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On Wonder Woman's costume (and yay! discussion!)

Apr 18, 2009 15:36

Yesterday after commenting on Noah's post about Wonder Woman, which included his reaction to bluefall's post about the Lasso of Truth, which was a response to a previous post of Noah's, I made a post here entitled "MADDY SMASH!" discussing the "Wonder Woman wears a bathing suit" issue. (I should mention that my reason for titling it "MADDY SMASH!" is ( Read more... )

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parsimonia April 18 2009, 22:56:26 UTC

Yeah well, you'll forgive me if I don't delete my "I'm always right" tags any time soon! *shakes fist*

Thing is, although I don't swim nearly enough now, I'm a strong swimmer, and despite usually choosing practicality over fashion, I've had a few, um, *mishaps* with swimsuits that did have straps, so it made me realize there would be no hope if wearing Wondy's. So really, "Wonder Woman is wearing a bathing suit" fails because you clearly cannot swim in that! So, you see, it's not even a bathing suit, so I'm still kind of right...sort of...maybe... XP

You know what occurred to me about PG's costume a little while ago? It's white. Who knows, maybe Kryptonian biology is different, but generally speaking most women would shy away from that colour when picking out a costume they wear daily. I guess that's why she also wears a big red cape! D:

The DCU clearly needs MOAR Cosmic Boy, but you're right, Clark should theoretically show off more. (Although to argue within-the-text logic again, his wholesome traditional American upbringing ( ... )

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.____________________. scottyquick April 19 2009, 00:37:35 UTC

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I thought you guys were talking about like, if she got punched really hard and got wounded and starting bleeding.

0______________________________0 at the Cass/Steph one.

Re: .____________________. nevermore999 April 19 2009, 02:57:29 UTC

I am all over the Cass-Steph one. It is my favorite. Though the Supergirl ones and Black Canary ones come close.

Re: .____________________. parsimonia April 19 2009, 04:05:03 UTC

Hee. As I said above, the Cass-Steph one is the funniest because it somehow sounds the *most* like a tampon commercial, despite the my BFF is a ninja who reads body language aspect.

Re: .____________________. parsimonia April 19 2009, 04:02:52 UTC

The Steph one more than the others sounds like it could be an actual commercial (minus the "my ninja best friend reads body language") for some reason.

Re: .____________________. parsimonia April 19 2009, 04:04:18 UTC

And sorry for having confused you! It is understandable that that is not the first thing that would leap to everyone's minds.

parsimonia April 19 2009, 04:11:14 UTC

Oh man, I had forgotten about those tampon ads. I remember somebody had posted them on s_d ages ago.

Nono, that's why it's awesome, because he'd be so embarrassed,

Hahahahaha, awwwww. Okay, now I'm picturing a reversal of that bit in ASS (All Star Superman), where Lois gets to have Superman's powers for a day, and she gets a supersuit (with pants sold separately). Imagine if Lois was Superwoman normally, and then as a present to Clark she gets him superpowers too, and gives him the same pantless costume. "Oh, wow, Lois! You...didn't have to...uhm...it's...great?"

sirreepicheep April 21 2009, 13:06:53 UTC

Storm's arm-flaps work because she doesn't fly like a swimmer through the air, she lifts herself with wind like a sailboat. Unlike other fliers, she wants as big a wind-resistance profile as possible.

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