Are Those 🩲Underpants🩲 Made of 🪩METAL🪩? An Armour Review

[@JillBearup]

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[@pyeitme508]

Bruh 😎

[@RHCole]

Needs more cheese 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@petrino]

"stare at my boobs, aim for my heart" needs to be a shirt.

[@GemCB7]

can you include the Knigth (the protagonist) from the video game "Guardian Tales" in your next rating video? that armor looks so good. but not sure if it looks well made for a battle.

[@aradraugfea6755]

So, I noticed a couple times where you're vibing with the armor a lot, but there's this or that thing that's rubbing you wrong, and you go from what sounds like it's on the edge of "Pretty good" straight to "Could be Worse." Now, Xenk you explain a bit. If you can't really move in it, it needs some fundamental fixes, but why the other one? Not criticism, necessarily, just curious about thought process. Especially since the primary flaw with the first "could be worse" could have been fixed by removing one of the 5 people seemingly designing the armor.

[@jfwestinger]

The human brain is so ridiculous. You've literally shown this whole video to me last week, but just now when I clicked it and heard you say my name, I was like, "Tee hee, that's me!" Also, the designer who made Camilla's outfit may have known _some_ things about armor, but they knew _a lot_ more about the Fire Emblem fanbase.

[@casbot71]

The designer of Camilla's possibly knows very little about women, however... or that could just be describing the fanbase.

[@Agent719]

There are character reasons for Camillas armor, though her actual character gets that across well enough. Shame all the fire emblem characters get only one outfit for all occasions (Aside from class promotions, coronations, etc) But while she is in melee she's also on the back of a wyvern. Don't know if it makes it better or worse.

[@FFKonoko]

​​@@Agent719 I guess technically that can make the heels/riding a little better. Only a little though. A wyvern seems big enough that a melee axe should be wasteful...a bit of a "drive the tank closer, the commander wants to hit them with his sword from the top" situation.

[@rmsgrey]

@@FFKonoko It depends whether she's fighting with close support from other units, or operating independently - detached tanks are notoriously vulnerable to people attacking from the side/rear, and having something to deal with attackers coming from everywhere the wyvern itself isn't actively defending seems like a good way to extend your life expectancy...

[@Siriastimeflies]

​@@rmsgrey so it would also justify the axe being oversized, because she would not be lifting it but rather swing it like a pendulum along the sides of the wyvern? (Not too worried abt the back, afaik wyverns are very spiky on that side too) That might even explain the huge tights protection! It all makes so much sense 😂

[@saturniidev]

"Spiky", "bones", and "filth" is a very good breakdown of the Hive as a species

[@crithon]

sword logic!

[@reganator5000]

This lady spent an entire story arc trying to cure herself of worms! It's actually even worse than it sounds, because in addition to having worms, they also made her lie constantly, and de-worming her killed her!

[@vforwombat9915]

@@reganator5000 she shoulda gotten de worms removed, den.

[@Brand_Fish]

That's one of the things that I like about Destiny's character design is just how distinct each of the enemy species are in design. (Also if someone can get her to see the Cabal's armor PLEASE)

[@CAP198462]

Nurgle likes this 👍

[@bubbles993]

People are pointing out Camilla riding a wyvern as a defence of her armour, but that arguably makes it worse. Her bare thighs are probably being ruined by the scales and she has no defence against arrows

[@Heroshand]

It absolutely makes it worse! She's a flying unit! What about that armor makes sense? The only thing it's got going for it is the fact it's a similar color to her mount, making it harder to distinguish her from a distance.

[@sailiealquadacil1284]

She's probably using some kind of saddle, but lemme tell you, riding in a saddle without proper equipment is asking for sores. Not to mention that, in theory, there is a chance she might have to land/could be shot down, and would have to fight on the ground. Her armour has to be able to function in such a scenario, too.

[@romanninjaprincess4477]

This is why wyvern riders are weak against archers lol

[@kenbrown2808]

Jill: "combat wedges are ridiculous" Fire Emblem Fates: "we bring you combat stripper heels"

[@jakariashafin1695]

Are they actually called that in game

[@Shpeedle]

​@@jakariashafin1695 no but there isn't a canon fashion name so they're now combat stripper heels

[@jakariashafin1695]

@@Shpeedle I see

[@amedaius8492]

Look up the origin of high heels. I would say they are pretty appropriate.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@amedaius8492 is that the ones made to keep feet and hemlines out of the mud, or the ones made to make short kings look taller?

[@The1WithoutFear]

As someone who played Fire Emblem Fates not knowing anything beforehand, what makes the "panties" aspect of Camilla's design all the worse - the front is metal, but the rear is cloth. You get a butt shot of her during a cutscene where you can clearly tell that she would be slicing her femoral arteries open with every stride.

[@lisaroper421]

😬😬😬

[@garnettekken]

yikes

[@appelofdoom8211]

She really is just a pure horny design logic be dammed

[@CarlsAnne]

also the fact that she's a wyvern rider...eeeeeeesh talk about chaffing

[@MrGhosta5]

Actually Camilla's armor is soft. When Corrin "bumps" into Camilla he bounces off her completely unharmed.

[@vacuumdiagram]

"They are staring at your boobs, but they are aiming for your heart" *Chef's Kiss*

[@peterspencer6442]

"...and there's nothing to stop them"

[@PugandOwn]

ah camilla. a character whose introductory animated cutscene I have taken great sadistic pleasure in showing to my unsuspecting sister bc of just how... much it is. the bare thighs are actually even stupider than normal bc this is her armour for riding a flying dragon mount! for some reason, the design team for the series at this point had decided that most female units on horse-/dragonback should not have any inner thigh protection, so you end up with a bunch of characters riding around in underpants and flimsy cloth chaps; as someone who used to do horseriding, it pains me just so so much to look at them.

[@bthsr7113]

So not only does have metal on skin, but dragon scale on skin. That's not chafing, that's skin removing.

[@PugandOwn]

@@bthsr7113 it's fiiiiine, just think of it as... an extremely effective exfoliation regime.

[@heatherashby830]

Ow

[@8.6GivenAdqVacSysm]

@@PugandOwn an exfoliation to rule them all, and in scaliness flay them all. You can’t get saddle sores, or chafing, if you lack the dermal layers to develop them!

[@Bluecho4]

The only way this works is if those thighs are calloused like boot leather. Significantly less sexy (at least, for most people; I won't pretend there isn't someone into that).

[@Kamenriderneo]

2:28 The three represent the three possibles classes you can play in Destiny. Middle is a warlock, left is a titan (a warrior) and right is hunter. They're not named characters because Destiny and Destiny 2 are MMO where the players get to create their own characters. So these represent what a balanced party should be according to Destiny

[@eseval]

Main Hunter 🗡

[@ThePCguy17]

Also worth noting, it's entirely possible that the one with the "tight skull helmet" is in fact a robot who doesn't need to breathe.

[@LostChrisB]

Another destiny player running here to finally share information that’s relevant instead of just going ‘Look at this!’ Now to try and get Jill to review exotic armour.

[@needamuffin]

To add some characterization, titans are generally focused on "hit thing", hunters are the stealthy ones, and warlocks are space magic book learners.

