I thought this was cool:
http://womenfighters.tumblr.com
it's a photo blog devoted to fantasy art where the armor actually protects the woman instead of just making her look hot.
related:
here's a comedy sketch about the same topic - why would anybody wear armor which exposes their cleavage and midriff? these guys try to explain it.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6550847/female-armor-sucks
I wonder how many threads have been posted on 4chan's /tg/, full of both praise and furious bile for this site. :lulz:
I'd hit it.
(but just the shiny parts)
I like the bit under the boob-shaped breastplate where he links to some examples of male heroes with ridiculous armour as well.
Reminds me of a famous line from the Storm comic albums (Dutch sci-fi cartoon, dunno if it's very widely known) but "very nice, but hardly appropriate for travelling the desert" ... though later in the series the red-haired female hero companion is clad [by angels] [that have no genitals] [inside a fractal von neumann machine space ship] [on a quest ordered by the planet goddess Pandarve] [appearing either as Alice or Marylin Monroe] [goddamnit this series was great I gotta re-read it] in nothing but a sort of white robe, that gets increasingly translucent [for no apparent reason] as the series progresses, so maybe it's not a shining example of practical female wear.
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Yeah. Not only do they pinch, if unlined, do NOT sit too close to the fire.
D/N/T
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:20:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Yeah. Not only do they pinch, if unlined, do NOT sit too close to the fire.
D/N/T
And for the guys in the audience, do not rub up against this sort of thing, unless you like mashing your junk on a cheese grater.
ANY PROGRAM.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:21:46 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:20:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Yeah. Not only do they pinch, if unlined, do NOT sit too close to the fire.
D/N/T
And for the guys in the audience, do not rub up against this sort of thing, unless you like mashing your junk on a cheese grater.
Hey, it's not a meat grinder, but... well, yeah, it would be.
For the record, I just had the top. No way in HELL was I wearing the bottom.
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:21:46 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:20:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Yeah. Not only do they pinch, if unlined, do NOT sit too close to the fire.
D/N/T
And for the guys in the audience, do not rub up against this sort of thing, unless you like mashing your junk on a cheese grater.
Hey, it's not a meat grinder, but... well, yeah, it would be.
For the record, I just had the top. No way in HELL was I wearing the bottom.
I'm Doktor Howl, and I approve of bottomless bikinis.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:32:07 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:21:46 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:20:32 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on September 21, 2011, 08:13:28 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:09:12 PM
While I will confess to having owned a chainmail bikini, it was NOT for combat...
Ouch.
Ouch, I say.
Yeah. Not only do they pinch, if unlined, do NOT sit too close to the fire.
D/N/T
And for the guys in the audience, do not rub up against this sort of thing, unless you like mashing your junk on a cheese grater.
Hey, it's not a meat grinder, but... well, yeah, it would be.
For the record, I just had the top. No way in HELL was I wearing the bottom.
I'm Doktor Howl, and I approve of bottomless bikinis.
I DID say it wasn't for combat...
Quote from: Luna on September 21, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
No way in HELL was I wearing the bottom.
You can't let something so marvelous go to waste!!
Quote from: Cramulus on September 21, 2011, 05:09:32 PM
I thought this was cool:
http://womenfighters.tumblr.com
it's a photo blog devoted to fantasy art where the armor actually protects the woman instead of just making her look hot.
related:
here's a comedy sketch about the same topic - why would anybody wear armor which exposes their cleavage and midriff? these guys try to explain it.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6550847/female-armor-sucks
See also probably NSFW Female Fighters in Unreasonable Armor (http://ffiua.tumblr.com/)
I always hated the ones with big, wild, loose hair. I HAVE BIG WILD HAIR and if I were in COMBAT it would be a huge fucking liability. Tie that shit up.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on May 27, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
I always hated the ones with big, wild, loose hair. I HAVE BIG WILD HAIR and if I were in COMBAT it would be a huge fucking liability. Tie that shit up.
YES!!
Also long free flowing hair seems even more sexier when you always see your bad ass female warriors with their hair bound up for serious fighting.
Related? http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
It's been bouncing around my facebook for a couple days now.
