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swoosh wrote:Speaking of sexist monstrosities. Anyone else find it odd that male characters that run around with next to no equipment are badasses who don't need armor, but female characters in the same circumstances are just victims of oversexualization and marketing? Hooray for gender roles.As King of Aquilonia, Conan wore not only chainmail, but a curiass as well. The Tarzan lookalike is another creation of Tarzan.
But I'll address your point. Again take a look at the classic Conan pozes from Marvel Comics. Both he and the women in those poses show a lot of skin. But Conan is shown as a dominant sex figure exhibiting his classic manhood.
Sonja on the other hand, like the classic Amazons only retains her power, by denying her sex, the things that make her a woman. Her situation is far from equivalent to Conan's. If she submits to being a woman once, she becomes like all other females in Conan's world... helpless chattel to be used by men.
My point stands.
Yes i admit that red sonja as she is presented originally is laughable at how bad it is especially considering how she only gets her powers from a god and the terrible trope of having rape as a backstory, but her more recent portrayals are a lot better taking away most of her previous glaring flaws outside of the infamous chainmail bikini.