Boob Plate, Boob Windows, and Pauldrons, oh My!

[@JillBearup]

This video was made in July 2017, as evidenced by my just having been to a cinema (remember those?) to watch Wonder Woman. Hope you enjoy it regardless, but more modern examples will be missing!

[@arekschneyer3802]

I just came here from your "i hate this costume piece" video. I hadn't seen this one before, but I really enjoyed it! It clarified exactly what was impractical about boob-armor. (I'd always known it was somehow impractical beyond discomfort, but not being an expert on armor, and being to lazy to spend any time actually thinking about how sword points would be effected by the slant, or pressure points, i hadn't figured out why)

[@edh9999]

I recently saw a picture of a 15th-century plate armor that purported to be Joan Of Arc's. It looked just like any other piece of armor, except the metal below the waist (judging from the picture) seemed to dip inwards a bit more than would be comfortable for a man. Is this real (doubtful, but you never know)?

[@glukolover]

I think it's also worth noting that in most media, movies, games, comics, etc; that armor doesn't really armor. It's often treated as tissue paper that blades can just carve right through, just that it lessens damage rather then outright prevent it. Naturally this is obnoxiously stupid, but if that's the premise your starting from, it not a big reach as to why boob armor is a thing. If armor isn't really protecting you anyway, who cares what it looks like. That seems to be the line of thought anyway.

[@sharlharmakhis280]

@@arekschneyer3802 I feel that. Had a *massive* argument with my game group (none of which aside me *have* breasts) as to the proper shaping of a Mandalorian woman's armor.

[@JillBearup]

@@edh9999 It's...probably not Joan of Arc's actual armour, but hey, who knows. That said, metal plate armour for women in contemporary art tended to basically look like men's armour for the most part. The art often had the women with a skirt on over their armoured legs. That being said, some art has women in...well, breast-plates too :) But then given that if you go by movies, even movies of historical events, we put female fighters in all kinds of ridiculous stuff (shoes included) one must take everything with some grain of salt!

[@FearlessSon]

One of the things I liked about some of the Amazons in WW is the way they would have a metal plate across half their chests, with the other half of their chest being covered in flexible leather. It was clear from the training scenes though that these Amazons were archers. It felt practical for their battlefield role. The flexible side gave their drawing arm more range of motion to ready and fire arrows, while the rigid plate is on the side of the chest that faces more toward the enemy while she is firing. It felt like a nice compromise between mobility and protection, and the asymmetry gave it some nice visual interest. Plus it gave it an aesthetic connection to the myth of Amazon's who would remove one breast to facilitate drawing bows without actually being that.

[@linguisticsnerd433]

Yes thank you for mentioning the cautered breast myth

[@georgecaplin9075]

FearlessSon that was one extremely well thought out and articulated comment. I enjoyed reading that. Well done you.

[@davidbodor1762]

To be fair that myth was made up by really stupid people =))

[@eebertdeebert]

Well don't people believe that that is wrong now, and think Amazon didn't come from the word amazos (Without breast), but from a Persian word ha-mazan? (Warrior) Still a great comment.

[@jelly2268]

... I enjoyed reading this

[@Carewolf]

High-heel armored boots.... for the herione on the run I am looking at you Witcher 3!

[@fatalmystic]

also kerrigan as the queen of blades, such nonsense

[@mangalores-x_x]

funnily enough high heels were kind of invented for mounted combat though... worn by men first.

[@blackmage665]

high heels have a precedent. also, stabby memes.

[@dssaee]

"Do those heels make it hard to walk?" "I don't know, do they?" *proceeds to grab your throat between her heels* Nolan knows how to do it. : 3

[@mslightbulb]

Rest in peace the knees of whoever that is. A knee poping out may leave you without being able to use that leg from 1 hour to 2 days. It’s not even that they are impractical, high heels cause injuries, the ankles and knees are incredibly vulnerable with high heels. Specially for women who are generally more flexible and at higher risk of their ligaments getting out of place.

[@grayfox1748]

After thinking a lot about it, I personally think that the Amazons' armor kinda makes sense considering that they are in peaceful times. Sure, they're preparing for an invasion, but not everyone seems to believe it's really going to happen, and since they still wear armor, probably because of social status or something, it makes sense that some of them decided to go more for aesthetic than functionality. The fact that we see some actually functional armor here and there shows that they do have functional armor, but not everyone chooses to wear it, because not everyone thinks they will need it. But then again, none of that is on the movie, so this is no more than my personal opinion.

[@qwormuli77]

That's a good point. They haven't actually seen action in eon, IIRC, so all of that might just be uniform of the parade armor side of things.

[@Erika-gn1tv]

The interesting thing about Hoplite armor is that it's meant to support a very particular form of combat. When you stand in a shield wall with that big shield, the only places that will be exposed are your head and your legs, so you only absolutely need to armor those parts. The rest is just extra precaution. But that armor pattern doesn't work if you remove it from that specific combat style. Without a shield wall you need protection from every direction and without the shield you need heavier armor in general. Like fully covering gambeson, mail or plate suit. "Fully covering" being the keywords here.

[@Terminalsanity]

Hoplites did not form shield walls they fought in phalanx formations. And they didn't wear thigh armor beyond faulds or chain mail for the same reason most foot soldiers through out history and to this very day do not do so: the loss of freedom moment is simply not worth it. The reason why medieval knights wore thigh plate armor is because they primarily fought on horseback meaning the most lethally exposed parts of the bodies and most vulnerable to men on foot being ridden down were their legs. The protect center mass and head leaving legs arms is actually the predominate approach for foot soldiers indeed its pretty much the only approach that's actually still in use in modern combat.

[@Erika-gn1tv]

A shield wall is a fundamental feature of a phalanx. Otherwise they wouldn't be wielding those big shields. And did the hoplites even wear mail? I though that was a later invention.

[@AbelDuviant]

Without a shield wall you're fighting alone, and if you're fighting alone against multiple opponents from all directions you've fucked up and are going to die. Most important places to armor are the head and the chest/abdomen, then the arms, and finally the legs. Goign for the legs was (is) a huge risk so it wasn't done all that often. A shield also let's you get away with a whole lot more. I'm gonna quote HTTYD here, but if you have to choose between a helmet and a shield, pick a shield. Is that the correct quote or was it choosing between a sword and a shield? Eh, idk. Shield's most important, it protects more than any single piece of armor ever could. Only do away with your shield if you're fully armored.

[@thealgorithm3412]

@@AbelDuviant it was sword and a shield but good point

[@robertlehnert4148]

@@Terminalsanity The phalanx was inherently a shield wall. The post-Marius Roman Legion was the checkerboard maniple which is what I think you were referring to.