All my Marvel RPG characters wore full-body onesies of Mr. Fantastic's unstable molecule cloth under whatever other armor, usually a cross between an Iron Man suit and the Thing's skin. :P There was no half-naked malarky with exposed flesh and crazy fucking hair. This was a SCIENCE, god damn it. An ART!
I'm a shitty RPG-er because I take this shit too seriously. But my characters never died from stupid, god damn it.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:11:20 AM
Related? http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
It's been bouncing around my facebook for a couple days now.
I love this.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:17:55 AM
All my Marvel RPG characters wore full-body onesies of Mr. Fantastic's unstable molecule cloth under whatever other armor, usually a cross between an Iron Man suit and the Thing's skin. :P There was no half-naked malarky with exposed flesh and crazy fucking hair. This was a SCIENCE, god damn it. An ART!
I'm a shitty RPG-er because I take this shit too seriously. But my characters never died from stupid, god damn it.
Never died from stupid? Ever? That's just sadness.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:28:27 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:17:55 AM
All my Marvel RPG characters wore full-body onesies of Mr. Fantastic's unstable molecule cloth under whatever other armor, usually a cross between an Iron Man suit and the Thing's skin. :P There was no half-naked malarky with exposed flesh and crazy fucking hair. This was a SCIENCE, god damn it. An ART!
I'm a shitty RPG-er because I take this shit too seriously. But my characters never died from stupid, god damn it.
Never died from stupid? Ever? That's just sadness.
That means not enough HEROISM was applied.
Coyote, habitually having characters dying, sometimes more than once in a combat.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:11:20 AM
Related? http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
It's been bouncing around my facebook for a couple days now.
I like this!
I wish the webpage was a little more grown-up, though. It doesn't load very fast and it's hard to read.
Quote from: six to the quixotic on May 27, 2013, 12:29:26 AM
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:28:27 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:17:55 AM
All my Marvel RPG characters wore full-body onesies of Mr. Fantastic's unstable molecule cloth under whatever other armor, usually a cross between an Iron Man suit and the Thing's skin. :P There was no half-naked malarky with exposed flesh and crazy fucking hair. This was a SCIENCE, god damn it. An ART!
I'm a shitty RPG-er because I take this shit too seriously. But my characters never died from stupid, god damn it.
Never died from stupid? Ever? That's just sadness.
That means not enough HEROISM was applied.
Coyote, habitually having characters dying, sometimes more than once in a combat.
Really, what's the point of playing if you can't get your ass habitually kidnapped by the villains, or lose a fight because you insisted on using fishhooks for your weapon?
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:33:19 AM
Quote from: six to the quixotic on May 27, 2013, 12:29:26 AM
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:28:27 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:17:55 AM
All my Marvel RPG characters wore full-body onesies of Mr. Fantastic's unstable molecule cloth under whatever other armor, usually a cross between an Iron Man suit and the Thing's skin. :P There was no half-naked malarky with exposed flesh and crazy fucking hair. This was a SCIENCE, god damn it. An ART!
I'm a shitty RPG-er because I take this shit too seriously. But my characters never died from stupid, god damn it.
Never died from stupid? Ever? That's just sadness.
That means not enough HEROISM was applied.
Coyote, habitually having characters dying, sometimes more than once in a combat.
Really, what's the point of playing if you can't get your ass habitually kidnapped by the villains, or lose a fight because you insisted on using fishhooks for your weapon?
Now that's just stupid. Unless it was in Kobolds Ate My Baby.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 12:11:20 AM
Related? http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/
It's been bouncing around my facebook for a couple days now.
Saw this mentioned on Ravelry and didn't read it. Read it now. Very nice. And true. About fucking time.
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
It's only really a shitty way of playing if no one had fun because of it.
One day I shall run online table top RPG for PDers.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
Serious can be good, but sometimes taking a character seriously means acting stupidly. Not everyone has a high int and wis :)
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 27, 2013, 01:53:51 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
Serious can be good, but sometimes taking a character seriously means acting stupidly. Not everyone has a high int and wis :)
or despite being highly intelligent does things that appear to others as highly stupid because of that character's culture or upbringing.
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
If it makes you feel better, I, too, am a shitty player. My personal bad habits are getting a little grabby over loot, and making HORRIBLE FUCKING AWFUL PLANS that are either doomed to spectacular failure by the sheer weight of complexity and stupidity they contain, or are not proactive enough and just sort of flop.
