Bikini Armor Battle Damage - Hypocrites and Sexy Art

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John Titor said:
I got the impression they were inspired by ballet. I don't know if valkyries were ever the topic of ballets.
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Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, it has one of the most famous and recognizable scores of any ballet including everyone's favourite attack helicopter themetune, Ride of the Valkyries.

Knowing Vanillaware and the sort of sources they draw inspiration from (seriously checkout the classical art references they packed into Dragon's Crown), this was entirely deliberate.
 
John Titor said:
Speaking as someone who did photography while kneeling on hot and jaggy surfaces, kneepads like those would be very useful.
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The more I see complaints about these kinds of outfit, the more you realize how these people should NEVER be catered to because they are NEVER happy. (That, and I have doubts these people go outside often) Kneepads are incredibly useful for hot/jaggy surfaces and as a medic, it would help her not get punctured by scrapmetal, glass, shards, etc. The design is honestly one of the more sound ones. But I guess it's bad because someone can potentially make a sex joke?

Just because someone can make something dirty, doesn't mean that it is. Plenty of people can make kid shows dark and have dirty content, but it doesn't mean we get rid of those shows due to the IDEA. We create content that fills a need and just filter out everything else.

All the design changes these people made not only make the characters look unappealing, but most of all, BLAND. If every single character design was practical we would NEVER get any fun designs. Because the whole point of fiction to begin with is exploring options that we can't irl. And yes, those don't have to be riddled full of fanservice, but if they're going to complain about generic outfits like THESE, then there's no appeasing them.
 
Yaoi Huntress Earth said:
Once again, they miss the point of why Angela dresses the way she does. She chooses a gaudy style as a way to get attention, especially from her distant mother. Besides, the magic in her realm keeps it warm.
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But Yaoi... showing that much skin deliberately means she's a slut! And being sexually confident and liberated is bad for women! Cover up, you girls! Men could be looking!

... wait, are we talking about feminists or islamists now? I genuinely can't tell sometimes.
 
Yaoi Huntress Earth said:
Once again, they miss the point of why Angela dresses the way she does. She chooses a gaudy style as a way to get attention, especially from her distant mother. Besides, the magic in her realm keeps it warm.
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Actually this one isn't overly terrible. Sure, it misses the point of the character but as a standalone design it's alright. Granted it would benefit from tights or bare legs instead of baggy pants, but we can't suggest a woman might have a figure now can we?
 
Corn Flakes said:
But Yaoi... showing that much skin deliberately means she's a slut! And being sexually confident and liberated is bad for women! Cover up, you girls! Men could be looking!

... wait, are we talking about feminists or islamists now? I genuinely can't tell sometimes.
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Considering how much the sjw crowd defends and protects Muslims I am not sure myself.
 
Evil Betty said:
Actually this one isn't overly terrible. Sure, it misses the point of the character but as a standalone design it's alright. Granted it would benefit from tights or bare legs instead of baggy pants, but we can't suggest a woman might have a figure now can we?
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The funny thing about the baggy pants is that BABD never even depicts the right kind of baggy pants that match their argument for "more mobility" since there’s world of difference between pants that were designed to give the full freedom movement to perform high kicks and a pair of pants that are only aesthetically designed to look loose.
 
Or actual baggy pants that nobody but a contortionist could walk 3 feet in before falling over.... the same people who claim skin-tight jeans are useless in a fight also seem to have no problem believing you could win one while wearing a deflated parachute around your waist....
 
“BABD" said:
[Except for the name,] Literally nothing else about this design communicates that [this character is inspired by Norse mythology]
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The character in question:
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The hair, the helmet, the furs, and even the armor design show cues from a fantasy Valkyrie, but because she’s sexy rather than a frumpy fat slag, the design is considered bad.

Also, apparently the game used to be called Brown Dust before it became Brave Nine, so that was just a reference to the old name. The Powdered Shit line was just being childish though.
 
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Flaming Insignias said:
The character in question:View attachment 1421055
The hair, the helmet, the furs, and even the armor design show cues from a fantasy Valkyrie, but because she’s sexy rather than a frumpy fat slag, the design is considered bad.

Also, apparently the game used to be called Brown Dust before it became Brave Nine, so that was just a reference to the old name. The Powdered Shit line was just being childish though.
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She literally wouldn't be able to bend over. Has anyone here ever worn a metal tube around their waist before?

The issue with this thread is that people think distinct characters are based on superficial "designs" rather than actions and personality. Everyone in a Dickens novel is dressed in modest 19th century outfits but that doesn't mean they're indistinguishable. Of course they're not fat feminists either, because who wants to read about them?
 
Even if a minimum of reality is important in character design, sometimes you just want to watch sexy chicks in armor. It's not that deep.
 
Ruin said:
About a year ago I was reading BABD and I came across a 100% serious post where someone argued that since videogame women were just code written by men they couldn't consent and dressing them in revealing clothes was rape. I wish I would have screencapped it because it was one of the three or so things that made me facepalm irl.
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Next thing you know it's gonna be considered rape to jack off to a women in porn/nude photos without that woman's consent. I guarantee with the way things are headed someone is gonna bring that argument eventually...
 
Mr. Bung said:
Next thing you know it's gonna be considered rape to jack off to a women in porn/nude photos without that woman's consent. I guarantee with the way things are headed someone is gonna bring that argument eventually...
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That’s already the big sentiment of anti-porn activists. Even though the woman likely willingly filmed/photographed, it’s considered degrading to consume the porno because it “objectifies women” or something stupid like that.
 
Flaming Insignias said:
That’s already the big sentiment of anti-porn activists. Even though the woman likely willingly filmed/photographed, it’s considered degrading to consume the porno because it “objectifies women” or something stupid like that.
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I can see that being argued for anti-porn as well, but what I had in mind is the argument would be coming from liberal feminists who support sexual freedom/promiscuity, sex work etc. but only if it's the woman's choice and she's totally comfortable with it. Consent is important, but I often get the feeling there's a sort of double standard to today's sexual liberation that supports women all the way but leaves men in the dust. I remember it being mentioned somewhere that sexual liberation started in the 60's for women, but the culture hasn't caught up to include men yet. I wonder how that would work?
 
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