[@billionai4871]

one good point about "clothes as armour". Gambersons are a thing! they aren't your everyday clothes, sure, but they are basically layers upon layers of wool, and it does provide a good deal of protection against slashing. Now, for wonderwoman, she'd never use it like we'd never use it here in Brazil, because that thing is HOT, but don't underestimate the protection of clothes

[@Modighen]

There's also the "poor man's plate armor," brigandine. Canvas or leather with metal plates on the inside. Not only can it be effective, but the plates can make its form stylish. There would have to be another scene showing the inside of the armor just so they wouldn't freak out about the "studded leather didn't exist" demographic, but Hollywood wouls still have the old "the tiny studs are magic" trope. There's also its cousin lamellar, where the plates are on the outside. Still pretty effective and awesome looking if made right.

[@billionai4871]

@@Modighen yeah, brigandine should get more love! it is so easy to make it stylish, i really wonder why hollywood haven't done it yet

[@Modighen]

@@billionai4871 Hollywood has secretly been featuring brigandine. They just misunderstood that magic in those studs was holding a metal plate in place, and well, we all know about plot armor being the only useful sort of protection. I think it would be cool, though, to have scenes featuring brigandine doing its job properly and that mortal wounds were averted by something sensible. One day, hopefully, someone in Hollywood is ready to adopt that kind of cool. :)

[@Modighen]

​@Niek Vels I'm thinking of how it would take more skill to rivet 40-100 some odd plates into adequate protection as opposed to hammering and hardening one or two large steel sheets into a proper breastplate and I can't figure it out. It was a very popular armor for 200+ years, I'm not sure why it would be so popular if a breastplate was not only easier to make but also less expensive.

[@Modighen]

@Niek Vels Those are good points, but if it takes two minutes to set a rivet, even 300 rivets would still be quicker than a steel cuirass. Plus, there isn't as much skill involved with fastening plates on a backing as there is manufacturing a decent breastplate out of one or two large sheets of steel. My apologies, I should have thought of that earlier.

[@michaelconnell1010]

This reminds me of a party banter conversation Cassandra and Iron Bull had in Dragon Age Inquisition XD

[@theproteanbro5994]

Oh, yeah; I forgot about that banter.

[@Zero-0-Cypher]

Hah

[@fireofdawn3515]

I bloody love their banter.

[@endanarchy]

Of all banter, that one is the one that sticks with me.

[@mo-em5sj]

@GiRayne there were one ridiculous armor type. Can't recall the name now

[@colonelquack]

Then there's PJ's adaptation of LotR. Eowyn is clearly a woman who identifies as a woman. Sure, her hair flows, but so does Eomer's, Aragorn's, or freaking Gandalf's. Practical armor, and defeats the witch-king. You go, Eowyn.

[@JohnDoe-nq4du]

Even PJ couldn't screw up everything, though he sure gave it a good try.

[@deadlypandaghost]

The great part is that the original drawings of her riding into battle have her in basically a chainmail bikini. However since she is explicitly stated as being disguised in the same type of armor as everyone else that means the entire army was riding into battle in chainmail bikinis

[@seanheath4492]

@@deadlypandaghost Well, that could be an interesting attempt at psychological warfare, at least. And I'm sure some of the audience would've appreciated an army of fairly buff, scantily clad men. :P

[@eebertdeebert]

Whenever I see PJ I think of Percy Jackson and I needed to remind myself that PETER Jackson, not PERCY Jackson, directed the LoTR movies.

[@apollomars1678]

@@seanheath4492 you wont wanna get your body hair in direct contact of thousand metal rings, while riding a horse into a charge. after the charge, you wont posess bodyhair.

[@arellajardin2323]

I played that game, the King's Bounty series is a fun budget strategy game. But yes! Female armor has driven me insane in games and fantasy for my entire life. Boob windows, boob socks, thongs, exposed skin everywhere. Heck, Mass Effect, set in the future, has chastplates molded to have boobs on the female soldiers (though to be fair, male armor often has their abs molded on the armor). Though, as I've gotten older, I care more about in universe consistency, rather than just function. If the male characters are fully covered, I expect the same of women. If the female characters are scantily clad, the men better be, too. I don't mind some fantastical outfits, if both genders look equally ridiculous. I do hate it in games, how often leather armor exposes a woman's midriff, but men get their stomachs covered.

[@arellajardin2323]

Oh, and the cliche "chain mail bikini." I don't think people realize how much the links would pinch your naughty bits every time you moved. I'm in pain just thinking about it.

[@herkles1]

The thing about the Mass Effect Series that bugs me is Samara's "Armor". The other female characters with sexy looking armor, Miranda and Jack don't bug me because it fits their character/personality and that works. I can buy them wearing those armors. Samara on the other hand that just bugs me. Samara is an ancient warrior. Yet her armor always pulls me out a bit, since in contrast to Jack or Miranda which i can buy them wearing that, I can't do so for Samara. She should wear proper armor. Its not like the don't have armor designs for the Asari. In ME1 they certainly did and in ME3 Liara had several armor choices including heavy that they could have used for Samara's design.

[@arellajardin2323]

I might give Samara a pass, since she's a powerful biotic, and can protect herself with biotic fields. I'm more annoyed with Ashley in ME3. Human, no nonesense soldier... form fitting leather jumpsuit. Considering how she wore the bulkiest heavy armors in ME1, and her personality has all the sensuality of a bulldog, it seems like kind of an odd pick for her.

[@StCrimson667]

+Arella Jardin I am totally down for more scantily-clad men in games, seriously! We need more more scantily-clad men in games! And in media and the world, period!

[@Rocketboy1313]

I assumed that there were additional layers between the chainmail and skin when it came to such things. Little bit of leather to keep things free of pinching.

[@geminijinxies7258]

This is looking even more silly when the girls are standing next to the men who are wearing armour that covers every part of the body. It's like they're going to different types of battles, but nope that's not really the case.

[@wafflesthearttoad6916]

I like to think that girls will occasionally get chest plates that don’t fit like bras and have to get their chest plate fitted at like a Victoria’s Secret or something

[@ibigfire]

Victoria's Secret Blacksmith. That sounds awesome.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

One thing is that all armor is custom made. So one would never have ill fitting armor. Unless, or until they gained weight in their old age. Qt which point they would have to commission new armor. On the other hand, I pity the person who's job it was to measure the bust's of those Amazonian's to make that boob plate fit properly.

[@Qaianna]

Or worse. 'Hast thous seen Dame Marjorie's cuirass? Such vast arches of steel!' 'Fie! Her squire hath confessed that she commissions her smiths be as generous as one would a prince's codpiece.' 'Perhaps I shall commission them anon; my current cuirass dates from three winters ago, and aches mightily ... '

[@imnotstupid5058]

@@torfinnzempel6123 especially if it was a man, either way, he'll have a night that he'll remember for the rest of his life.