[@sonnydays15]

Any and all of the 3 could be male or female. There are armor differences between male/female in-game but the silhoutte of a female titan (warrior) will still be larger than a male hunter (ranger) and vice versa.

[@WingwalkerBrewing]

Former Hollywood professional here; married to a costume professional. When examining actual motion picture costume choices don't forget to include the possibility that the pieces were pulled out from storage and someone said: "That looks fine, cross it off the (overlong) list and move on" as the costume choice of record.

[@zincwing4475]

Do they at least make alterations?

[@studioyokai]

​@@zincwing4475yes, often. But that change might just be a coat of paint - I seem to recall "yank it from another productions leftovers and paint it purple " was the source of the chest armor for the Alliance grunts in "Firefly" for instance.

[@michaelwalker4977]

Honestly, armor is/was *expensive*. When equipping an actual human being for actual combat, the procedure was often much the same, unless you or your patron were uber-rich. And sometimes "storage" meant "the corpses on a recent battlefield"

[@wodmarach]

​@studioyokai from what I remember it was the starship troopers armour... which was itself taken from another film... Doctor who spacesuits from the 60s pop up a lot in movies including star wars.

[@zincwing4475]

​@@studioyokaiWouldn't there need to be size alterations at least, depending on actors?

[@OtakuLoki]

One of the things about Nausicaa's outfit that you won't recognize without seeing the film (at least the background) is just how much the armor and protective outfits are deliberately designed to evoke the memory of the Giant Warriors that destroyed the old world. So, in addition to the practicality of the outfit, there's a storytelling aspect that is woven into the outfit as well.

[@baptistenormand2723]

I never figured that ! :D That's so brilliant.

[@LostChrisB]

Kind of wish she’d seen Nausicaa wearing her gas mask, it’s another interesting design that I loved in the film.

[@nikmenn2751]

I thought that's because it was literally made from giants' bones and Miyazaki had to show it without excessive exposition.

[@craigwilde2162]

I suspect whoever suggested Nausicaa might have hoped Jill would watch the film and, because the colour of Nausicaa's skin and trousers are so similar, initially think she wasn't wearing trousers.

[@danpatterson8009]

​@@craigwilde2162 I don't think the film gives you any clues as to whether she is wearing anything between her waist and her knees. Sounds pervy but that was the impression I had.

[@yuujin8194]

Fire Emblem does actually have some well designed armor, but it's just so much more fun to dunk on the bad stuff

[@orelliaorellia142]

They also have a looooot of bullshit ones in every level and category possible 😂. And I say this as a passionate player of Fire emblem heroes.

[@merlinthetuna]

Titania is my favorite "good armor" by a long shot, but my low-key favorite FE goof is how phoned in many of the characters lower bodies are in the older games. Kent and Sain have totally reasonable looking armor in their in-game portraits. Then you see their official art and they're wearing just... regular slacks. It's like they're waging war via a Zoom call

[@webbowser8834]

@@merlinthetuna Pbbbbth, that's great.

[@ariwl1]

What's even better is that Camilla's default class is Wyvern Rider. This MIGHT justify some of the WTFery in her design (keyword MIGHT) but based on how flying units work in FE it effectively becomes moot in the end anyway.

[@orelliaorellia142]

@@merlinthetuna doesn't she have a self castrating plate or do I remember that bad?

[@ipajewski]

Considering how often the statement, "I'm worried can't breathe due to how tight the is.", comes up in these videos; do we need a new category for 'Just asphyxiate me now'?

[@phoebegilliland8897]

We need a two-part purple tier: "Dead from Laughter" and "Just Asphyxiate Me Now".

[@Vinemaple]

CC the whole Netflix Originals corset fiasco.

[@Darthalas]

I second this!😂😂

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

„Choke me”

[@SugarSpice07]

As someone who actually has waist length hair, and wears it down often, I also weep for that woman. There's this chair I used to sit in for schoolwork which had a back made in two chunks, and it would pull my hair out every time I sat there without fail. That armor would quickly turn fuzzy from how often her hair would get caught in it if she was moving around and actually trying to fight.

[@Cora.T]

My hair is hip length and slightly wavy, if I go outside, even to just walk it goes in a braid. If I don't it'll get tangled and blow in my face, obstructing my view and distracting me as I have to pull entire handfuls out of my mouth. Then the increasing amount of tangles makes it increasingly more difficult to pull that stuff out of your face as your hands get tangled as well. Long loose hair is for doing very little in a wind free environment 😂

[@Laura-dv3jk]

The even better thing about this character: she's a fucking WYVERN RIDER. She's normally airborne!!! With that hair!!!

[@kiragarvie]

lol I literally just cut my formerly-waist-length hair to just past my shoulders because of how much it got caught in EVERYTHING....

[@murilotheodoro5025]

Kinda hoped you'd mention the lack of nose in the witch queen as a baddie sign. I mean, nothing says "I'm a bad guy" than lack of nose

[@researchinbreeder]

its weird bc some of the Camilla things you pointed out do get to aspects of her character: She actually uses both magic and the big axe, and wields them from the back of a dragon. So realistically, she's only in melee range long enough to decapitate you on the way by. This also does mean she almost never actually has to fight in the heels. Still impractically high mind you, but at least she's not trying to fight you down on foot in those. This is the only thing close to a win, and it has so many qualifiers that is doesn't really matter. As for the bit in the title: It's hard to tell, and regrettably I double checked her introduction scene to make sure (Camera really makes sure you know the what the character is about. Ugh.), but the chest and undergarment are both fabric that matches the aesthetic of the armored middle and extremities. Not any more practical as armor ofc, but at least its more comfortable ig. And yes, the smile is bc she acts as a weird mix of mother/older sister to the main character. And is a romance option bc "She's not blood related". Thanks Japan. Also the hip flair is almost certainly because she does that hip-sway walk in almost every cutscene that does full animation. I almost think it was accidental that its actually a good, practical thing.

[@gigabyte2248]

Yeah, pretty much the entirety of Fire Emblem post-Awakening has been... dubious in the character design department. I'd love for Jill to someday look at something pre-Awakening, but I guess I'd have to get a bit more involved if I wanted to make that happen. Camilla's dragon-riding almost gives her a pass on the excessive boobage, but it condemns the exposed thighs. Nothing except an archer is likely to reach her chest but a lot more enemies will be able to reach her thighs and femoral blood vessels. Yikes. I'm pretty sure the second image is from Fire Emblem Heroes. The mobile gacha game which leans into the anime pandering *hard.* Presumably this (plus her initial characterisation in her own game as the maternal love interest, a trope that makes me gag) explains her facial expression.

[@researchinbreeder]

@@gigabyte2248 I mean I definitely think there's more acceptable designs than your giving credit for post-Awakening. Xander, Leo, Hinoka, Niles, Kaze, and Saizo in Fates (maybe a couple more, but idrc about Fates tbh), about half of the 3 Houses cast, and Xavier, Alfred, Etie, Louis, Lapis, Citrinne, Diamant, Jade, Kagetsu, Zelkov, Fogado, Merrin, Seadall, Lindon, and Saphir. Yes, that's nearly 2/3 of Engage's playable cast. Don't let designs like Hortensia, Céline, and Alear color your impression of the rest of the units. And even then, a good number of units that I left off are fixed by just reclassing them to fix the outfit situation (Panette and Goldmary spring to mind)

[@cassandrabelyeu2419]

Mother-figure/older-sister/love interest. What is it with Japan and emotional incest fantasies?

