My right-wing friend was legitimately upset that my female Elden Ring character was wearing masculine-looking armor. I was like "why does it matter!?"
I wouldn't even refer to it as "masculine." It's more just "functional."
"Gals is it gay to want to survive a stabin'?"
There should be two kinds of armour. Not male and female, but functional and fun.
It took the skyrim modding community 10 years before the male equivalent brought male slut armour. And yes, it is called HIMBO.
your friend jut has no taste, women in full-plate are peak sexiness
I can see helping to put on or take off armour to have potential for tender intimacy - not the raunchy sexual kind, more like reaching beneath the plate to adjust the doublet, asking if it sits right now? Pulling the straps, checking the articulation of the faulds, the seat of the pants so the ride won't leave her sore, straightening out her mail voiders, using a piece if char to draw a heart on the gorget, a cheesy pun about gorgetous, a squeeze of her arm before affixing the gauntlet. A last kiss on the cheek before she pulls up the hauberk and dons the helmet, helping her mount, handing her the lance, and off she goes to bring the thunder.
Shit, did I just write knightly romance?
(War is a gruesome business, mind, but this romantisation of medieval warfare would fit right in with people like Bertran de Born, who was quite convinced that war is awesome. That doesn't reflect my view, but as an epoch piece, it would be fairly accurate.)
and then ppl like that will whine about the fragile left lol
Lefts not going to be fragile in that armor though
Gender: beef jerky.
Teriyaki style!
Zevulon the Great
And then there's
GulfGuild Wars 2 that just gives you both options.
I was about to say, I prefer the games that offer varied armors with no restrictions as to what kind you wear.
The Secret World was awesome about that. Clothing doesn't mean shit against demons. Dress however you want; the talismans you wear provide the protection.
Dark Souls: Get your ass whooped while wearing 200% armor regardless of gender!
Dark Souls was a true pioneer of gender equality.
I remember a webcomic, Mac Hall, (now Three Panel Soul by the same creators iirc) about a female video game character's singular mission to find actual pants.
As a result "TTP" or "Time To Pants" became a personal metric on how much faith I was going to have in a game's art direction.
How would you rate a game that is all Highlanders in battle kilts?
That does remind me of a companion 'TTP' I applied to anime: 'Time To Pantyshot', but that was an inverse rating.
I'd have low faith but if they're consistent and I guess if they commit to hairy nutsacks? o7
It would be hilarious if DS had a Cyberpunk like body creation at the beginning, only to then never show any of it.
Ah yes, the destiny 2 approach. For two years I didn’t know I was an exo. Hell I didn’t even know what an exo was. Then I went back to forgetting.
This reminds me of my first account in Eve Online. I spent two hours in character creation, in awe with the graphics, hyped by what would come next...to never see my character in the game.
Character creation was just a glorified creation tool for HUD avatar.
The pain is realIt does though, you can customize your face and body. The body customization is pretty limited (fat/medium/small) but the face can be changed a lot to be unique.
Not knowing what "dark souls" means here, but in this case I'm with them then! 👍
Dark Souls is a video game series.
Thanks!
If you’ve heard of Elden Ring that’s theirs too.
Heard of, yes. But never played that either (am not a gamer 🙃).
Well, the games fuck you in the arse regardless of your gender.
I liked this about the first Mass Effect - your teammates all wore proper battlesuits. But of course, 2 and 3 decided fanservice was better than protection...
Yeah pretty lazy, I like Monster Hunter, and with Wilds they will finally let any character wear the variant they want, so men can finally look cute. They are finally forgiven for covering the belly window from the Nargacuga male armor.
what about Minecraft
So, I don’t think I fully understand how this all works, but how would a female knight in (typically) male armor take a leak?
While the question asked is a dumb one, it does bring up an interesting point: There's a surprising number of historical outfits for soldiers where they'd wear "skirts" of a fashion. Roman legionnaires being a classic example.
It's kind of just an easy way to apply armor that protects the groin area without being complicated to design. No one's curving a blade in between your thighs in battle.