[@username-mk4qv]

Except Victoria’s Secret only goes up to like, DDD cups. They’d have to get them custom made by the Brasmith.

[@kirstywalker6950]

I was a princess once till i took an arrow to the shoulder.

[@chitrikart2328]

Then you became a soldier?

[@purplespark8]

Adventurer

[@celestialbeing985]

:(

[@hailghidorah2536]

That’s when you become a pirate.

[@calladeem240]

Arrow to the shoulder would definitely disqualify you from being a princess. How are you going to wave at your subjects now?

[@xaph212]

finding none-boob armors are harder in fantasy world, include Sci-Fi. Samus Aran from Metroid series (her gender was intentionally make player impossible to realize at first so) Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones (YES! It's just normal armor!) And Everything in Tyranny (a game developed by Obsidian studio), The game is in general using equalist idea, but more like "who care about gender! strong will rule this world!" Even "Evil Overlord who conquered entire world" (cant really say The overlord is evil but game claimed s/he is evil) gender is unknown, in Tyranny, often hard to realize character's gender till dialog says "she or he" to those characters because they are wearing almost exactly same armors.

[@jacobvardy]

Another one from Obsidian, NWN2. I'm giving it a replay and my paladin has pretty normal fucking armor. Sure it narrows a bit at the waist but i'm putting that down to codpiecesque fashion concerns.

[@jameshull133]

I’d also like to point out that in PoE 1 and 2 (both by Obsidian Entertainment) does practical armour, and when it is slightly stylised, it’s for something you would expect. Like normal clothes or tribal armour made from pelt and cloth. I find the whole thing one of the better representations I can remember seeing of armor in a fantasy game.

[@peanutgallery123]

as a fencer, i just have to say that a "boob plate" is a lot more comfortable and practical than wearing a flat breast plate.

[@jarrakul]

@@peanutgallery123 I used to fence, so I think I know the things you're talking about, but I'm also a guy, so I've never worn them. If memory serves (and please correct me if I'm misunderstanding because, again, I've never worn one), they're worn over clothes but under the fencing jacket, yes? In that position, what you're saying about comfort and practicality vs. a flat plate makes a lot of sense. The reason I'm bringing this up, though, is that most of the armors depicted in these games would've been worn with a number of thick cloth layers beneath, and I would think boobplate and flat plate would fit similarly-well at that point? Does that mesh with your experience?

[@tbotalpha8133]

Uh... the Evil Overlord in Tyranny has a pack of anarchic mass-murderers and a legion of literal magic Nazis as their two main military branches. They are absolutely evil.

[@Hunwyn]

Just found this channel, so definitely years late here but.... Jill Bearup: "You cannot launch yourself into space without a suit using the power of hugs." Leia: Hold my lightsaber

[@tofu_golem]

Moving a few yards in near zero gravity freefall is hardly like what you describe. In fact, that's about the limit of what one would expect of someone barely trained in the Force.

[@sheridanwilde]

Damn - I typed out "If you're in the Star Wars universe you can have Jedi who have laser swords and magic powers. You cannot, however, launch yourself in to space without a suit using the power of hugs." before seeing somebody else had already commented on it!

[@blokey8]

@@tofu_golem Plus it's played as an extraordinary moment, which I think people miss easily. Bit like the Holdo Manoeuvre, which was a desperate, very situational move and could've been stopped had Hux not assumed she was running away.

[@2adamast]

1977 Star Wars breaks all space travel rules 2017 Stick to our rules to avoid ridicule

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

I mean you can and if you're quick you can even survive but it won't be fun afterwords.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Don't worry, that armor's magically enchanted to protect the entire body just as well as full plate. 🤣 🧙‍♀️🪄✨

[@dylandarnell3657]

I think that would still fall under "just wear non-metallic lingerie."

[@durzod2052]

Kinda reminds me of the scene between Tony Curtis & Yul Brynner in Taras Bulba. Tony asks why cossacks don't wear armor. Yul pulls out his crucifix from his tunic & replies,"This is the only armor a Cossack needs."

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

I'm an archer and my coach always tells me to look only where I shoot...

[@Alixdkari]

TL;DR: The boob window was the publisher's demand, neither the developers nor the fans wanted it. Hi Jill, I want to say a couple of things in defense of King's Bounty since I'm a huge fan of the developer studio since 2004. The game you presented ('Armored Princess') is a sequel to King's Bounty: The Legend, a 2008 game which in itself is a successor to a 1990 game. Now both of these were made by a tiny Russian game dev studio ('Katauri') which created the Space Rangers series (relatively unknown in the West). The 2008 game was absolutely fantastic, became a real gem in Russian game dev community, which are very rare, and made us all feel real pride for what games we Russians can make. Unfortunately it too wasn't as popular in the west as the publisher ('1C Company') would want, this is why they demanded the Princess to have boob window for more successful advertisement. The entire fan community was basically enraged with the decision but unfortunately we didn't have any say in this matter. In the game itself you don't really fight as the Princess (you only explore the world map while riding a horse), so the only place you even see her in full height is the game title poster. Sad but true! Hope you see this message and feel at least slightly better even though it doesn't really make the situation less ugly. All the best.

[@cyncynshop]

Wait, king's bounty is a legit game with fans? I feel so sorry that I always see it as one of those spam web browser games that wanted teenager's credit card number when I see the advertising. What kind of game is it?

[@Alixdkari]

@@cyncynshop What you're describing is King's Bounty Legions - a web social game, a half-baked product of marketing. Before that however came 4 wonderful singleplayer games without lootboxes and whatever. They are all similar to one another, but they expand the whole story of the fictional world they're set in. They are very similar to the old Heroes of Might and Magic games - you have a world that you move your character in real-time, but for combat you are transferred to a turn-based grid of hexagons to fight stacks of enemy units against your own army.

[@rodh1404]

Personally, I thought the game itself was pretty decent. But I will admit the character artwork was a bit ridiculous.

[@Matt_the_pirate]

It's especially shitty considering that fans knew the Princess when she was a small innocent child in the Legend.

[@Alixdkari]

@@Matt_the_pirate EXACTLY

[@modisp]

I must admit I was happy what they did with Wonder women armor. It was good for hollywood movie. But her amazon "getup" was hilarious. Not even "boobplate" but thole chest piece was so stiff. I even saw in one shot where she kneeled and whole thing shifted upward :D Exactly why you dont have such big one piece armors plates, you can not bend whicout hitting your chin with it.

[@13cheshirecats19]

I’ve never understood why creators don’t use fencing plastrons, (a plastic cover for women that goes under your canvas jacket cause boobs be squishy and metal stabby things hurt) as a basis for female armor design. It’s got the boob shape since that’s so important, and actually exists as a functional piece of equipment. I used to use mine without a bra on days I wanted more mental freedom because it had such a great balance between protection, movement and support.

[@Zoe.m.]