[@gigabyte2248]

@@researchinbreeder Oh, if you wanna go, we can go. Rubric: similar to Jill's, I'm looking for covering the important body parts, while still looking for freedom of movement. Doesn't count if it's not actually armour (NAA), though I will still call it out if it's egregious. Female characters only. I consider the bar to be set by Radiant Dawn: Titania, Astrid and Jill are covered neck-to-toe with something (mostly armour) and still look amazing. *Fates* Corrin (F) - bare feet on the battlefield are a big no-no, even if you are a dragon. Loses points for exposed thighs. A bit form-hugging, but segmentation is nice. Azura - NAA Camilla - already covered, pun intended. Elise - NAA? I can't tell if that's supposed to be a segmented cuirass. If it is, there's no other armour on her and no excuse for those unprotected thighs. Felicia - NAA Hinoka - she's wearing vambraces but not much else. Exposed thighs (again) asking for a femoral blood vessel slicing. Sakura - NAA Anna - NAA Beruka - good. The elbow-hooks on the vambraces are a bit much, though. Charlotte - I hope I don't have to explain why you should just stab her now. Effie - could be worse. Lacking a helmet but, ehh, she has big-ass pauldrons. My biggest criticism is the moulded-on boob plate, plus the lack of segmentation. Flora - NAA Hana - good. A little light on coverage, but the swordfighter class focuses on agility over protection. The chest is covered by metal plate and she might have sarashi wraps around her abdomen, which would be better than nothing. Kagero - NAA, but I can't not mention the comically-sized boobs and extreme cleavage which screams 'just stab me now'. Lilith (humanoid) - NAA Mikoto - NAA? If it is, covering the abdomen and shoulders but not the chest seems like a potentially-fatal oversight. Mozu - NAA Oboro - I'm torn. Better to wear something than nothing... but that mini-cuirass looks to offer little protection for high torso movement restriction. Not even cloth to protect her mid-arms and neck, which seems like a bit of an oversight. Orochi - NAA, but she must be pretty cold. Peri - I had a worrying feeling that MFing Peri might have the best female armour in Fates and I seem to be right. Good torso coverage with good segmentation and good arm coverage. She doesn't even have any exposed skin, but I have to dock points for the pigtails that could be used as handles for grappling her head. Reina - it's hard to tell from her portrait art (which is all I can find), but I think that's plate and scale chest armour and possibly also some spaulders. Pretty good. Rinkah - NAA, though goodness only knows how she has so much defence while wearing so little protection. Setsuna - NAA *Echoes* Mostly NAA, though I see a few bits of metal: Clair - if I'm being nice, NAA. If I'm not, why have you put metal in all the least protective places? Mathilda - all the points that she gained for sensible(ish) greaves are lost with the boob window. Particularly as that metal is pretty close to skin. Delthea - I wanna say NAA but, if that breastplate is metal, it definitely qualifies as the bare minimum. Points docked for bare flesh on the arms and legs, and also for a moulded-style boob plate for an underage character who still presumably has a lot of growing to do. She and Luthier are not wealthy enough to be replacing that one breastplate every year. Mae - similar token effort to Delthea, though at least Mae is a full adult. Points docked for moulded-style boob plate. Palla, Catria and Est - heavily overlapping. I appreciate the slim breastplate that's traditional of pegasus knights, but all 3 have exposed thighs, Catria has exposed shoulders and Est has (seemingly) bare-metal-on-skin spaulders. *Three Houses* So, there's not much point opining on identical school uniforms. So, instead, we're doing post-timeskip outfits only and skipping outfits that are not actually armour. Byleth (F) - hasn't Jill covered Byleth before? Exposed midriff, exposed arms, a cuirass that looks hard to move in and whatever the hell is going on with those tights. Edelgard - hasn't Jill covered Edelgard too? In any case, I think her main outfit is, weirdly, NAA. I have to take a shot at her promoted class' moulded-style boob plate, though. Looks dreadful to move in. Ingrid - I can't find a full-body image right now, but the half-body looks pretty good. Sensible spaulders and a breastplate that looks like it would actually deflect blows away from her heart. Hilda - OK, NAA but I have to take a potshot at that boob window. She's a melee fighter who needs a lot more protection that that. Leonie - again, I'm working off half-body shots but I can see two spaulders and deep cleavage. Not great. Catherine - moulded-style boob plate. Just no. Please? Shamir - one solitary spaulder does not count as armour. *Engage* Alear (F) - NAA, though I have to call out the exposed thighs and stupid-long hair that would be a serious liability in a fight. Ivy - NAA, but possibly the poster child for gratuitous eye candy. As crown princess, she really ought to be wearing more than a single economically-cut dress on the battlefield. Extra points lost for high heels, the pointy things on her shoes and gloves and the lack of support for a bust that definitely needs it. Timerra - very much NAA, but I have to call out the trailing fabric and the stupid ball decorations. They'd probably be a minimal hindrance to movement but they look super-ugly. Lumera - NAA Framme - NAA Céline - NAA, but I have to dock points for whatever the heck is on her upper torso. Somewhere between a wardrobe malfunction in waiting and jailbait. Etie - NAA and, although I fully understand her desire to show off her washboard abs, that should be done away from the battlefield. To wit: her Somniel outfit covers her midriff but her battle outfit exposes it, which is the wrong way round. Chloé - possibly NAA but, as a pegasus knight, I'm going to assume it is. That gives us: bare metal on skin (or close enough), seriously exposed chest and a body-sock garment covering her abdomen that is sheer enough to nonsensically hug her navel and therefore offers zero protection from blades. Jade - very good. Neck-to-toe coverage and that rarest of all accessories... a helmet! Segmentation on the cuirass, pauldrons that are large enough to offer serious protection but loose enough for freedom of movement. My only criticism is the excessively long hair, which is asking for a grappling. Lapis - my girl, you came so close. A breastplate and vambraces that offer a good level of protection while still giving the high mobility typical of a swordfighter. Spaulders are present but are protecting the upper arm, not the more vulnerable shoulder. It's let down by that undergarment, which is seemingly the same kind of sheer body-sock as Chloé is wearing. It appears to be the only thing protecting her abdomen, shoulders and armpits (which could have some serious consequences if stabbed). Citrinne - NAA Yunaka - NAA, though extra points docked for ultra-deep neckline, lack of bust support for a figure that really needs it and the weird waist cutouts. Saphir - pretty good. Although that plate on her abdomen looks like it would create a lot of movement problems. Hortensia - NAA, loses extra points for dressing like a circus clown. I'm a bit too male to wear any of these outfits, but I wouldn't be caught dead in that stupid getup. Rosado - not actually female, but I had to jump in: why have you armoured your limbs and not your torso? Maximum mobility loss while leaving the life-threatening parts unprotected. Goldmary - ...is that a pauldron? A single oversized pauldron on one shoulder? That seems like a great way to give herself even more back problems. I'm going to give a consolation prize for the corsetry on the abdomen, which should offer more protection than simple cloth, then take it away for the exposed chest. Anna - NAA. Points lost when she promotes to the warrior class and is wearing a single sports bra on the body of a pubescent girl. Pass the brain bleach. Merrin - skirts the border (pun intended) of NAA. Little-to-no torso protection, bare flesh on the arms, light upper-arm protection and metal claw-gauntlets. The bare flesh on the arms is particularly bugging me because she wields knives, placing her arms closer to the enemy than normal from the reduced reach. Panette - NAA. OK, the hand wraps were a cool design decision but this outfit offers about as much protection as her defence stat implies. Final verdict: over 4 games, the only outfits I'd consider good enough to wear are the ones on Beruka, Hana, Peri, Reina, Ingrid and Jade. Maybe I've been a bit too harsh, but Radiant Dawn alone can beat that count, and I surprised myself how many not-actually-armour outfits I had to jump in on for a dressing-down (pun intended). I still live in hope that Fire Emblem can reign in the anime horniness and design some good characters again.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

