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November 23, 2010

levyrasputin:

Because purple looks better than pink? XD
IDK, probably it’s because the Sapphires are visually sexualized in a way Indigos aren’t but the complaints about costumes tend to irritate me quite soon because c’mon it’s just a costume. Get over it and look at the story instead.
I find the concept of love as incarnated by the Sapphires right now much more irritating than their latex bikini.
Galactus!Carol was hotter than this modern version, anyway.. =P

It’s hard to look at a story sometimes though when you feel like an outsider to the story and that the costume is essentially meant to serve as a way for heterosexual males to ogle/objectify women.
It can be frustrating when you see it time and time again. It sends a message that women must be sexy all the time and have perfect bodies and wear tiny little things. It’s re-enforcing a message that we are simply constructs to ogle and fantasize over no matter how super-powered and strong we might be.
I couldn’t imagine even attempting to wear the costume in cosplay because a) I don’t have the lady balls to do it, but more so I have big breasts (D cup!) and even when I wear a cleavage revealing shirt (and a jacket and jeans!), I’ve gotten comments in a room full of people that have been loud, rude and made me uncomfortable.
As for the secret, well the only things I can think of is that the Star Sapphire costume Carol is wearing has a big jewel thing that directs a reader/viewer’s gaze to her vagina and the top offers little support, whereas the Indigo Tribe member’s top could come off as a sports bra. The Indigo Tribe member’s outfit I’ve seen marathon runners run in outfits that are very similar, because it looks like it offers support.
Carol’s supposed to be flying around, etc. She’s also got at least B size breasts. There’s no way her breasts would stay put in that outfit without some serious double sided tape. Seriously. Try running in an outfit like that or any type of extreme physical exertion and come back and tell me that everything stayed in one place.
It also bothers me that Carol doesn’t even like the outfit she has to wear. She tells Hal: “At least you don’t have to run around in a bathing suit.” And yet, the creators still throw her in it. That really rubs me the wrong way.

Because purple looks better than pink? XD

IDK, probably it’s because the Sapphires are visually sexualized in a way Indigos aren’t but the complaints about costumes tend to irritate me quite soon because c’mon it’s just a costume. Get over it and look at the story instead.

I find the concept of love as incarnated by the Sapphires right now much more irritating than their latex bikini.

Galactus!Carol was hotter than this modern version, anyway.. =P

It’s hard to look at a story sometimes though when you feel like an outsider to the story and that the costume is essentially meant to serve as a way for heterosexual males to ogle/objectify women.

It can be frustrating when you see it time and time again. It sends a message that women must be sexy all the time and have perfect bodies and wear tiny little things. It’s re-enforcing a message that we are simply constructs to ogle and fantasize over no matter how super-powered and strong we might be.

I couldn’t imagine even attempting to wear the costume in cosplay because a) I don’t have the lady balls to do it, but more so I have big breasts (D cup!) and even when I wear a cleavage revealing shirt (and a jacket and jeans!), I’ve gotten comments in a room full of people that have been loud, rude and made me uncomfortable.

As for the secret, well the only things I can think of is that the Star Sapphire costume Carol is wearing has a big jewel thing that directs a reader/viewer’s gaze to her vagina and the top offers little support, whereas the Indigo Tribe member’s top could come off as a sports bra. The Indigo Tribe member’s outfit I’ve seen marathon runners run in outfits that are very similar, because it looks like it offers support.

Carol’s supposed to be flying around, etc. She’s also got at least B size breasts. There’s no way her breasts would stay put in that outfit without some serious double sided tape. Seriously. Try running in an outfit like that or any type of extreme physical exertion and come back and tell me that everything stayed in one place.

It also bothers me that Carol doesn’t even like the outfit she has to wear. She tells Hal: “At least you don’t have to run around in a bathing suit.” And yet, the creators still throw her in it. That really rubs me the wrong way.