2011-12-19, 07:04 | Link #6110 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 35
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It's semiotics at work: boobplates and bikini armour are just signifiers communicating something else. And to me the "signified" meaning it communicates is more along the lines of "gamer male audience wants fantasy boobies" than it does "fantasy boobies" themselves. Disturbingly anti-sexy in all sorts of uncomfortable ways, or in short, eww. |
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2011-12-19, 07:30 | Link #6111 | |
Moving in circles
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 49
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That's not to suggest the women never donned armour or fought lustily side by side with men-at-arms (though I am indeed hard-pressed to think of actual historical examples that are not generously leavened with myth). But the simple thing is that women, historically, seldom fought their wars on the battlefields. And that is where modern fantasy writing often fails — it seldom provides a compelling reason to explain the presence of "gender equality" in imaginary worlds. |
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2011-12-19, 08:59 | Link #6112 | |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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*runs*
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2011-12-19, 13:40 | Link #6115 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 47
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I wonder if this qualifies as odd:
http://www.stripes.com/news/sex-with...itary-1.162890
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2011-12-19, 13:54 | Link #6116 | |
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
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And would really a perverted enemy have the time to think about that in the heat of the battle ?
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2011-12-19, 23:46 | Link #6117 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 67
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