You can blame Japan for that all you want but remember how popular stepsister porn is in America it’s like the third most popular category now

[@xenocore01]

Naussica is wearing the equivalent of a Chemical Warfare Suit. Suit that seals, with filters to breathe through! So your, "I'd wear it!, " is a subconsciously a good choice!

[@cass6020]

Finally, something she can breathe in!

[@marvinp90]

Ahhh Camilla.. the most infamous Fire Emblem character. I really loved your confusion on her seeming maternal but trying to be sexy at the same time. She has mommy issues she exhibits in interesting ways. Partially by being VERY motherly to all her siblings. The second armor is from a possible ending where she becomes queen. If you look up Fire Emblem Camilla introduction you will get a clip of the camera panning over her giving you a good look at the whole armor including the battle panties. Also like a few people pointed out she fights atop a flying wyvern and does use lots of magic

[@beckyhorn6266]

Battle Panties!!!!! 🤣😂🤣

[@classicslover]

Always amused by the submissions where you KNOW they are thinking..."Let's wind Jill up! And hope she gleefully doesn't hold back!" Also, Bertolt Brecht said "Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes." Sooo...is a a bad place to be a hero...somewhere where they are not needed? Where the land is happy...as is?

[@jfwestinger]

"Sooo...is a a bad place to be a hero... Where the land is happy...as is?" Um................ sure.

[@classicslover]

@@jfwestinger Yep. Because there they would be as useful as a DVD rewinder. Or a dentist for chickens.

[@grommile]

I would say a bad place to be a hero is one where a hero is needed... but plot shields are not available.

[@vforwombat9915]

"Also, Bertolt Brecht said "Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes." and Bonnie Tyler said, "I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night."

[@classicslover]

@@vforwombat9915 Ha! This is true! Playing chicken with tractors in "Footloose"! AND I know someone who worked with Kevin Bacon...in "Footloose" even! She's an acting professor now. Ever hear of the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?" I only have one degree of separation. Have yet to include it on my resume, though. = )

[@conwarlock3537]

The three Guardian armours you reviewed are armor sets available to the player. And the right one is from the hunter class, which gains extra benefits from high mobility stats, so your impression was right. Center is a Warlock, and to the left is a Titan, the tank class

[@MyRegularNameWasTaken]

"Even if she does have an incongruously maternal expression on her face." One, I'm surprised that actually came through on first viewing; and two, yeah that's very accurate.

[@screwtape2713]

The character from The Last Legion is supposed to be from India originally (hence the Katar she carries) but serving as a guard for a Byzantine / Eastern Roman Empire envoy to Rome right at the time it fell to the Goths (iirc AD 400 something). Her armour is supposed to be Byzantine cataphract scale armour and her helmet matched. Iirc from seeing the movie a few years ago, her helmet was pretty much an Eastern-style khula kud (a round pot like a Norman helmet but with a spiky tip and a sliding adjustable nasal bar) with a chainmail combo aventail and visor - basically a mail skirting to cover the entire neck all the way around and the lower face. For a movie helmet, it was actually pretty damn good.

[@Lurklen]

Yeah, I thought that her gear would have rated at least a pretty good. I'd wear it, I mean probably not the corset belt thing, but something like it.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

Also, hiding her face, just to reveal her to be a woman was part of the movie too, so they even made that work.

[@Vinemaple]

Bump to make sure Jill reads about the helmet

[@EmbraCraig]

I’m increasingly of the opinion that (mostly male) video game designers are doing armour that they’d like to have a cosplayer hanging around at their booth in at some trade show in the future.

[@Cheesus-Almighty]

Some do, the NieR dev's mentioned something to that effect with regards to their design's. It's a shame, I'm glad I didn't let it ruin those games for me, but the thought that some people could be put off such incredible stories because one of the characters is randomly wearing lingerie is upsetting.

[@Bane_Amesta]

Kojima admitted he designed Quiet almost exclusively to see cosplayers and making figurines of her... So yeah, is not uncommon 😬

[@Bane_Amesta]

​@@Cheesus-AlmightyI'm definitely never trying Fire Emblem games because of the ridiculous outfits, so sadly you're right in that one too

[@rd6203]

The silly thing about that is that someone will sexy-fy it anyway

[@seanfisher6904]

@@Bane_Amesta As a FE fan, I'd encourage you to try out at least look at some of the older games, since they tend to have much more natural looking costuming and character designs. Anything game released before FE Awakening is pretty tame in comparison to the newer games. I'd especially recommend Path of Radiance.

[@annbrookens945]

We love the chubby dragon in Dungeons and Dragons! He was just sooo cute! And the guy from Bridgerton is beautiful! His armor was pretty, too. The Bad series does have lovely cover art! Wish I could afford to buy them right now... Excellent video as always, Jill. I love your armor reviews and especially tier lists!

[@adedow1333]

Regé-Jean Page was a brilliant casting choice for this movie! All the casting choices were able to really lean into their various tropes and milk them for all they were worth.

[@toddoverholt4556]

Themberchaud is an absolute legend tbh. So often does fantasy fall into the traps of making every dragon look the exact same but with different colors. The idea of a dragon whose greed extends into gluttony is just the best. A dragon that might be old and powerful but who is so fat that they can no longer fly properly

[@Bluecho4]

What I love about the Chubby Dragon (aside from Everything, he is precious and I would die for him) is how it illustrates a point that gets lost on some DMs. Namely that monsters, even if you're using the stat blocks from the Monster Manual, are made to be modified. You don't extract the monster as-is and plop them unceremoniously into an encounter. You embellish them. Use the descriptions and stats as a starting point, a scaffold on which to build your own encounter or your own character. It's not "A Dragon". That's stale. Seen it a million times. It's "A _Chubby_ Dragon". That's new. That's interesting. It lends itself to elaboration by its very nature (you get to think about _why_ the dragon is chonk and how that modifies potential encounters with it). Old & Busted, meet New Hotness. (Not to say a normal dragon is bad. It's a classic. But that also makes it predictable.) Whether you're making an encounter for a supplement or just for your home campaign, Specificity is the name of the game. Append just one meaningful modifier to a stock encounter, and both you and your players are likely to remember it much better. Whether that's a physical description, a motivation, clothing/accoutrements, abilities, or the environment.

