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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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!?"

[–] TheLowestStone 56 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't even refer to it as "masculine." It's more just "functional."

[–] RudeOnTuesdays 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The alternative (as seen in the original image) is just plain stupid. Armor like should be saved for the bedroom... Or a slutty Halloween costume, I guess.

[–] TheLowestStone 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

100% agreed. I'm a straight guy but one of my biggest pet peeves is armor with cleavage cut-outs. If you really feel the need to objectify the character like that, just don't put her in armor at all.

[–] VindictiveJudge 7 points 2 months ago

Or be one of the few works that puts everone in skimpy outfits, regardless of sex or gender.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Say what you will, but the Duras sisters ushered me into puberty and I have no regrets.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

"Gals is it gay to want to survive a stabin'?"

[–] Shou 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

your friend jut has no taste, women in full-plate are peak sexiness

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

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.)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and then ppl like that will whine about the fragile left lol

[–] BrokenGlepnir 11 points 2 months ago

Lefts not going to be fragile in that armor though

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They could just like...not make her wear "masculine" armor lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh? Who, my friend or the game developers? Either way, she's just wearing regular armor. It just happens to not be unrealistically feminine...

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Your friend. There are feminine armor sets in the game, but they chose to make their character wear a masculine set lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I think you're misunderstanding everything. Again, it's my female character and my friend is the one who has a problem with the fact that this in-game character doesn't wear feminine attire...

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 2 points 1 month ago

Ooooh lol I see, my bad