Fencing is irrelevant, you put it there to reduce pain not save your life. Why do you people who play with sticks all think you're geniuses when it comes to armor.

[@kenyataylor5773]

Zoe I’ve seen you on a lot of other comments about fencing, just because you don’t respect it doesn’t mean it isn’t a valid argument. It’s a sport where you move around and hit people with sword like objects. They probably make similar movements and can understand how this kind of stuff works. Unless you’re a professional with this stuff and you’re gonna provide good points then shut up💕

[@ptonpc]

Just my thoughts. I'm not a armourer or knight or doctor, I'm just a random on the internet. It's easier to make a breast plate with a single bulge instead of two. Most single piece breast plates have an air gap between the steel and the underlying layers / body. The idea being that if something hits the armour hard enough to dent it, there is enough of a crumble zone underneath so you don't sustain serious injury. Having a boob plate guides the weapon to your sternum and reduces the air gap so there is a higher chance of blunt force trauma to your chest. That can be solved by pushing the armour further out to recreate the air gap but then you would find it harder to hold a weapon in front of you, which would reduce your ability to defend yourself. I imagine these problems could be addressed but it would be simpler to just make a non booby breast plate. I used to fence many years ago and one of the finest fencers I ever had the privilege to meet was quite buxom. She used the plastrons but there were a few times where the sword (Foil, Sabre, Epee, she did all three) skipped off the plate and nailed her in a sensitive spot. On the other hand, she was good enough that she could fight multiple opponents at the same for fun.

[@lupercalia7660]

Yes! Although, I would say that flat plastrons work just fine for women with smaller chests, and least in my experience. The boob shaped ones might be more useful for women with smaller chests because it would cover the sides better?? Idk.

[@evilsharkey8954]

A uni-boob plate would work even better in a real battle. The sword/spear/arrow would be drawn away from the core rather than towards it, and there’s plenty of room for whatever supportive undergarments the warrior wants.

[@lenmaster93]

Can confirm that a 'boob plate' rather than a female chest plate does have the unfortunate habit of drawing blades to the sternum. I had to wear a thick plastic chest "boob" plate while fencing when I was younger.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

The woman I fenced against in high school whore roundish curved metel plates over hers. It took some time to get over the awkwardness of feeling that plat against my saber when I landed a blow to that region in practice. She was better than me so it wasn't too often.

[@danabell122]

they gave you boob plates for fencing?

[@danathomas72]

@@danabell122 they did for me too and every other girl who was participating. it was so awkward and most of them didnt even fit (too tight on the arms) so you'd have to go for the bigger boob moulded ones for literally no reason other than my arm was a little too thick. it was so dumb, i quit after one session because it was so uncomfortable and the boys laughed at those of us who couldnt wear the slightly less boob moulded plates. why we couldnt just have flat or slightly moulded with adjustable straps i have no idea

[@leichtmeister]

@@danabell122 Women wear hard shelled breast protection under their fencing jackets to protect the chest area from harm. It is proven very useful and protective. Depending on your breast size there are small plates which fit in pockets inside the jacket or a full grown brastplate, that's more like a plastic sports bra (which is the reason it is boob shaped).

[@leichtmeister]

@@danathomas72 Sad to hear about a club that obviously didn't care about its female participants :/

[@JohnNeville617]

The way I see it is that the Amazonians are immortal warrior women who are protected from war by Gods. I imagine that their armor was very functional in the beginning but after centuries they began to let vanity modify their armor away from function and towards fashion. Much like the pec plate armor you showed the boob plate is likely a sign of status within the community. The ones who chose form over function are the privileged who wouldn't be required to confront the rare intruder to their island.

[@zaneburgess2375]

peck plate was common in the areas that had them, not just privileged like everyone wore it.

[@jrd33]

In real life, most designer clothing is hardly practical. It is designed to be worn as a status symbol and to make the wearer look 'special'. I can see Amazons wearing armour in the same way, especially after hundreds of years of isolation and only ritualized combat. I mean, look at some of the ceremonial uniforms actual soldiers wear - these are not intended to be practical clothing for combat.

[@enkidu9298]

That's pretty in line with what happened to Alexander the Great. He gradually started dressing like an effeminate Persian over time. That's also what happened in Rome and Greece. It would make perfect sense that a group of isolated, and mostly-warless Amazon's would have greater incentives to prioritize status symbols over functionality. Looking good does grant you various advantages in life, generally speaking.

[@szepi79]

Jill: "...even in Star wars, you cannot launch yourself into space without a suit..." Princess Leia: "hold my beer"

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

Right? This video was five months before Episode 8. I wonder if she can tell me the lotto numbers!

[@koji6745]

Oh no I thought it was shade Yikess

[@KGray24666]

I'm here for the same thing. lol --Not to take away from any of the points Jill presented, Just the irony. Only discovered the channel and enjoying the content.

[@geminijinxies7258]

Kind of shows how dumb the new Star Wars movies are while also not respecting the earlier movies in the series.

[@Emilis2023]

yeah, cracks me up that that's what comes to mind as an absurd event that wouldn't make any sense in the context of that universe... yet it pretty much played out exactly like that.

[@crazymonkey982]

Little did she know, later that year Leia was launched into space without a suit. Power of hugs somewhat included?

[@blokey8]

Strictly speaking, she didn't do the launching

[@sophiejones7727]

Well, not hugs exactly. More Leia’s latent force powers. But yeah.

[@Shindai]

Power of hugs? Leia? xD She'd punch you in the teeth and finish your drink, and you'd like her more for it lol

[@audreyhogan8285]

It was the force, and I wouldn’t say she launched herself.

[@aimeemariet]

This is 100% my issue with scantily clad women in armor. It ruins my immersion because all I can do is think "wow, her boobs must hurt" and "wow, metal doesn't work that way on skin, what about the chafing?".

[@ismata3274]

i cant imagine the torture actresses must be going trough. most probably movie costumes arent real metal etc... i dont know how theyre made. and actresses are not wearing it nonstop for days or weeks, like the heroines they represent as doing 😅.

[@frankjrgensen6331]

You are aware that what she is showing is a mage? The warrior in armored princess has proper armor. The armor makes sense because as far as I read ingame, the mage has a front shield that is very effective and as such, has no reason to armor up in front.

[@ravenfrancis1476]

@@frankjrgensen6331 What if the shield breaks? Or she's attacked before she has time to erect such a shield up? Why not just go out in casual street clothes to help your freedom of movement?

[@moondog548]

"ping my suspension of disbelief by the bra strap" INSTANT CLASSIC

[@dac314]

"If they had gone for the neither Lifted nor Separated look, it would have made me Wonder less about their armorer" I am IN LOVE WITH THIS ONION

[@MusicalHell]

One of the better scenes in David Eddings' Belgariad series involved Ce'Nedra, who is establishing herself as the figurehead leader of the United Armies of Goodness, tries to get a blacksmith to make her some armor and her "what will look awesome" runs into his "what would actually make sense." Boob plate is discussed, as is the combination of chain and plate (impossibly heavy) and other impractical embellishments.