[@katarzynap.881]

The character from The Last Legion is shown wearing a helmet at her introduction in the movie. They even made a big revealing that she is a woman with it.

[@JillBearup]

Yay for helmets! (I dread to ask what kind but at least an attempt was made) 😁

[@anarionelendili8961]

@@JillBearup That's the only armor I disagreed with you. Sure, the leather things are not that useful, but that is a minor stylistic choice. It fits the world she is in, it is actually armor that has roughly a millenium of proven combat record, so it definitely should be at least in Pretty Good.

[@charlybravo1354]

@@JillBearup the strange mix we see at Mira from The Last Legion may be partially intentional to make her represent a person from the far eastern lands of the early Byzantine Empire.

[@ShiftyApparition]

Every time you mentioned something about Camilla that could have used further explanation (her riding an undead wyvern into battle, the cat ears potentially being a sort of tiara to indicate that she's second in line, etc.), I'd think about it and realize that context actually made her outfit worse. She does a pretty good job of being disturbingly sultry, though?

[@rustkarl]

I don’t think her wyvern is reanimated. And she’s a lunatic.

[@ShiftyApparition]

@@rustkarl I could be wrong, I just assumed from the glowing red eyes and the tattered wings, and now looking at their design again they have bandage-like wrappings on their tails. Plus Nohr's pretty big on dark/black magic (and dead people). I never said she wasn't a lunatic; that's part of why her being sultry is so disturbing. That and the whole adopted siblings thing. And probably more reasons, I'm just not going to go looking for them.

[@thisistheaccountname]

Every time I watch something with characters wearing armor, I've now become critical of the costume thanks to this series.

[@knghtbrd]

Jill, I think you'd like Nausicaä. But there's not really a good fight of the sort you'd be hoping in there-it's just a good story.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*Nausicaä is such an excellent anime...a personal favorite...*

[@kelaEQ2]

@@scottmantooth8785 If I Remember correctly Nausicaä is what Avatar and FernGully where trying to be.

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@kelaEQ2 *sounds right to me*

[@nbell63]

"Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" - anime or manga is wonderful ... (but, note, the manga has sooo much more goodness). 😊

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@nbell63 *no argument from this side of the monitor*

[@tankizard]

Might I be permitted to say that I enjoy the moments when you go from "Just Stab Me Now" to "I'd wear it" or "Pretty Good". Please keep doing you. The format is perfect as is. Perfect for eating cheese and drinking coffee

[@AndrewD8Red]

Another practical, stylish, functional and practical ARMOUR TIER LIST!!! Goody! Goody! Goody! Goody!!!

[@joelpartee594]

Now you've got me thinking about an AI designed FE game, and if I'd be able to tell the difference...

[@earmite100]

I love the Fire Emblem series and a lot of their armor designs, but I also really had to laugh the first time I saw Camilla. The designs I do typically like are the pegasus rider armors. They're generally just clothes (maybe padded armor, generously) with breastplates and boots, in my mind suitable for combatants who are trying to keep their total weight as low as possible to maximize speed for their hit-and-run tactics.

[@Musicita]

Re: Nausicaa… I *did* wear it! My job lets us dress up for Halloween, and the first year we had a mask mandate I looked for costume ideas that included masks. I made her outfit, the mask and flight cap, pouch, sword, and even a slightly mishaped Teto to sit on my shoulder. I still wear the top just as a casual blouse now and then. :)

[@annaarts23]

The way you said 'metal thong' keeps echoing in my head. I do love how you review those insane armour pieces, with such serious dissection and such humour too.

[@THATGuy5654]

I don't think I've seen it, but what I've heard of the plot makes me think that Nausicaa's magic armor isn't actually magic. I think those spells were meant to be post-post-apocalyptic tribal magic. More meant to imply that her people's thoughts and prayers are with her.

[@mauz4588]

Nausicaa is indeed set in a post apocalyptic future in a world that's been ravaged by genetically engineered bio-weapons. The dialog is meant to reflect that humanity has regressed to where people believe in magic and spells. It's a really good manga, and well worth the read. Only 7 volumes, and comes to a satisfying end. It's not an open-ended commitment to dozens of books like many manga now.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

The story is set in the post apocalypse. Anything that looks like magic trends to be ancient technology. But there are wise women who know more then they should that might be magical that’s left open.

[@Inlelendri]

I was just writing a fight scene in a story, and I've apparently got a Jill voice inside my head asking me questions constantly as I write stuff like that. The write and delete and write again is frustrating but very greatly appreciated, Jill. Thank you.

[@davidfwooldridge3430]

The funny thing about Naucisaa is that she is actually completely reasonably armored and the other female warrior type in the story (Kushana) wears heavy armor except she’s got a fancier crown helmet thing. I’d like to see you take a peek at Kushana actually.

[@baptistenormand2723]

Mausicaa's flying suit/armor is just so cool, you have no idea ! :D There's a detailed presentation of it and of her stuff inside the book cover of the 2nd tome and it explains everything. (I went on to look at my old copy to make sure to point you to the wright part ... I'm a WEEB 'T^T) Myazaki really thought this through to give her a full poison-forest-flying-explorer's suit. It's tailored for practicality and to the tools and material used by her people. She is even frequently shown making clever use of her different stuff to get herself out of deadly situations. A true work of art ! ^^ The scale mail is just not "magic" in a D&D way. It's an old and revered piece of equipent that her people think has magical properties due to being used so long. Just like people in our world think hundreds of years old katana is magical because it looks brand new, although the museum staff is inviting them to see the bi-anual oiling ceremony they have been maintaining the blade with for centuries. But go on ! See the film and THEN read the mangas. (Really, because as good as the film is, it's only part of the first book's intrigue with an end tossed together with one of the second book's event ... This sould have been a series but they weren't a thing back then and they coudn't make it.) Thanks for the video and for the opportunity to weeb around with one of my favorite heroes :D

[@rmsgrey]

So the mail is "magic" in the same way Bilbo/Frodo's undershirt was

[@Crazael]

@@rmsgrey A bit? It depends on how much you ascribe Mithril's special properties to it being a magic material. Magic isn't actually a real thing in Nausicaa. The armor is "magic" because it's old and made using forgotten technologies and materials.

[@tarmaque]

@@Crazael Clarke's law violation! (Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.) One forfeit.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

@@rmsgrey the world of Naussiaa is a post apocalypse. The people living in that world cannot create much of the technology of the previous civilisation ( which seems to be future us ). So artefacts those people find from the past they might consider magical. The armour might just be made of stainless steel or titanium or ceramic plates or something equally as prosaic to us, but impossible to make in their world.

[@baptistenormand2723]

@@francesconicoletti2547 Good point !

[@martinseelig585]

"Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" is an absolute must-watch! One of the greatest movies of all time.

[@johnomeara7240]

Thanks for the book recommendation. Got half way through the first one last night and am enjoying it very much.