I need to kidnap a guy? Great! I'll just set the town on fire (with a detailed list of steps needed and equipment used) as a distraction!
Oh, wait, that's bad. Like, DM is pissed off at me bad. OKAY NEW PLAN. There's going to be a mass battle. Defend at place where guy is at, wait for him to fall down, drag him a quarter of a mile in an active combat zone, throw him into the house with the guy who wants him alive to make a thing. START NEW PLAN TO LIVE FROM THERE.
I ARE SO GUD AT PLAANZ. ALSO I AM AN HERO!
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on May 28, 2013, 07:54:49 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
If it makes you feel better, I, too, am a shitty player. My personal bad habits are getting a little grabby over loot, and making HORRIBLE FUCKING AWFUL PLANS that are either doomed to spectacular failure by the sheer weight of complexity and stupidity they contain, or are not proactive enough and just sort of flop.
I need to kidnap a guy? Great! I'll just set the town on fire (with a detailed list of steps needed and equipment used) as a distraction!
Oh, wait, that's bad. Like, DM is pissed off at me bad. OKAY NEW PLAN. There's going to be a mass battle. Defend at place where guy is at, wait for him to fall down, drag him a quarter of a mile in an active combat zone, throw him into the house with the guy who wants him alive to make a thing. START NEW PLAN TO LIVE FROM THERE.
I ARE SO GUD AT PLAANZ. ALSO I AM AN HERO!
unless something is a big op, I just charge in and fuck shit up. I did all my tactical planning when I built the character.
I actually hate loot in table top games. Either give me something fucking cool or cash to buy something cool later just don't expect me to keep track of shit.
loot is only important if I need it to do cool shit.
also why would setting fire to an entire town be a good idea for a distraction?
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on May 28, 2013, 07:54:49 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
If it makes you feel better, I, too, am a shitty player. My personal bad habits are getting a little grabby over loot, and making HORRIBLE FUCKING AWFUL PLANS that are either doomed to spectacular failure by the sheer weight of complexity and stupidity they contain, or are not proactive enough and just sort of flop.
I need to kidnap a guy? Great! I'll just set the town on fire (with a detailed list of steps needed and equipment used) as a distraction!
Oh, wait, that's bad. Like, DM is pissed off at me bad. OKAY NEW PLAN. There's going to be a mass battle. Defend at place where guy is at, wait for him to fall down, drag him a quarter of a mile in an active combat zone, throw him into the house with the guy who wants him alive to make a thing. START NEW PLAN TO LIVE FROM THERE.
I ARE SO GUD AT PLAANZ. ALSO I AM AN HERO!
I think most of my problem was I had a DM who would tell me to do shit just so he could screw my character over for doing the things he said to do. And he'd change shit all the time, rules from one session didn't carry over into the next because we used them to win instead of pacify his ego. He kept coming up with these bad guys no one could beat and then we'd kill it in three rounds because obvious flaw was obvious. Then he'd end the session early and spend the rest of the night pouting because we ruined everything.
I was told not to be a 'rules lawyer' and just roll with it because we're supposed to be having fun and no one wants the DM to pout all night so I quit. I just wanted what he said to actually be what would happen. *shrug* If that's how it's supposed to go then fine, I don't really want to play because that isn't how my brain works and I spent a good hour trying to explain that when the DM asked me to play in the first place.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 28, 2013, 10:57:12 PM
Quote from: Freeky Queen of DERP on May 28, 2013, 07:54:49 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 27, 2013, 12:40:52 AM
Like I said. I'm a shitty player because I take it too seriously.
If it makes you feel better, I, too, am a shitty player. My personal bad habits are getting a little grabby over loot, and making HORRIBLE FUCKING AWFUL PLANS that are either doomed to spectacular failure by the sheer weight of complexity and stupidity they contain, or are not proactive enough and just sort of flop.
I need to kidnap a guy? Great! I'll just set the town on fire (with a detailed list of steps needed and equipment used) as a distraction!
Oh, wait, that's bad. Like, DM is pissed off at me bad. OKAY NEW PLAN. There's going to be a mass battle. Defend at place where guy is at, wait for him to fall down, drag him a quarter of a mile in an active combat zone, throw him into the house with the guy who wants him alive to make a thing. START NEW PLAN TO LIVE FROM THERE.
