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Say what you will but Lightning is iconic. More recently, adult Emily Kaldwin and Lady Maria are superb.
Oh don't be mistaken, they definitely used stripper reference. Specifically with the pole weapons....:
Aqua's design is pretty excellent.
I quite like Garnet from Final Fantasy IX. Very simple and elegant.
Gravity Daze - Kat
Baiken - Guilty Gear
Wow. That's pretty cool. Maybe if more people took the time to learn about other people culture rather than make judgments based on the media it produce, the world would be a much better place.Other thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and the bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
Feel like this would be better with a little less of a heel.Time for a 'sexy(!) one. Trish from DMC.
Other thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both ancient martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
Literal perfection we are so blessed 😭👌For the 2B and Kat fans, this made my day lol:
Other thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both ancient martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
Oops, I accidentally clicked in this thread mistaking it for the other one and couldn't tell the difference from the posts.
Other thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both ancient martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
Since other Gravity Rush characters have been metnioned, i'll throw in a few more
Aki
Lisa
Yunica
Other thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both ancient martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
She has a british accent.
Come on man, you gotta tell us who she is!
That's because she is. she is one of my personal favourite female designs.Nilin from Remember Me.
...Why do I find her so attractive?
That's because she is. she is one of my personal favourite female designs.
Aribeth from Neverwinter Nights
I don't play FE games at all and just admire designs from a distance BUT DAM if Rinkah isn't purely my aesthetic!!!! Yet people love boring ass robin and lucina....(this franchise wasn't made for me lol)
Agnes from Bravely Default. Not only a great design, but clothes that would look great on a real person.
This actually annoys me because Rinkah is an awesome design stuck in a horrible, horrible character with god awful story. FE characters can be boiled down to stereotypes with a bit of growth and personality/flavour in their support conversations. Rinkah is stuck in a horrible character and never really develops beyond the "I am a fiesty meat eating violent tribes woman." Rinkah has very few likeable traits because she is constantly portrayed as a fish out of water. She doesn't fit in, barely tries and when she learns something or grows a little in one support the next support has her being the fish out of water again. I really don't want to hate her for being so different but she really isn't pleasant to have in story or scenes because of all that I mentioned. The game and story doesn't give her any chance to shine beyond her first appearances. Her qualities of being a strong combatant is a quality shared amongst almost all the characters which really puts her in a weird spot. Sully in Awakening at least clearly beats a good portion of the army in sparring and training.
This isn't really a singular problem with Rinkah either. I think they went in with too many characters and too little in terms of development. Plenty of characters felt introduced and then forgotten while old games would at least have you bring them out for more recruitment later. Even so though, few are tied down with Rinkah's social awkwardness and at least some of the other characters seem to have a good role beyond that such as Scarlet who previously led a rebellion before joining your forces.
For Robin and Lucina, Robin is still a master tactician. s/he is one of the few who wields both sword and tomes. Lucina has the Marth persona while also carrying the tragic backstory with huge loss and uncertain future. They are both so much more interesting than Rinkah is when looking past the simple design. -_-
This reminds me of when someone on GAF was complaining about persona Carmen being designed provocative and sexyOther thread was locked while I was putting this together but I'll be damned if I'm letting it go to waste.
This is one of those (many and numerous) cases where your, excuse my language, Western ignorance shows through once again.
This is called the monkey staff, because the performance is based on folkloric depictions of Sun Wu Kong, who could stand on his staff.
It is a technique that occasionally finds its way into wuxia films (though not very common) and is referenced in games with staff weapons.
And spears are actually very similar to staffs in form and function so it's no surprise when spear users get it too.
It was even referenced once in The Matrix during the famous Burly Brawl.
Does 2B's spear moves incorporate some element of Western pole dancing? Sure. She's designed to be sexy and modern pole dancing is synonymous with sex. But the spear and staff are both ancient martial weapons; their associated mythology and forms far predate pole dancing and bald headed monks were dancing on poles before America was even a country
My gripes with Lucina and Robin have nothing to do with the characters just the designs I don't play FE games because I can't stand tactical games(because i'm terrible at them). Its a shame Rinkah seems like a nothing character yet they gave her a great design. Really Lucina is fine if not a good design i just really don't like Marth and her looking like him doesn't help. But like I said i'm not a big FE guy and most of my knowledge comes from them in the smash series and I dislike all the reps they chose for smash (I'd like a FE rep without a sword). But then again i'm not the franchises demographic
She comin to break yo face
Man... Makoto is so fucking cool.Makoto of Street Fighter
No More Heroes for sure
Ajna.
P.S. My 2 favorite outfits of hers