[@pencilpauli9442]

@2:00 Always a fan of the tea towels dangling betwixt the legs. Always going to trip you up, but perfect for the bar staff knight errant!

[@jscarborough9928]

Another thing that got me about Camilla's armor are the spikes that point down from the shin guards (don't remember the term of art). That thing would impale her foot if she did anything besides stand upright! Have to crouch for any reason? Hope you like stigmata!

[@My_mid-victorian_crisis]

Love it. I will say that the Pally armor from D&D suffered from Hollywood Corset-itis. Either the money people didn't want Rege-Jean Page to look "bulky," or the costume designer knew just enough about armor to think the scene in A Knights Tale where Wiliam gets on the horse by himself was cool. The fact that it was as comfortable and practical as Megan Fox's corset in Jonah Hex seems beside the point.

[@talahar123]

I just love these videos. I'm an avid D&D player and these videos are just knowledge. And the more you know.... 🌈

[@waxwingsfall]

I'm so glad there are hand done subtitles I honestly hate the weird auto ones for unusual wordd

[@kj7067]

I recently joined a historical sword-fighting group, and having some practical experience has made me enjoy your videos even more! I'd be really interested to hear you review/opine about improvised weapons that might be available to 'lower class' people - things like sickles, scythes and other tools, if that's something you'd be interested in doing.

[@andrewhallock2548]

Jill, your breakdowns of these..."armor"...pictures are great! Thank you for making the time to create this video in and around the chaos of book stuff!

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Camilla is wonderful and her outfit is outrageous. She is a caring older sister to the main character, so the maternal smile is accurate. She also rides a wyvern into battle and has high defense though her crazy armor wouldn't really make it seem that way.

[@summertime69]

"Caring" idk, I feel like she was hard core Mommy fetish on Corrin. Hahaha

[@Shpeedle]

​@@summertime69 caring... Is. Hm. As someone who has spent an excessive amount of time in that game. Caring is a misinterpretation. She's closer to a clingy abusive significant other. There are multiple conversations with different characters where she outright says "if you left me I'd cut off your limbs and bring you back" so. Caring is not the right word

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

@@Shpeedle She also makes uncomfortably suggestive references to the main character, who's her adoptive sibling.

[@Shpeedle]

@@erickpoorbaugh6728 there's literally a fully animated scenes where because you aren't able to go back to nohr with her, mid way through a hug she tries to murder the mc

[@rustkarl]

Really? Caring? She’s a big tiddy psycho onee-san archetype who has implied and outright stated that should someone leave her she might have to take ‘drastic’ measures like hunting them down if they leave and hacking off their limbs so they can’t run away again or attempting murder of the MC in at least three cases with a “If I can’t have you back, I’ll have to kill you.” mindset. To say nothing of how eager she is to torture prisoners or how she possessively threatened Hinoka with an axe to the throat for saying that Corrin is her sibling, only relenting becuase Corrin was present and specifically asked for her to be spared. An example of her general enmity to the Hoshidan family for being Corrin’s birth family that want them back. She’s a terrible sociopath regardless of whether she’s aligned with you or not, the only difference is who she’s targeting. Frankly the most well adjusted members of the Nohrian family is the sorcerous tryhard Leo and the sickeningly naive Elise. Xander is a hypocritical tool and the fact that he keeps another murderous psycho as one of his retainers says a lot about him.

[@wizbots]

I like your breakdown of Savathûn The Witch Queen's aesthetic, but I'm unsure if a chitinous exoskeleton counts as armor in the traditional sense if I want to be nitpicky. As I generally don't, I'll label it as natural armor and call it a day.

[@lisaroper421]

I am sorry the armor was restricting for our D&D paladin. As someone who has loved that class (although it got severely nerffed for 5th!) for a very long time, I adored that character. He was so great! I loved the line, "Just because that sentence is balanced doesn't make it true!" 😂😂😂 Golden

[@onewomanarmy6451]

Another beautiful Armour tier list. Was happily surprised to see Naüsicaa here and even more delighted that Jill loved her outfit. Now I have to go rewatch Naüsicaa again, such a beautiful movie.

[@gwilym1991]

You should review Princess Kushana from Nausicaa because she actually DOES wear actual armour that is designed to be armour. The woman is a warrior and even has lost limbs because Myazaki does nit mess around with characters.

[@CthulhusDream]

Yes the Witch Queen Savathûn is a baddie. Also the Guardians aren't specific characters themselves, they are stand-ins for the 3 player classes Titan, Warlock, and Hunter (respectively). Edit: Also there are 3 races a player character can be Human, Awoken (shiny human), and Exo (robot). So the Titan (left dude with the tight helmet) may not need to breathe if he's a robot.

[@IainLambert]

Is she, though? I mean, she’s definitely the antagonist of the story, and as an alien creature covered in a chitinous exoskeleton who’s out to destroy humanity for *reasons* I struggle to say goodie. But she’s been SPOILER by SPOILER, and it’s all rather tragic, really.

[@VayaKahvi]

@@IainLambert My friends and I learned about her motives and said "You should have opened with that!!"

[@AvatarYoda]

Modern History TV just did a video about what he called "undercrackers made of mail". They were worn with the rest of the armor kit to protect the nether area. To his surprise, they were very comfortable to ride it. So there is some historical precedent for underwear armor, but nothing like what's depicted at 7:25, as they'd be worn over fabric.

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

The chubby dragon became an instant classic!!! Yay chubby dragons!!!

[@quaramher]

It would seem that the DnD paladin's armor was meant to replicate the lack of mobility present in the figures used in the game.

[@adedow1333]

I like that thought!

[@AvatarRiku]

Checking my overnight notifications first thing and seeing an armour review notification on my feed is one of the better ways to wake up.

[@alysoffoxdale]

5:57 It's not just getting caught in the joints to be worried about with hair like that! I learned from a friend who was a fighter in the SCA that a good solid blow that catches your hair between even a blunt weapon and the armor will damage your hair enough at that point for it to break off the next time you brush it, even if it didn't instantly cut it through.

[@hotspurre]

Something interesting about Xenk's shoulder plates - the pattern of interwoven scales is a speculative style called "Mountain scales" and is an actual Chinese design that was probably used in lamellar (plates laced together, rather than tacked onto a backing.) We don't know exactly how the armor was made - the way he's doing it has been tried and people have discovered they're pretty weak where the plates are joined so that's less than ideal, but we do know it was used.

[@hoabinh555]

Yay, more fun lists! I'm here for them as always.

[@stephanieturner6912]

I’m so glad I finished my morning coffee before watching this because I would have definitely spit it everywhere laughing at “clankity clank, many minus points to stealth.”

[@wizbots]

The three Guardians shown after Savathûn are the player characters, and are customizable to be masculine or feminine. The left one is the wall, the middle one is the mage, and the right one is the rogue. Their armor can be swapped out, and has a tendency to be made out of ludicrous materials (case in point Young Ahamkara's Spine, which is made of the spine of a shapeshifting monkey's paw wish dragon from space). If you're interested in looking at armor based off of heavy metal armor, then look at titan armor; if you want to see more stealthy (bearing in mind that you can dye any armor a pearlescent pink) armor, then look at hunter armor; and if you want to see a bunch of robes that run the gamut from black leather dusters to floating golden wings, then look at warlock armor. There's honestly too much armor for you to review as the game's been running for ~10 years between Destiny 1 & Destiny 2, but I would love to see what your favorite and least favorite armor sets are.