[@HallowqueenCrafting]

You are not wrong. Eddings work, in general, is pretty honest about what fantasy arms and armour would really be like. There are several in-universe conversations about knightly armour and the like in the Elenium and Tamuli what with all the various knightly orders and their take on it, as well as some other views on fighting from other groups that had very different styles other than walking tin can. I really enjoy the attempts at realism in an otherwise fantastic world, as well as the dry wit and snark that pervades Eddings books.

[@ettube8686]

Wow an intelligent lovely woman with an enchanting voice you in a tee Shirt n jeans or what ever yah feel like dawning would be pretty super injoy the vids in content keep rocking it

[@rmsgrey]

However bad Eddings' writing/worldbuilding is on some fronts (his sociology is terrible, he only has about 2 female characters - young Leigh and old Leigh - and his plots are mostly an excuse to hang out with his standard cast of characters for a while), he does have some good points too. His characters are generally fun to hang out with, and there are times like Ce'Nedra's boob-plate where he makes good sense - boob plate is generally impractical, but for show armour that is definitely not meant to get involved in actual serious fighting, awesome-but-impractical isn't an issue. Maybe someday, I'll get over the ending of The Dreamers, where, after 4 books of character development, against the background of a plot that's completely irrelevant (the narrator and the characters all agree that it's pretty much just going through the motions), they use time travel to undo the inciting incident, thereby resetting all the characters but one to their crappy initial state, with no reason for them to be rescued from that...

[@petelee2477]

Wonder women has super strength. Her armor could weigh 1,000 lbs and it would barely be noticable to her.

[@mickys8065]

I... completely forgot about that scene, the last time i read belgariad I was quite young and now im thinking i need to re-read it to find out what i missed

[@Killicon93]

One of the historical reasons people went into battle naked was that not getting fibers of dirty clothes into a wound was one method of staving off infections. Which was pretty handy in the age before antiseptics and antibiotics, or modern medicine.

[@williamlockhartnelson8873]

When I did medieval combat fights, my trainer had a story about how the rules stated all combatants needed to wear a helm, a gouget, a kidney belt, steel elbow and knee guards and a jockstrap/breast protector (depending on gender). One guy went into a fight wearing ONLY those items. He broke his collarbone, 3 ribs and his left forearm. Theres a reason why you wear armour in a fight.

[@maximeteppe7627]

I'm suuuuper late to the party but... I've got froiends who do historical recreations of battles and medieval swordfighting and whatnot. their consensus seems to be that heavy "plate" armor doesn't restrict movement as much as some people claim (the whole "can't get onto a horse" or "can't get up if you fall" thing. Armor that is well adjusted to your measurements should barely restrict any movements at all. the exception is of course that the chestplate isn't very flexible. but the armor is heavy, meaning that you have to spend more energy for any movement you make in it, so you get tired faster. so in the case of the outrageous illustration, the shoulder pieces could not restrict movement per se, but the weight would be better expanded on protection in more vital spots (helmet, and chest, mostly).

[@macmcleod1188]

It really depends because jousting Armor was literally that heavy. The men had to be lifted onto their horses with machines. And even a well-crafted suit of full plate mail ways between 15 and 25 kg. Or 33 to 55 lb. As you say if it's well-made then it shouldn't be much harder than carrying a well-balanced backpack with a similar weight. But after fighting for even 10 minutes with the intent to kill, people are already exhausted and panting.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

@@macmcleod1188 while the armor is that heavy, the full plate armor bore it's weight at the waist, so it was in many respects lighter then mail armor from a few cenruries earlier. Also, the crain thing is a myth; armor that heavy would break the horses back. There are demonstration videos of people wearing full plate armor doing gymnastics.

[@dylandarnell3657]

​@@torfinnzempel6123 "Ah, but I read a thing on the internet which validates both my preexisting beliefs and my irrational love of inferior non-plate armor, therefore I am right."

[@qwormuli77]

@@macmcleod1188 Honestly, I wouldn't believe that many examples of suits of full plate would be badly made, almost ever. They were extremely expensive to make and own, so it's like saying "Even a well made Rolls-Royce...".

[@macmcleod1188]

@@qwormuli77 There are numerous easy to find sources indicating the weight of ordinary armor was between 33 and 50 pounds (the weight I gave above). However, a half suit of jousting armor (Rennzeug) was 60 pounds and significantly restricted the user's movement. The leg armor was built into the horse's armor.

[@Carewolf]

"In Star Wars you can not however, launch yourself into space using the power hugs".. Ohh, this video predates The Last Jedi!!

[@giin97]

Lol, came looking for this comment. Wasn't disappointed.

[@ocadioan]

I just realized at the 3 minute mark that if you put some normal clothes on the King's Bounty girl, dropped the right side armor entirely and gave her a bow, then you could argue that she was just an archer that didn't have a lot of cash, so they bought just enough armor to cover the side most likely to be exposed while they were firing arrows.

[@gutspraygore]

When I was working at Legendary, they had on display props from different movies they produced. One of which was a mannequin wearing the Spartan costume from the 300 movie. It's basically 99% cloak... 1% helmet.

[@NoReplyAsset]

yah, always find it strange when someone's in bikini armor and it's not even a super warm environment... like, aren't you cold??

[@songbanana8]

I think that about almost every woman on camera. Everyone else has a jacket and pants and she’s got a low shirt and mini skirt... aren’t you cold poor thing!

[@cassandrabelyeu2419]

Also, how did you remove all the hair on your body in a survival/apocalypse/war scenario? Doesn’t that, like, hurt?

[@Soahi]

"You would have been better off going into battle in a bikini because at least then you would have a lot of freedom of movement" - Dark Souls in a nutshell

[@yaelmorin9017]

"it's not going to ping my suspension of disbelief by the bra strap" is an amazing line

[@DianeCastle]

[1] I enjoyed the movie and am living in fear that DC will let someone like Zach Snyder direct a sequel some day. [2] I thought the armor was silly, but I went with 'willing suspension of disbelief' until the movie was over. [3] When my SO called out the movie on the (lack of) armor, I said, "Well obviously, their armorers are from the Isle of Lesbos and prefer the armor to look this way." He choked on his M&Ms.

[@hav5n]

Oh wait what about wonderwoman 1984

[@johnstovall7503]

@GiRayne Surprize guys. Zack was one of the story writers on wonder woman.

