what she says: I’m fine
what she means: why is Dorian Gray never played by people with blond hair? why is Dorian always depicted as all pale and dark? oscar literally describes his hair as gold like two seconds after we meet him. directors apparently feel like they have to make Dorian look dark dangerous and brooding, but he’s not supposed to look dark and dangerous and brooding. That’s the whole point. No one ever suspects him because he looks like an innocent little cherub with golden curls and rosy cheeks. His physical appearance is described with terms that Western literary tradition, during the nineteenth century in particular, associated with goodness and godliness, and this is intentionally juxtaposed with the blackness of his soul. If you intentionally play him as someone who looks like a Byronic hero, much of the symbolism of his character is lost, right?
Let’s make sure this bullshit doesn’t follow us into 2018
These women are heroines. They have superpowers. They save the world on a regular basis. They all have personalities and backstories and they all dedicate their lives to the greater good and ALL you care about it the length of their skirts and the amount of cleavage that is revealed by their clothes.
Who are the mysogynists here again?
These women are constantly running and/or flying, fighting, and going out in the middle of the night when it is cold. They all are in positions where their breast need support and the proper protection from enemies and the elements, along with the rest of their chests. These women are fighting along side men whose suits are drawn to be practical and not sexualize them. Not to mention men are drawn with the correct anatomy, which is less than I can say about these women who are mostly drawn by straight men who have never seen a boob before.
That last one was what this was about. In my search I saw countless other impractical suits and poses, but this was mostly about incorrect anatomy and clothing that showcases that. These women deserve to have their bodies respected to the same degree their male counterparts are. Catwoman was fighting and parts of her suit tore… to expose her breasts. That sort of treatment would never be given to a male hero. Sure, their suits can tear at times, but never in a way to make them “sexier.”
These women do have strong personalities and some indeed have superpowers. The heroes save the day while the villains here are trying to survive the best way they know how. They are all their own person and deserve to be treated as such. This includes not being drawn by men who obviously don’t understand how female anatomy works without sexualizing it.
But, right, because I care about this stuff this makes me the misogynist.
ALSO let me add that it is not fucking hard to draw female superheroes in practical costumes. I am an artist. I am going into comics (partly so I might be able to do something about this) so I know what it is like drawing people in different types of outfits. Their chests are not hard to draw, these guys just don’t know how to draw them because all of their references have been other men drawing female superheroes like the above. Spandex doesn’t work this say, neither does cotton, leather, or wool. No material makes boobs look like balls that are barely on your chest, except for the possibly bad boob job. Nothing against people with breast implants, but as far as I know none of these women have that in their back story.
Want to see female superheroes that have proper anatomy? Here!
And her powers include messing with her anatomy, hence her hand!
These are ladies with full coverage AND their chests are actually realistic with how they are drawn.
Can a hero have huge chests? Yes! Of course. These chests still aren’t the smallest. Not huge, but not tiny. You don’t need a perfectly flat chest to be a hero, but if you have a large chest you still deserve support and to be drawn correctly.
“Hey can women wear practical clothing?”
“YOU’RE THE REAL SEXIST”
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