Assorted 2018 - 03 - HD

I recall an interview with a beach volleyball player who basically explained that the two pieces outfits were worn so that the players didn't have to worry about sand getting into their clothing.

Then again, the plot could be interpreted as a commentary against the player. Is the player not the villain, for encouraging such behavior? After all, they're the ones controlling the actual fights, and if they *want* to see the fighters in those outfits...

Dragon Writer Luc

True enough, though I think the fighting game genre has gotten to the point where most people expect a villain, or at least a boss of some sort.

Charles D Perry

I feel like following that adage during his Kind of a Dick Mad Scientist days is one of the things they feel guilty about.

Drew "Ununnilium" Perron

Contextually, in a game fighting against a bad guy, they're going to imposing their will upon the heroes in some way, or doing something that forces people to counter them for their own well being. Therefore, the whole "forced to fight to stop the bad guy" angle feels like a given, like that's just part of the deal. The forced skimpy outfits aspect adds a new, particularly creepy aspect to it that's not a given. So it's a bit odd, but yeah, it's fairly natural to find what is arguably the more villainous half the equation less objectionable. GRANTED, in the case of a game like SNK Heroines, it literally could have just been a women's fighting tournament. There was no actual "need" for a villain ^^;

Dan Shive

Barring mind control there's always a choice for the heroes. It's just that villains like to make a point of reducing the heroes' options to 'the villains gets what they want' or 'something terrible and/or unacceptable to the heroes happens'. The scenario presented in the comic gave the choice of 'wear skimpy outfits and fight for my amusement or *else*' whearas the choice I presented in my above post was 'wear a skimpy outfit or don't fight' where the villain assumes the female fighters would choose the latter option.

Charles D Perry

I can't articulate why, but I thought it was pretty obviously Tedd.

Emtu

I think the key issue there being against one's will period. Sure the fighting against one will is technically the worst two but fighting and skimpy outfits are appropriate when the fighter has a choice in the matter (at least plot wise).

PSadlon

Works considering he 's a member of the Kitune line.

PSadlon

Tedd,have you never heard the addage, "It is better to ask forgiveness than ask permission"?

John Trauger

And honestly, I personally find being forced to wear certain outfits against your will to be generally less objectionable than being forced to fight against your will, or being forced to entertain against your will, etc. The outfit itself is an ultimately minor deal.

Charles D Perry

Well, yeah that would obviously be the best option. My mind just went towards trying to think of a context Susan *might* not object to.

Charles D Perry

I very much approve of male-ish foxy Tedd! :D

Flounder

I felt the same way about my school uniforms, and the nuns were kinda villainous, so, yeah, that's a valid metaphor...

If a woman wants to fight and chooses a skimpy outfit to do it in of her own free will, there's nothing wrong with that. Like how Olympic beach volleyball players are actually allowed to wear pretty much whatever they want, and most of them choose a bikini. But if girls are being forced to wear skimpy outfits against their will, that's fucked up. And there's an argument that yeah but it's the *villain* doing it, and your goal is to take them down, but if the player is the one choosing the outfits when it's clear that the character does not want to be in whatever nonsense you put them in, that makes the player a participant in the fucked-up-ness.

Sindri

That was my thought, as well. Especially due to the TG angle with Fatal Cutie.

coredumperror

Mine too! I didn't have anything adult in my actual patreon but some of the fics I was linking to were adult so I guess they're really cracking down lately.

Jane Bailey

How about a context-less fighting game?

Dragon Writer Luc

I wonder what context Susan wouldn't object to? A villain prophecized to be defeated in single combat by the world's best female fighter, so he/she curses them to only be able to wear skimpy outfits in the hopes that they will all be too stricken by modesty to fight properly?

Charles D Perry

I thought Tedd based on the body but Elliot based on the hair, so I was not sure...

Adama

Oh, commentary on SNK Heroines?

Matt R

Yeah, my first thought reading this was "Who is that with Susan? It reminds me of Tedd for some reason but they don't normally hang out together... Maybe it's Elliot?" I mean, I like anthro forms with animal-like faces, but when applied to a character that usually has a human-like face it can make it pretty hard to recognize them...

Chronos Cat

I resisted the urge to change his hair and everything!

Dan Shive

(looks at EGS site) Oh, that's Tedd. Should've guessed.

Stephen Gilberg