[@johnstovall7503]

@GiRayne "Male-gazey" so what. My late wife used to tease me how with modern movies she got way more beefcake than I got cheeesecake. Supers and Thor were not doing shirtless scenes for plot points. The new puritans at work. Whedon has done some amazing stuff but I feel he's kind of lost it in more recent years, pity

[@gracieayers8706]

This woman is the Hank Green of costuming and I'm so happy!!

[@simon-8660]

Pectoral cuirass could actually protect a warrior although they were mainly used for show rather than combat armour however the "muscles" were rounded to make blows roll off the armour and provided reinforcing. They were discontinued in use by the Roman and Greeks due to the bronze in between the "abdominal's" would split if the bronze was too thin. Additionally they required a lot of work to be custom fitted to wearer. Thus why the Linothorax and Lorica hamata took over as armour of choice for troops. Greeks and Hellenic armies and roman's also wore as much protection as their role on the battlefield dictated a skirmisher or peltast would not need heavy armour only a shield and maybe a helmet because they were required to move away from enemy if they got close and give them a volley or javelins or arrows. A legionary or phalangite or hoplite as they were marching lock step towards the enemy to engage with swords and spears would need more protection over movement.

[@jeremygreen2883]

In Star Wars... Apparently you can now launch yourself into space a la the power of love... As shown by Leia in the "Last Jedi"... Yeah, my suspension of disbelief was stretched to the fullest when I saw that scene. Haha

[@abbywhyman2462]

Clothing, especially thick woollen clothing, actually does a pretty decent job at stopping, or at least reducing the damage dealt by, cuts As far as boob plate goes, Shadiversity has spoken on the topic relatively frequently and has come to some pretty logical conclusions that I agree with, and if made properly by an armourer worth their salt, it would be no less protective than non-boob armour. The main differences are in the increased difficulty of crafting the armour, but we know medieval people loved to show off how rich they were, and so the statement of having an exquisitely crafted piece of boob armour would be a no-brainer for your discerning woman-at-arms (or rather boob-owner-at-arms) Also, the pecs on musculata cuirasses from antiquity weren't un-boob-like, and they still worked as functional pieces of armour Really good video though :)

[@mangaranwow2543]

"Hello adventurer, thank you for saving our town, I can offer you the breastplate of Argo or the staff of Netherwind".

[@nadavwex]

"In star wars, you can have jedi and lightsabers and magic powers, but you can't fly through space without a suit through the power of hugs" Well, that was extremely prophetic...

[@1TW1-m5i]

She didn't exactly come of well from it either... if anything, what happened in 8 agrees with that statement

[@brandon91191]

I watched WW and enjoyed it very much (except the "I will defeat you with the power of Love" thing at the end. It almost seems like someone was thinking that "This a woman. She must be empowered by the love of a man" cliché...but that is an argument for another time.) I would be inside, outside, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start for a WW sequel! As for a future armor episode...Yes. All the yes.

[@impish_snake3526]

Yeah, I didn’t like how Wonder Woman was so...UN-savage. Maybe this is because I watched the animated Justice League series, but she’s a sassy baddie; she doesn’t need to be stereotypically feminine. Can we have a female hero who isn’t predominantly kind and naive? Also, the ending would have worked better if she hadn’t actually DEFEATED war. Like, the personification of war. The whole tone up until the last ten minutes was “humans are good, but also do bad stuff,” and having the ENTIRETY of the world just be under the spell of a Disney Twist Villain undermined the theme. Still, an enjoyable movie.

[@torfinnzempel6123]

I will say 2 things. One, it wasnt womanly love for a man that was the love thst saved the day, it was the capacity for a human to sacrifice themselve out of love for their fellow human that is what made WW realize humans were worth saving. And 2. Of course she was naive. She was raised isolated on that island. This was her first experience with the wider world. So her naivety had nothing to do with her being a woman. And everything to do with her being new to the world. She is consistently portrayed as extremely confident throughout the entirety of the movie. And male heros raised in similar ways as WW have been equally portrayed as naive.

[@kingnothing007]

Jill: You can't throw yourself into space using the power of hugs... Princess Leia: Hold my blue milk...

[@kingnothing007]

@@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm and yet, she threw herself into space using the power of hugs...

[@a_c35]

I have had female friends that show up to work every day and complain they are cold. When I recommend they expose less skin and wear sensible shoes with socks, they tell me that isnt going to happen. Some women prefer form over function and wear what they want, be damned if the clothing is doing its job(unless its job is to attract men/look cute).

[@youremakingprogress144]

I started following your channel yesterday, and I haven't been disappointed by it for a second. Your presentation style is articulate, intelligent, informative, and very entertaining. I look forward to watching and Liking many more of your videos.

[@JoeyTerrifying69]

Jill: "In starwars you cant launch yourself out of a space ship with the power of hugs" Me: *Checks release date of this video* "Ahh a simpler time before Ep 8"

[@TroyPacelli]

Three words for ya'll: "Greetings, I'm Shad..."

[@rodh1404]

I thought the Metatron did a masterful job addressing the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6WanWZ8n9idl9E

[@arghanothername]

Yup, Shad is the patron saint of boob armor now.

[@KosherCookery]

I’m in firm agreement on the ridiculous cleavage divot. The only thing besides that that bugged me about the Amazons in Wonder Woman was the conspicuous absence of shields. One of the reasons the Akhaians could get by with greaves and helmets was they had big hoplons and tight formations. I mean, how cool would it have been if the Amazons had formed up in a phalanx and swept the Germans from the beach? Clothing actually isn’t as useless as you might think in terms of protection. During the Napoleonic Wars, Dragoons would roll their greatcoats and strap them diagonally across the torso to provide some protection from sword cuts. Also, please do make a video on spiked pauldrons. It’s another fantasy armor trend that needs to die. Peripheral vision is important!

[@SpairM]

That’s why I like the female armour for the Mandolorians, instead of being two separate holes it’s one big outdent so there isn’t just a pointer to where to aim

[@TheUnspokenKibbles]

*points at Xena's armor* Less of that. *points at Brienne of Tarth's armor* More of that.

[@modisp]

Yeah her armor is what you would expect. Well... just armor :D

[@simony17y]

In addition, we need proper light/medium armour and clothing as well. ;) Because "she needs light armour for agility" argument is often used to justify the lingerie "armour".

[@watwat3682]

There is a place for both.

[@Atrianpaul]

The armor is made to exalt the masculine properties most prominently desired in a period of time, because men were the ones who were going to use them more commonly ... that does not mean that if the roles would be reversed, that type of modifications would not begin to appear. armor, exalting the desired feminine properties. In addition, although having the breast shape would guide the weapon towards the central part of the armor, the weapon would hit another part first and would be deflected, losing much of the force of the blow and being the last contact in the middle much less effective, thus the armor would work. Although it is a man reviewing these concepts, Shadyversity (whose channel specializes in medieval weapons and armor) has a couple of videos on whether this type of armor would make sense in the medieval historical context.

