...So am I the only one who HATES the scantily clad pictures of women and much, much perfers someone in some actual armor?
...You totally lost me on everything before the comma. What is after the comma I agree with conditionally - I would
generally rather see an attractive woman showing off her features than an attractive woman in armour that covers most or all of her body, especially to the point where you can't tell if you're looking at a picture of a man or woman anymore. However, in situations where it would be appropriate for a woman to be wearing armour, I think it's silly to have a chainmail bikini or similar syle.
Here are some examples of female heroes from the Fire Emblem games (mostly Path of Radiance) who have varying amounts of armour depending on needs, without any cheesecake:
Titania
Titania again
Petrine
Nephenee
Jill
Mia
Lethe
Ilyana
Group
Lyndis
Eirika
My main Mabinogi character and his wife right after the wedding. Her armour is about the closest to "cheesecake" I normally go for.
Here is a sketch a friend kindly drew of her
My other Mabi character when she was younger, and with the first set of armour I bought for her.
Here as a young adult and in her newer armour, which I find more visually appealing (also, it's much cheaper to repair).
As with some of the Fire Emblem armours and the ones on my Mabinogi characters, it's clear you can accentuate the female form without exposing almost all of it. But just because sex sells and is oft exploited to this end doesn't mean you should automatically
hate every picture of scantily clad women OR men. If it's tasteful and appropriate (Red Sonja and Conan have been given as examples), there really isn't anything wrong with it. Even nudity can be used tastefully in art.
