critic’s Spawn movie review took a shot at questioning randomly sexy assassin lady costume, which results in an exchange quite familiar to this blog:
-Anybody who dresses like that is NOT gonna take their job seriously.* -What am I supposed to wear? -Armor, bulletproof vest, a mask to hide your face! -How are people supposed to know that I’m a woman? -It doesn’t matter if you’re a woman. It’s actually better if they don’t know you’re a woman, because then you’d be harder to find!
Bonus points for this particular character being one of antagonists, which feeds squarely into “evil is sexy” cliche.
Especially since all her killer co-workers, including pre-Spawn Al Simmons (who she replaces as the top assassin), dress sensibly.
* We assume Doug meant any job where serious personal injury is a regular risk.
I remember when the Spawn movie flopped, the creator of the franchise, Todd McFarlane, blamed the director for taking too much creative license (which was hilarious in itself McFarlane himself left Marvel due to them not allowing him enough creative license).