[@captainahab5522]

I actually think that a slight valley in the middle of the chest is not a bad thing It deflects swords away from your ribs and you can thicken the armour in that spot. It is also over the sternum which is very hard. I’m not sure how it would affect arrow shots.

[@gamingpizza2204]

Jill:"You can't launch yourself into space without a suit using the power of hugs." Leia:"Hold my beer." Edit:"Ping my suspension of disbelief by the bra strap." Is now my Favourite quote from you.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

On armor in a world with magic - for me personally i view it as a kind of version of mage armor / shield spells. Obviously if mages can conjure invsible barriers that protect them as well as plate armor would, then bikini armor and similiar actually becomes valid. The "uncovered" parts of it may actually be covered by invisble magical barriers. if thats the case, theres actually benefits for this type of armor. 1) easy to move in, little weight 2) by creating "open" spots on the armor you invite the opponent to strike there - which is a trap cause due to magic barrier thats actually the best armored part of the armor. Also, by knowing that your opponent WILL strike at these spots you can predict their attacks easier and counter better and trap them 3) studies proved, that males are indeed distracted by sexy women even in combat scenarios, they are more hesistant to strike and their reaction time increases drasticly. So fighting aroused male opponents is actually easier and giving the woman a delibaerate advantage

[@locorocky1]

5:34 Except they also had Massive Honking Shields as well!

[@tamascs3010]

"Valley in the middle where all 'swords' would be guided." Right there.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Ah, yes. Even when we're well away from the uncanny valley, we'll probably still have to put up with the unfortunate valley.

[@KimuMiyamoto]

This is everything I've been trying to explain to people for so long, but said infinitely better! Thank you so much, this is perfect! I too have incredibly strong opinions on lady armor, fictional or otherwise. People tell me, 'but Kaos, women worked on the movie, why would you have problem with it? Besides, it's not THAT bad.' But you nailed it! You nailed it and I just, yes, please more videos about this.

[@frankjrgensen6331]

How did she nail it, she utterly contradicts herself. The woman in the picture is a MAGE, the other two classes in the game has proper armor on. Mages have a frontal shield that would be messed up by too much metallic armor in the front. Also mages in the game, suffers no effects from elements at all.

[@busdriver8980]

The thing about Lynda Carter's wonder woman is that she had a number of outfits for different uses.

[@Blokewood3]

Because of that "pec plate" you pointed out, I honestly think that if ancient Greek Women had fought on the battlefield the Greeks probably would have experimented with "boob plate" at some point. It might not last for very long though.

[@wondercub]

Even on my favorite show Wonder Woman when you saw the stunt woman in action she was in flats ,not the heels the amazing Lynda wore. Which proves just how impractical theses choices are. But heels are sexier so we get impractical footwear for heroes lol

[@tarnishedknight9909]

Also, Thank you for uttering the phrase "ping my brastrap" which made me laugh quite loud at 02:30 and annoying the neighbours (Keep it up)

[@jcfra420]

"You can launch yourself into space without...hugs" Guess you were proven wrong in December with The Last Jedi.

[@Tennouseijin]

Looking at the King's Bounty armor, my best explanation would be - that's something you would wear out of combat. If you were a mercenary, adventurer, or whatever, and even during peace wanted everyone to know that you are a warrior, you could perhaps wear something like this that bears some resemblance to armor, as a status symbol of sorts. It could even have no metal parts, just hardened fabric or something. Makes more sense than wearing full plate armor all the time out of combat. Now, of course in our reality, there were plenty of ways to recognize a knight 'out of armor', so we don't have equivalent clothes that resemble armor. In fact (though that's a massive oversimplification), arming doublets could be considered a piece of clothing that someone could wear out of combat to be instantly recognizable as a knight or man-at-arms, even if you miss all the other cues. But in a fantasy world with traveling adventurers, made up culture, etc.? It could make sense to have such armor-like clothing. Not to mention, some adventurers could conceivably want to present their physique out of combat. So it's basically an outfit design that both does that, and hints that you do have real armor in the closet, ready to unpack for real combat. Alternatively, it could be partial, but real, armor so you're basically wearing some armor all the time, and put on the missing parts when readying for combat.

[@Hardmanferdead]

Speaking of “boob plates” there’s also the fabric version called the “boob socks” in superhero comics.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Yes, the clothes that are so fo fitting they could only be painted on! Men have that, too. They all appear to be dressed in wet spandex or liquid latex.

[@Hardmanferdead]

@@evilsharkey8954 Oh yes male superheroes aren’t exempt from the “liquid latex” look either. Black Bolt being a good example which explains why I really liked his “ANAD” design because it looked more like tactical armor rather than it looking it was painted onto his body.

[@Gnardak]

I feel like if you have to have chain mail bikinis then in order for it to make any kind of sense then to justify then it would have to be magical such that the defensive properties are kinda reversed. The armor projects magical defense across the parts that aren’t covered to make them effectively invulnerable but the weak spots are the parts that do the projecting, the armor itself. You then have some justification for the armour revealing more than it covers, because you want to minimise the weak points. Though how that armour would actually look is beyond me, it would probably take an expert to design. Though I imagine that it still couldn’t be too skimpy because presumably the force of a blow to the protected areas would still have to be conveyed to the body through the actual armour and you wouldn’t want your arms to be chopped off by your bra straps if you were hit square in the chest.

[@me5969]

In fairness as a former soldier I feel of a woman had run up to me in Sangin with her baps out that I would have hesitated either through just being pervert or outright confusion. So in that split second I might be dead.. Ofc she’d probably have just shot me in the plate because I wasn’t wearing bikini armour so... yanno. Probably still wouldn’t have gone well for her tbf. I will say this though. Why’s no one ever jumping to the defence of Kratos, Kain, Raziel, Iron Bull ect? Kratos taking on the Greek pantheon in a cloth and running around the frozen wastes of helheim with just one nipples covered... and not even wearing a hat for his frozen bald head.

[@dtkedtyjrtyj]

Raziel? The rotted corpse who uses a scarf to hide that his lower jaw has fallen off? Raziel, who regularly shifts away from the material realm and is incapable of bringing along weapons and clothes? Raziel, who will not _only_ kill you, but also eat your soul? Does he really need protection from hordes of admirers, lusting after that sweet, rotted body? If I Duck-duck-go for "raziel rule34"; am I going to be horrified?

[@justinboivin]

I find it depends on how much of a story the game/movie/show is trying to tell. Boob armor doesn't bother me in a cheesy fun game, or a stupid action movie, because it's usually just one thing on a long list of immersion breakers. BUT if they're trying to get me into a narrative, it can be one of those details that completely breaks the whole thing.

[@seandarbe2521]

more armor videos this was cool, and you should read the Gail Simone run on red sonja.