[@grantharriman284]

The thing I love about Naussica's scale mail is the choice to have it be a vest. Minimizes and centralizes weight to preserve mobility on a notably slim female character. She is strong, but nowhere near the brute strength of some characters in her world. It is protecting exactly what needs protection, and not an inch more. Very efficient.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

Given what it`s actually supposed to be made from it would be better than Kevlar. Handy as Nausicaa`s world still uses firearms.

[@JeffDeLamater]

In regards to the Destiny helmet not being breathable, I'm not sure that's an issue, as all the characters have been brought back from the dead. Most people call them zombies, as they are literally dead people/cyborg that have been reanimated by (space) magic. The necromancer, called the Traveler, is presented as a goodie, reanimated the dead and gave them magic abilities to fight the baddies, of which Savathun is a god queen of one of the races of baddies...though I've heard argument that a Lich is closer to what they are as they all have little floating robot phylacteries, called Ghosts, that helps keep them alive, and the only way to truly kill a guardian is to destroy their Ghost. I'm getting off topic. Point being, because they are reanimated dead beings, they likely don't need to breath.

[@Bird_Dog00]

Guaridans do have the same basic biological functions as normal humans - with the obvious exeption being the Exos. There's even lore book entries discussing guardians starving. So, unless they are exos, they do need to breath. There seems to be a general consesus that guardians are sterile, but I'm not sure if this has been confirmed. Also, guardians don't need their ghosts to live. If they lose their ghost, they simply lose their powers and become mortal again.

[@JeffDeLamater]

@@Bird_Dog00 interesting, I didn’t see any of the lore on guardians needing to breath or starve, but I’m not Byf, so could have easily missed something. They don’t seem to have an issue with the vacuum of space, and outside of the helmet, don’t seem to need any kind of breathing apperatus. Also, didn’t mean to imply that they need the ghost to live, just that you can’t kill a guardian that has a living Ghost, as the Ghost will just revive them. To kill a guardian, you first have to take out the Ghost, a la Cayde. But as we’ve seen with Osiris killing the Ghost doesn’t kill the guardian, but without the Ghost, Osiris is on his last life.

[@BlackKoshka23]

To be fair, the lady from The Last Legion had a helmet in the movie, she just didn't use it very often, but I think she did use it when in battle.

[@FranciscoAreasGuimaraes]

Love this series. I wanted to point out that I'm currently reading Mageling by JL Mullins, a previous rec from Jill, and I'm loving it. Just added this new book to my wishlist

[@ChiiVocaloid]

I wish she knew Camilla was a riding unit, not to defend the armor itself but just to hear her talk about the appropriate size that an axe should be when riding on a dragon, and how the heels make sense only in a riding context, and how she definitely should be wearing something to protect against chaffing especially since she'll be gripping and sliding on the dragon saddle, and even more criticism for the hair because wind!!

[@lorddarkflare]

Spot on on all the Destiny 2 stuff. As an aside, it is probably one of the very few games where the developers neither ignore nor fetishise the female form. Female guardians are definitely slighter, have visiblly pronounced hips, and breasts, but since they are wearing pretty heavy armor most of the time, you have to stare a bit before you can differenciate.

[@myrb2622]

For the 3 Destiny Guardians they're just supposed to represent the 3 playable classes of the players. Basically Sci-Fi meets Fantasy magic users. •Left is a Titan, basically magic super soldier/knight/barbarian archetype. •Middle is a Warlock, which are the space wizard/psychic/alchemist archetype. •Right is a Hunter, the magic rogue/monk/cowboy archetype. I am not sure if the intent of the Hunter was to make them a woman in the art as Destiny is actually 1 to 1 in armor from male to female excluding some minor size scaling in the chest and shoulder areas (except some male tian shoulders being mondo mega big). But you are absolutely right on their archetypal vibe for their appearance.

[@aurenian8247]

Always love the armour reviews. It's like hearing myself ripping apart Aribeth's outfit from Neverwinter Nights all those years ago lol.

[@lisaroper421]

Ah, Aribeth! What nostalgia you bring me

[@gulnazsharifyanova7950]

Oh my god, you kicked me 17 years back in time

[@iapetusmccool]

​@@gulnazsharifyanova7950 damn, is it that long?

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Nausicaa is well worth your time to read, yes its a door stop, but its execution and world building is epic and I mean that in all the good uses of the word!

[@Vinemaple]

I was wondering if people were intentionally sending Jill these lolbviously "Just Stab Me Now" armor designs for female characters, just to hear her pan them entirely as expected, and now I guess I have my answer. Personally, I enjoy it more when she sees something she likes!

[@talinpeacy7222]

Some of these videos make me want to design female armor that is technically sound yet somehow absolutely scandalous and I thought about how to do that and came up with some very interesting ideas for a succubus in full plate with creative sliding/hinged plates and overlapping cloth bits for... "capturing enemy supplies"

[@tzxazrael]

i would suggest, re the Nausicaa flight suit; it's -probably- suitable as light armor (heavy leather jackets and the like); probably wouldn't stop a serious blow, but she -does- do some fighting in it... also it's probably more like "old folks' supeerstitions and well-wishes" as far as the magic goes. aside from that line, there's little if any other mentions of magic in the world, and it's actually a "fallen technology" world. and yea; lmao wtf @ metal[?] bikini. clearly the artist has SEEN armor done decently before, but has never stopped to consider WHY things are the way that they are.

[@braytonhanna8767]

What baffles me is that Yusuke Kozaki, the artist who did Camilla, does wonderful and interesting armor, and then does Camilla, which… is Camilla.

[@redhead_bebs]

5:24 Okay yes I agree with everything you say about Camilla (I'm not a fan of her design) but while she has the ax, her class actually uses axes AND TOMES so you can use her as a "sexy warlock" if you'd like. Also, she rides a wyvern. So IMAGINE THE CHAFFING!!!

[@chrissanto]

Oh Jill, whenever I need an honest armor assessment you are my go to. Well done as always.

[@petersage5157]

I've mentioned this before with Diana of Themyscira's metal crotchpiece, but while chastity belts in museums are mostly either forgeries or torture devices from the Inquisition, they're an actual thing now. Looks like Camilla's crotch armor may have been inspired by these modern artifacts. That being said, I think much of her armor - cuirass, boob plate, panties - looks more like leather with gilded seams. Still, I agree with your overall assessment.

[@wolfwind7654]

The Witch Queen is very much one of the biggest bads we have had and orchestrated ALOT of the enemies we have had to deal with, also the three human characters are one of each of the playable classes in destiny not specifically characters themselves, the cloak one is a Hunter being about stealth and recon, the middle one is Warlock being better with the magic and more support, and the left one is Titan being the front line and supposed to draw attention to protect others

[@JaneXemylixa]

I LOVE how just about everyone in DnD:HaT looks like a ren faire attendant. This line they tread, between the totally immersive srs fantasy and obnoxiously self-aware comedy, is so delicious

[@danielstickney2400]

Read Naussica. It will make you cry. The film is good but it is only a subset of the manga that Miyazaki could fit into the runtime.

