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Thread: Are historical genderbends a good thing?

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    死徒(下級)Lesser Dead Apostle
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    Slightly biased against it, but if the resulting character is good in their own right, I stop caring.

    Excessive fanservice increases the time I take to get over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walnut Sparks View Post
    Ditto.

    I know TM's approach to history was set on its course ever since an ancient Gaelic hero showed up in a spandex bodysuit, but I can still only swallow so much of this "it was really totally different, it's historical studies that get everything wrong!" handwaving, and I see the genderbending as part of that.
    To be fair, Cu's bodysuit is actually a fairly clever visual depiction of how Gaelic warriors actually 'dressed' when they fought, naked and clad in blue paint over their bodies. Obviously that couldn't be depicted in a VN, so they went for spandex instead which looks similar, however anachronistic it may be.

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    It was a porno, they could have had him running around naked the whole time if they wanted to. They just didn't want to. Pretty sure it was supposed to be a Vampire Hunter D reference that got mutated into a Tron suit but I'd have to check CM2 to see how that story goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mcjon01 View Post
    It was a porno, they could have had him running around naked the whole time if they wanted to. They just didn't want to. Pretty sure it was supposed to be a Vampire Hunter D reference that got mutated into a Tron suit but I'd have to check CM2 to see how that story goes.
    It was a porno aimed at men though, who presumably don't want to see some (admittedly hot) guy's dick flopping about in the wind. Besides, even Rider (with the most sexualized outfit) wasn't outright butt-naked all the time.

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    No D, just butt shots

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    I thought it was a reference to how Celtic warriors painted their bodies blue for battle, or something? Though I don't remember if that was fanon or not
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    It was fanon.

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    Girls are good IMO

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    I could make an issue of whether Gaels "actually fought" naked in blue bodypaint, but even accepting that as a concession to pop culture imagery along with Arthurian knights in full plate, my point is that the costume they gave him (and other F/sn characters like Rider and Gil) set the trend for using the "unreliable history" excuse far too much for my tastes.
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    To be fair at least TM seems like they actually did some research on something historical before they butchered it, unlike at lot of other franchises that feel like the author just searched for mythological names on Wikipedia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alternative Ice View Post
    To be fair at least TM seems like they actually did some research on something historical before they butchered it, unlike at lot of other franchises that feel like the author just searched for mythological names on Wikipedia.
    Mata Hari's boob size was not one of them.

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    If all genderbends are like Okita or Arturia I'm fine, in fact I'd like it

    If it's like Nero then I'm kinda mehhh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Altaris View Post
    If all genderbends are like Okita or Arturia I'm fine, in fact I'd like it

    If it's like Nero then I'm kinda mehhh
    What's the difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kotonoha View Post
    What's the difference
    I can't tell

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    Good and not good.
    Quote Originally Posted by asterism42 View Post
    That time they checked out that hot guy they were just admiring his watch, yeah?


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    Don't post outside of 7th please.

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    Complain about it on twitter.
    Quote Originally Posted by asterism42 View Post
    That time they checked out that hot guy they were just admiring his watch, yeah?


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    Quote Originally Posted by @Keo View Post
    Good and not good.
    Good
    Red
    and
    vs
    Not Good
    Blue
    ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by @Keo View Post
    Complain about it on twitter.
    I have a responsibility to only provide premium web #content to my followers so I can't

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kotonoha View Post
    What's the difference
    Quote Originally Posted by mewarmo990 View Post
    I can't tell
    Interesting vs Boring

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