[@brockilobear6922]

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[@berserkerciaran]

Regarding the thumbnail, Amelie is actually less of a problem than others, since she's a princess and commander and doesn't ever fight in the whole game. A bit like kings that would show up om the battlefield in unwieldy ceremonial armors with a huge, useless codpiece.

[@christophekeating21]

1:06 that was obviously before the Last Jedi.

[@steveholmes11]

It's an excellent point: Evolution of armored panoply (I think that's the word for matched set) almost always followed a simple track. 1. Protect the vitals so our warrior doesn't die. 2. How much more can we cover without ruining the warrior's fighting power. 3. That's the practicalities done, let's add decorations so it looks awesome.

[@GloriaInvictis]

The saddest thing about King's Bounty: The Legend's sexy armor is that not only is it stupid for all of the reasons you've provided, it's also in sharp contrast to King's Bounty itself. The original game (King's Bounty 1990) doesn't have the graphics of the 2008 game, but it does have some depiction of women clothing. One of the four possible protagonist is a woman, but while she's the only one without armor, she: a) doesn't wear the most revealing clothes (the barbarian has almost no clothes to speak of) b) is a mage and her clothes are a slightly modified version of what the male wizards wear. I don't know what sadder, that gamers of this series (its related to Heroes of Might and Magic) are actually regressing in their attitudes towards women and game inner integrity, or that they actually defend their pitiable fantasies.

[@frankjrgensen6331]

You are aware that what she is showing is a mage? The warrior in armored princess has proper armor. The armor makes sense because as far as I read ingame, the mage has a front shield that is very effective and as such, has no reason to armor up in front.

[@turtleboy1188]

You mean awesome fantasies

[@igorlins8194]

Boobtastic! I mean, I love weapons and armor channels (Skall, Lindy, Shad, Matt, Metatron) but you have a unique point of view about this topic and I'm loving it. Binging your videos, lady! Keep it going!

[@MrVivaloslegos]

1:06 hmmmmm, this aged surprisingly well

[@PrinceMishka]

It's really great watching youtube channels that have stuntwomen talk about the practicality of women armor, especially as stunt performers who have to perform...stunts. Men, they say, will be fully covered and you can hide more padding where it's needed (back, ribs, etc) + squibbs (blood packs that mimic getting shot) but with women...not so much. Even fight scenes where they are really well choreographed, there is a finite amount of force and being thrown about people can do without proper protection AND the issues of having to perform in high heels or spandex or whatever. Corridor crew (youtube channel) has a stuntmen react where they have two women stunt performers as well as stuntment commenting on their movies and others as well.

[@KariTalks]

That's why I loved Lady Sifs armor in the Thor movies.

[@Khuratokh]

Yet they still felt it was necessary to add heels to that outfit.

[@Panda_Gibs]

The fundamental misunderstanding is that vital organs are where you expect them to be. Clearly her heart is in one shoulder and lungs in the other shoulder. The whole sternum area covers a useless void of little consequence. Even the spine makes a loop either side of it. /Sarcasm tag for those that need it.

[@daddytito917]

Lmao she predicted leia launching herself into space without a suit

[@torfinnzempel6123]

I mean, depending on how long, it is theoretical possible. Exploding bodies is a James Bond/Total Recall fantasy, not reality.

[@bookworm00187]

"ping my suspension of disbelief by the bra strap" is definitely a phrase that I aim to work into conversation. I love it.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

So I find myself having this conversation. South Park the stick of Truth lampoons the idea in games where female characters having HUGE armor stats but are essentially naked

[@rossfleming7055]

Your account is actually so helpful for world building and costume design so I thank you for that! ☺️

[@danieltaylor5542]

Will you also be doing a video on the leather diapers worn in 300?

[@ValkyWarrior]

People always comment when fantasy women are wearing unpractical armor but the shirtless muscle men are always ignored.

[@thrownswordpommel7393]

Uh, no ? There's a lot of discussion on the topic of berserkers and similar warriors in fantasy. Their not wearing armour is usually adressed by history nerds like Skall or Lloyd

[@OneNvrKnoz]

@1:07. Oof. That commentary didn’t age well. Or maybe it did, but the Starwars writers were like ‘hold my beer’

[@alicegraham1571]

Instead of having the individual cups, armour convexed would serve more purpose if a shallow blade was directed towards the breasts, because the armor is more puffed out to create enough distance between plating and the chest. A good example would be Sir Gregor in Game of thrones season 6. When one of the sparrows tried taking an axe to his chest, the armour stuck out just far enough to prevent the blade making contact.

[@bannedmann4469]

She took a shot at the Last Jedi from the past and didn't even know it.

[@tanfosbery1153]

Although many historical warriors fought with little or no armour, they usually had a shield for protection

[@tenkenroo]

I bet gal gadot would have looked gorgeous in realistic armor

[@christinamatic5137]

THANK YOU. I know this video is a few years old by now, but recently I watched a video by another KZbinr (who, surprise surprise, was a GUY) defending boob plate armor. His main points were really that historical armor (like the codpiece you showed) can often be designed purely for its appeal rather than practicality. But he failed to point out, as you did, that it would still be hella uncomfortable! And not just in terms of deflecting weapons, as you mentioned the part about hitting the ground or another surface. edit: that "uNfortunate Valley" I'm dying XD

[@mik-exe-]

5:54 missed opportunity to say "nip-picky" 😏

[@southerner17]

July 2017 "you cant just eject yourself into space and survive on the power of hugs" December 2017 *princess Leah survives space via power of huvs*

[@rwxstudio7173]

The thing about the characters you play as is the commander of a squad that fights for her. Pikemen, archers, wolves and giant wasps are just some of the units she can bring to a battle. The women you play as never enter into the battle herself, she stays in the background and orders her units to move, attack and activate skills. Just something to think about.

[@mehuljain7267]

Why did I just discover your channel?! Your commentary style is so good. I hope this channel grows and become known to more and more people. P. S. - This was genuine, yt is not my simp place xD!

[@witchapparatus]

More fantasy armor deconstruction? YES please.

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

I have been searching for such a vid and I'm glad this is yours. Thank you.

[@confusedwhale]

1:06 Was this made before Carrie Fisher launched into space without a suit with the power of hugs? Because this feels like it was made before Carrie Fisher launched into space without a suit with the power of hugs.

[@brianfuller757]

Seriously. Not dying is unisex. Armour is a balance between complete protection and completely mobile. It has to be both protective and practical.

[@arturmaso7519]

You have beautiful blue eyes and red hair, don't spoil it by giving a red background. P.S. The glasses are glaring. P.S.2 Comment mainly for youtube algorithm (promotes comments better than likes, and we need creators with substantive content).

[@dbandhoo]

wonder woman doesn't need armor. she has everything-proof wristbands and lightning-speed reflexes with which to use them.