[@PerovNigma]

6:20 I didn't even realise that that was a strap. I thought it was a suggestive, uncomfortable piece of extra armour sticking up between the breasts.

[@PeEll77]

Metal on bare skin is an amazing idea. I once put my keys in the pocket of my pants, then went walking for an hour. When I came back I noticed that my entire leg was blody. The pocket had been too thin and the keys had been chafing against my skin the whole time. Lovely.

[@Elvalley]

I wonder if Xenk's armor being so... *stiff* was actually a deliberate choice to reinforce the character's personality traits. If it was, then well done, because it does come off as stiff even if I didn't know it was actually restrictive. If it wasn't deliberate, then congratulations on getting some characterization across through a costuming goof.

[@adedow1333]

I loved the costuming choices for this movie! And yes, I agree that the armor definitely reinforces Xenk's stiff personality. Just looking at him we all knew that he "does not traffic in idioms."

[@francesconicoletti2547]

Two seconds after he appears on screen his entire presentation is screaming Paladin NPC. If the armour helped with that maybe that was a decent trade off.

[@Prizzlesticks]

You should take a peak at the Shadowbringers trailer. It doubles as an homage to the Warrior of Light's many leading incarnations over the years, so you get a flash of his gear as Bard (ranged DPS), Warrior (tank), Dragoon (melee DPS), Monk (melee DPS), Samurai (melee DPS), and Dark Knight tank), plus glimpses at Astrologian (healer), Gunblade (tank), Dancer (ranged DPS, I swear), and whatever tf Xenos is (a boring villain an spoopy armor who literally spends the entire expansion sitting in a chair, I'm not kidding). Then you can top it off with the Endwalker teaser trailer, which not only blesses us with Red Mage (ranged caster) and Sage (healer), but what may be legit great design with the Paladin armor? (Plus Xenos... sitting in a frickin' chair... omg, I can't believe that stale cracker of a villain is so hyped, someone bring back Emet-Selch.) Really, between they two you're rolling in armor sets.

[@Prizzlesticks]

Bonus review item: Subligar set. That is all.

[@JoriamRamos]

Jill, you mentioning you never watched Nausicaa was... shall we say... a stab 💔💔💔

[@IRMentat]

i need to re-watch and re-read nausicaa, it's one of the few things i can point to and call a personal favourite, plus the money and effort disney put into the dub (2005, back when they still had integrity) makes it hold a special place in my heart after having watched and loved the subtitled version for years prior.

[@LordOceanus]

If I ever find myself in the position of a creative lead for armoring characters in fantasy media I'm going to demand a proper armorer is on staff to beat sense into the artists on a likely hourly basis.

[@Ratharaine]

Change the havent seen or read it, its great. Note: her outfit in the the movie isnt armor so much as flight gear and exploration outfit. In the books we see a more armored version and even then it is designed to be mobile as she uses a wind glider throughout most of the series

[@nikki607]

Always nice to see undeniable confirmation someone's into d&d😂

[@timothymorgan1175]

I have watched Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,and read the manga(Japanese comic) love both. Was wondering if you reviewed her outfit,so happy to see you did😊

[@Ratharaine]

Note: the "magic" on naussicas armor is very likely not actually anything it is like a prayer from our world

[@tcpratt1660]

Would that be the same concept as a senim bari?

[@Ratharaine]

@@tcpratt1660 yes pretty much, although i didnt know that was a thing, so thanks for teaching me a new word

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

For destiny, from left to right it’s a Titan, a Warlock and a Hunter, and that translates roughly to the fighters, the mages and the rangers. However, each class has a dichotomy: Titans straddle the line between offensive ‘zerkers and proper tanks, however they are always prefering close quarters, they also have a mastery of Crowd Control; Warlocks oscilate between Offensive and Utility space magic, but are always complex, they can often use one ability in many ways; and Hunters can be stealthy trappers, flashy marksmen or monk-like melee fighters, but are always evasive, and always offer a simple kit, with it leaving a lot to the user.

[@johntabler349]

The last legion character is supposed to be Byzantine and she does have a helmet in the movie though it isn't shown in the picture she mostly wears it early in the movie when everyone pretends she's not obviously a woman

[@matrim611]

Your Destiny 2 assessment is pretty on-point. As far as the genders of the Guardians, you could very well be right. But your assumptions on lines and aesthetic was correct. Left to right: Titan - Big Soldier Boy that hits stuff real hard, Warlock - Space-Magic Specialist what floofs around everywhere, Hunter - Sveldt and spry, agile and with lots of knives.

[@Edward-hq8ct]

The context surrounding Camilla actually makes some things worse than even you showed: She’s actually in the wyvern rider class. Basically they fly while the character whacks them. Also her canonical outfit is seen in her base class (the malig knight) which is unique as it’s a wyvern class that allows the user to use magic (so she can blast foes from far away). So imagine all that whilst on a wyvern with some rider gear. As for her character, you were right to spot the maternal look. Being the eldest daughter she’s very doting, but has mumma bear energy which gives her brutish strength (which explains the giant axe, the only thing the context improves). She’s actually a pretty good character but that’s not important rn. Finally, the colour scheme is actually common among the nation she is from. And their overall aesthetic is the best in the game, even if it offers no protection

[@rustkarl]

She’s a psycho who flips between disturbingly sexual maternal figure and brutally possessive yandere at the drop of a hat to the point where I wonder if Severa genuinely sticks around out of fear of being dismembered and kept like a pet if she should leave. The whole Nohrian family are hypocrites with emotional issues. Xander is massive hypocritical tool who doesn’t give a fig about what he’s doing, and he keeps Peri as a retainer. Arguably the only person more volatile and recklessly murderous than Camilla in the cast. Leo is a tryhard with an inferiority complex but there’s not much else to say against him, other than his questionable fashion sense. Elise is painfully naive and frankly her pointless death in Birthright was the only time Fates had some balls. Which only makes Xander’s unquestioning moronic continuation in spite of the fact he just killed his little sister even more headachingly absurd.

[@BuilderB08]

2:13 They can be either gender; they’re the classes. Ie. my Hunter (Guardian on the right side) is a man, and the Vanguard uh… forgot what it’s called, leader? is a woman. They also have different armors for each.

[@josephwilliams5292]

Savathun is more than just a baddie, she is literally the goddess of deception and magic. Gaslighting is like, her whole thing

[@slightlyunsettling2785]

“So close.” was probably what they wanted people to think.

[@resurgam_b7]

Another negative point for Camilla, that short cloak/cape that you mentioned seems to be the only covering for her shoulders and neck. If she had metal under it, I'm sure it would be as wildly disproportioned as the rest of the outfit's metal components so I feel safe to say that decapitating is also on the table along with heart stabbing and boob looking 🤪

[@resurgam_b7]

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[@T_Mo271]

Astute analysis. And I even liked the book promotion.