I ARE SO GUD AT PLAANZ. ALSO I AM AN HERO!
I think most of my problem was I had a DM who would tell me to do shit just so he could screw my character over for doing the things he said to do. And he'd change shit all the time, rules from one session didn't carry over into the next because we used them to win instead of pacify his ego. He kept coming up with these bad guys no one could beat and then we'd kill it in three rounds because obvious flaw was obvious. Then he'd end the session early and spend the rest of the night pouting because we ruined everything.
I was told not to be a 'rules lawyer' and just roll with it because we're supposed to be having fun and no one wants the DM to pout all night so I quit. I just wanted what he said to actually be what would happen. *shrug* If that's how it's supposed to go then fine, I don't really want to play because that isn't how my brain works and I spent a good hour trying to explain that when the DM asked me to play in the first place.
Your DM is defective.
That whole group is defective for going along with the defective dm.
CPD, come up here and let us run good games for you sometime.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 30, 2013, 02:58:06 PM
CPD, come up here and let us run good games for you sometime.
Next time I get the urge to hop a bus, I'll head that way. If I don't magically wake up in Oregon after a Pepsi bender.
All of you bastards come up here and try your hand in the HACKFEST.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2013, 10:17:55 PM
All of you bastards come up here and try your hand in the HACKFEST.
It was 90 here today and it was too hot. If Tuscon wants me it can come and drag me kicking and screaming.
Quote from: Queen Gogira Pennyworth, BSW on May 31, 2013, 02:18:27 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 30, 2013, 10:17:55 PM
All of you bastards come up here and try your hand in the HACKFEST.
It was 90 here today and it was too hot. If Tuscon wants me it can come and drag me kicking and screaming.
I melt at anything higher than 75 degrees. I am a fragile and delicate flower of femininity. I swoon at the mere suggestion.
I drove past a sign that read 106 today, one of those temperature signs out front of banks.
I think it was today, at least...
You know something? It wasn't too bad out, even with the air being force blasted into my face because I have to keep the windows down.
Personally I prefer to play RPGs where the characters have armors that are impractical in the opposite of the usual direction. Like a psionicist encased in a solid 5'x5'x8' block of cement/concrete with eye holes, a ring of sustenance, and a necklace of adaptation.
Pretty sure there's something about this that I posted in the Image archive.
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Quote from: Ragret on October 08, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Actually, it's the assumption that Viking means "male".
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
Shirley He He
so the security guard at the bank on the J&10 corner was wearing a pistol
WHILE i was there | Laughter all around | anyway on my way Tuesday
between banks (10-1) i passed by the court house, it was the Mult.co
sherrif possy wearing flack not PP's {Never mind ETa May PT 46>
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
1 38 / so soLLy i 4got the news
back in the 60's | WHEN the Np Prinsis wanted me to sell her My Land Grant
she told me her son had RED HAIR | the message being there was a viking
in here ancestory
never mind PT 1 45
Quote from: hirley0 on October 09, 2014, 09:38:00 AM
Shirley He He
so the security guard at the bank on the J&10 corner was wearing a pistol
WHILE i was there | Laughter all around | anyway on my way Tuesday
between banks (10-1) i passed by the court house, it was the Mult.co
sherrif possy wearing flack not PP's {Never mind ETa May PT 46>
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 08, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Actually, it's the assumption that Viking means "male".
Actually, I knew that, the language was extremely clear there, I tried to lampshade it (if that is the correct use of that expression).
Though you have to admit, Mcleod probably is a man.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
... DAMMIT!
Quote from: Ragret on October 09, 2014, 08:50:43 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 08, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Actually, it's the assumption that Viking means "male".
Actually, I knew that, the language was extremely clear there, I tried to lampshade it (if that is the correct use of that expression).
Though you have to admit, Mcleod probably is a man.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
... DAMMIT!
:lol: I think I lost my sense of humor somewhere in the middle of a biology lecture this week, I've been taking everything horribly literally lately.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 10, 2014, 03:41:28 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 09, 2014, 08:50:43 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 08, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Actually, it's the assumption that Viking means "male".
Actually, I knew that, the language was extremely clear there, I tried to lampshade it (if that is the correct use of that expression).
