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2018-12-08 07:39 pm

A non-comprehensive list of excuses I’ve seen for why female characters dress like that

 Inspired by El Goonish Shive:

She breathes through her skin

The more magic she uses, the more her body overheats

She gets hot all the time because she’s part demon

The more of her bare skin is splattered with demon blood, the more powerful she becomes 

When bad guys stare at her chest, they don’t remember what her face looks like

This outfit has more mobility than full armor

Wearing very little is a symbol of how you have so much magical protection that you don’t need to worry about anyone trying to kill you

She’s an emotional trainwreck who distracts herself with sex and booze because she expects her abuser to murder her soon

She’s a professional performer, and sex sells

Her clothing is actually a living being that coincidentally looks like that

“She dresses like a prostitute to punish men” (I have no idea what the context for this is)

This was the first outfit she could steal to replace her prison uniform

She’s been persecuted and cast out because she’s biologically intersex, and this is her way of forcefully proving to people that she’s a “real” woman

I just really wanted to draw a scantily clad woman with huge breasts. Is there a problem with that?