Yes that Anita. Anita Sarkeesian. After she complained about a female Mandalorian having somewhat titty armor (and yeah, I do think she's overreacting in this instance, but the reaction to her overreacting will be even worse).

I'M ABOUT TO GO FERAL. I AM READY GO COMMIT GAMERCIDE.

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  • garbology [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    yeah, I do think she’s overreacting in this instance

    On the other hand, titty armor is dumb and rightfully mocked.

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      I mean they did boobify her armor compared to the one from Clone Wars for no apparent reason, but at least it's not one of those bulging metal bra death traps that would realistically cave in and crush the wearer's chest on impact.

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        titplate is still not a good idea, not good to deflect swords/projectiles/lasers straight into your face and/or neck

      • BigMeatyBeefBoy [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Oh wait really? Chuds keep posting screenshots from, what I thought, was Clone Wars. It might be a different series then, I don't keep up with Star Wars anymore.

        https://twitter.com/ARedJay1/status/1327826820352405519?s=20 <-- Example. Sorry for linking to ground zero itself

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It could be that they made it that way so that the actress would be comfortable. I wouldn't know first hand but I've heard that squeezing your boobs down into a small space hurts.

        • Comrade_Crab [any]
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          4 years ago

          I recently worked in a museum summer workshop thing where visitors could try on a replica of a knight's chestplate and women had no problem wearing it whatsoever.

          • Vayeate [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Were you taking surveys on the women that tried it? Excuse me miss, how does this make your breasts feel? Is this uncomfortable on your nipples?

            • Comrade_Crab [any]
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              4 years ago

              Actually yes lol. As part of the workshop we were testing mobility in medieval armor, so visitors who volunteered (both men and women) ran around and performed various exercises in plate and then made a rather detailed report (what movements they could and couldn't do, whether the armor chafed at some places, how quickly they tired etc.). Medieval plate armor was actually surprisingly spacious as a lot of padding went underneath.

          • ssjmarx [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            interesting. still, unless there's concept art that emerges showing that the female mandalorian armor was specifically sexed up for the show, then the most likely explanation for it looking the way it does is that the costume department took the actress' measurements and matched the costume to her.

  • ZengakurenStick [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think the most frustrating gamer fanbase has to be by far the Fallout series' one.

    The game is literally shitting on the US but hehe luberteeh praim so epic fuck commies

  • threshold [he/him]
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    There's so many things to be rightfully hysterical over in the world atm, 'star wars boobs' doesn't even come near the top 100.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      Anita's found her hustle, and it's teaching "feminist critique 101" over and over again using the latest pop culture.

      • threshold [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        She's right, but any further discussion RE star wars boobs is insane.

  • ImperativeMandates [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Google 'breastplate' there is a reddit for it even. They aren't historical accurate and for info make bets culture instead of gender queer sexy need culture

  • FireAxel [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    At the same time, Gina Carano (who has a role on the show) is posting straight-up QAnon bullshit on her TL. But yeah, Anita is where the outrage is.

  • YeForPrez2020 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Anita had an awkward take, time to rage about it for the next 3 months 😎

    Seriously though, it isn't even the fairly tame boob armor that weirds me out, it's the fact that the women mandalorians have to wear helmets with sexy seductive eyes and thin features. That jumped out as needlessly sexed to me first.

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I have to admit, when she first came out, I watched her first couple of videos and I absolutely loathed them and her. Her arguments were terrible, and consisted of "boobs in videogame?" and then she would do a big EYEROLL and move on to the next offense.

    I was also fairly young and on a lot of drugs, and while I never disagreed with feminism as a whole, I thought her videos were total shit, and didn't see the point.