Though you have to admit, Mcleod probably is a man.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
... DAMMIT!
:lol: I think I lost my sense of humor somewhere in the middle of a biology lecture this week, I've been taking everything horribly literally lately.
Ah I know that feeling.
Everyone is laughing and you are all like 'what are you laughing about? what i said is factually true.' All the while knowing exactly what's so funny but being unable to laugh about it.
It is a result of being extremely logical for too long without enough sleep or relaxation. Your mind is in a logic-rut, get out of it before it changes your perspective! Quick! do something silly!
Quote from: Ragret on October 12, 2014, 10:41:17 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on October 10, 2014, 03:41:28 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 09, 2014, 08:50:43 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: Ragret on October 08, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on May 27, 2013, 05:14:11 PM
I am fascinated that one of the articles linked to by the above blogger used this phrasing:
QuoteWomen may have accompanied male Vikings in those early invasions of England, in much greater numbers than scholars earlier supposed, McLeod concludes.
I guess it's just so culturally ingrained that it passes without notice.
Mcleod must be man, because there was no mention of gender. Trying to understand how people think gives me a headache.
Actually, it's the assumption that Viking means "male".
Actually, I knew that, the language was extremely clear there, I tried to lampshade it (if that is the correct use of that expression).
Though you have to admit, Mcleod probably is a man.
Quote from: Your Mom on October 09, 2014, 03:39:26 AM
I just said "actually". Fuck me.
... DAMMIT!
:lol: I think I lost my sense of humor somewhere in the middle of a biology lecture this week, I've been taking everything horribly literally lately.
Ah I know that feeling.
Everyone is laughing and you are all like 'what are you laughing about? what i said is factually true.' All the while knowing exactly what's so funny but being unable to laugh about it.
It is a result of being extremely logical for too long without enough sleep or relaxation. Your mind is in a logic-rut, get out of it before it changes your perspective! Quick! do something silly!
Well, I did this: https://www.facebook.com/BarfieldAdventures
Back to the OP a bit....looks like Dragon Age Inquisition has some very reasonable female armours, going by a couple of the trailers I was looking at.
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130807213633/dragonage/images/a/a8/CassandraVarric2.jpg)
Given Cassandra is a romance choice, that's pretty impressively sensible.
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140702223408/dragonage/images/e/e7/Leliana_inquisition_ii.jpg)
Leliana has gone for a chainmail hauberk sort of a thing.
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141011115858/dragonage/images/1/18/Sera_poster.jpg)
Sera's armour is a little more figure hugging but, as an archer, also fairly reasonable
Looking back, as far as I can see, all the TES games had reasonable female armour as well.
(http://images.uesp.net/3/3e/SR-item-Ebony_Armor_Female.jpg)
(http://images.uesp.net/thumb/a/a9/OB-item-female-Ebony_Armor.jpg/600px-OB-item-female-Ebony_Armor.jpg)
(http://images.uesp.net/b/bc/MW-item-Ebony_Armor_Female.jpg)
Well, mostly. Some of the bandit armour in SKyrim was quite revealing, but both for men and women. And those bandits didn't live long anyway, likely because they were exposing so much flesh.
I dunno, that ebony boobplate looks pretty impractical to me. Though at least it does cover the whole body.
The breastplate does put a bit of emphasis on the "breast" part of the equation, I agree, though I think that also has to do with the main ebony plate at the front of the armour. And to be honest, I'd say that was the worst of the heavy armours by far. I really only picked ebony as its a constant throughout the previous games...something like steel probably would've made the point better, though the actual depicition of steel armour has varied quite a bit.
True. And one thing I will say is that it largely seems to be for visible differentiation, rather than blatant sexualization. It isn't exactly plausible that women would consistently wear armour shaped so that it channels blows inward and effectively forms a blade pointed directly at their hearts, but at the same time I think if the armour were truly practical, players would complain that their customization choices were being invalidated or something. Hell, I feel that way myself when I spend hours designing a character's face, only for it to be obscured by their helmet or hood for the rest of the game. Besides, people don't complain about the flat cuirasses on male armour, but that's pretty unrealistic too.
What if instead of correcting the women's armor they gave the men really impractical codpieces or something?
Relevant, NSFW:
www.oglaf.com/battledress/
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