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Should RPG art feature chainmail bikinis?

Should RPG art ever feature chainmail bikinis (& similar garb)?

  • Never

    Votes: 27 15.2%
  • On some female characters

    Votes: 114 64.0%
  • On all female characters

    Votes: 28 15.7%
  • Other (eg only on male characters)

    Votes: 9 5.1%

Greetings!

Hey S'mon! yeah, I agree. In my experience, there are many very attractive women in the military. And curiously, even the ones that might be *bland* otherwise, looking like a typical civilian, in an civilian environment, somehow just look yummy after they get in shape, and put a little muscle on, get rid of the fat, change their diet, and well, you know, they just have a very healthy glow. I've seen a some really ugly women in the miltary, where they weren't blessed with natural good looks, and hard military training and a good diet hasn't helped them much still, but they would be few.

And, besides the women in the military, there's all the hordes of civilian women that flock to us. many of them stay looking yummy and sweet, too.

And well, I've been married to a beautiful girl that married me--because she fell in love with a Marine. She unabashedly explained to me what she and her girlfriends liked about us Marines.:)

She said that we--the Infantry--

(1) Were universally in gorgeous shape--very muscular, and fit. Nice chest, big arms, the whole bit.

(2) We were all well-groomed, and neat.

(3) We are usually polite, courteous, and well-mannered.

(4) We are traditionally minded, and very masculine. We don't apologise for being rugged, and masculine. We're not ashamed of old fashioned concepts like honour, and traditional values.

(5) Almost without exception, we are irrepressibly enthusiastic and eager for everything that life has to offer. We love to party and have a great time. Drinking, dancing, going to the ocean, skydiving, movies, horsebackriding, shooting, games, theater, whatever. Marines are up for a good time. She says that we have a fun-loving, "gung-ho" attitude that is contageous, and it's nice.

(6) Not in all ways, but in many ways, Marines are more mature than their civilian counterparts. The civilians are often into drugs, don't want to work, have poor attitudes, and just have screwed up lives, or have lives that seem very dull, and routine. In addition, many civilians often seem content to remain "where they are" whereas Marines are so driven and ambitious, whether we stay active duty in the Marines, or not, we still pursue big dreams and goals. There is a constant drive to excel, and to improve ourselves. She said that is something that is very attractive about Marines, too.

Of course, these aren't necessarily in order of importance, but they are all accurate reflections of what she explained to me about herself, and some of her friends. Of course, because I too fell madly in love with her, we got married.

So, I can see that the women, whether civilian or military, were almost always aware of, and cultivating their own sexuality and sensuality whenever they are around male Marines. And, male Marines are always doing the same too. Everyone's aware of it, and embraces it.

It's a good thing.:)

I'm wondering. Is it your diet over there, S'mon? I mean, I was able to train with some British troops on occasion, and is there something with the complexion? The muscles? Not that there weren't any buffed Brits, or even handsome lads, but compared to my Marine unit, there are lots of Marines that are rock solid, deeply tanned, and just all together looking great, you know? Before I was married, it was common to have beautiful women just *flocking* to us, and I mean that in all sincerity. It was incredible, really. I wouldn't have believed it until I began to constantly experience it. I've seen some very pretty British girls though!:)

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
 

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SHARK said:
(5) Almost without exception, we are irrepressibly enthusiastic and eager for everything that life has to offer. We love to party and have a great time. Drinking, (...), whatever. Marines are up for a good time. She says that we have a fun-loving, "gung-ho" attitude that is contageous, and it's nice.

(6) Not in all ways, but in many ways, Marines are more mature than their civilian counterparts. The civilians are often into drugs, ...

Not to nitpick here, but alcohol IS a drug :)

Unless you're talking about drinking milk, of course ;)

And, to crosspost from another thread, I know I would love to play in your campaign, leading a true warrior's life! (complete with loincloth :D)

Berandor
 

hong said:

And the worst part of it all is, they pinch like buggery.
Hong "in all sorts of sensitive places" Ooi

True. At GenCon, the models at the Chain Maille booth told me they would use a hair dryer to warm up the chain bras and the things did pinch their nipples. Chain bikinis are all about style, not comfort.
 

Gratuitous cheescake will make me less likely to buy any RPG product. To me it sends a signal that the designers did not have enough faith in their product to let it stand on it's own merits, and are trying to attract me using 'cheap tricks'. It also insults my intelligence, a signifigant turn-off for me.
 

Fade said:
Gratuitous cheescake will make me less likely to buy any RPG product. To me it sends a signal that the designers did not have enough faith in their product to let it stand on it's own merits, and are trying to attract me using 'cheap tricks'. It also insults my intelligence, a signifigant turn-off for me.

I would have expected this to be a common view these days - judging by the poll it's less common than I'd have thought, though.
 

SHARK said:
I'm wondering. Is it your diet over there, S'mon? I mean, I was able to train with some British troops on occasion, and is there something with the complexion? The muscles? Not that there weren't any buffed Brits, or even handsome lads, but compared to my Marine unit, there are lots of Marines that are rock solid, deeply tanned, and just all together looking great, you know?

Well, I've only met a few regular infantry guys. My impression is that we emphasise endurance training a lot more than upper-body strength, weights training etc. Plus we don't get much sunshine! British Royal Marines have been noted for incredible acts of endurance under extreme conditions, eg in the Falklands War, marching across the Falkland islands in subzero temperature carrying their own body weight in supplies and being able to fight and win battles with little or no air support at the end of it. US battle doctrine tends to assume more supply, transport & support AFAIK. I think there's a view that it's possible to be too 'buffed' - if you're not actually using those muscles they're mostly just extra weight.
 

i believe in having beautiful women in as little clothing as possible. i'm a male, i was born with a desire to procreate, and beautiful women fuel that desire. whether i see a real woman walking down the street or see one in an illustration, i just like to look at them. sometimes, *gasp*, i'll even look at one while i'm with my wife. well, seeing as almost ALL guys will notice a shapely woman, i should say that i make no attempt to hide it. my wife is strong enough and beautiful enough to know that it's no threat to her. she'll make poignent comments on the passing woman's faults (as she sees them), and we have a laugh.

i can't stand the guys who have been so p-whipped that they've been "trained" by their (usually hairy) miserable-beast-woman to view beautiful/scanitly clad women as an evil creation of a patriarchal society. i've had the misfortune of seeing many a good man get beaten down by some hairy, heavy, feminist brute. it's never pretty.

so in summary....for men:

innate desire for men to procreate + scanitly clad female beauty =

FUN! SMILES! GRATIFICATION!


if you don't believe in the above equation, you are:

1.) gay;
2.) frustrated because you can't "get any" and you've given up all hope. so now, you want to bring everyone else down to your level of misery;
3.) one of the beaten down skinflints i mention above.
4.) a eunich


enjoy! ;)
 

Greetings!

Gee...S'mon, that's very good. It seems quite accurate to me, though, it's kinda funny because in the Marines, the instructors always talk about and stress "Endurance"--because we run like crazy and all that good stuff, but it seems the "upper-body" strength just has some irresistable call to us! I know that after a whole day of fun, usually focused on endurance, me and the crew would hit the gym, on our own time, just to work on "upper body". Very interesting S'mon! Very interesting, indeed! By the way, where over there do you live? As you can imagine,--I'm in sunny, Southern California! Yea!

S'mon, I raise a pint of Bass to you, in salute my friend!:)

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
 

SHARK said:
I know that after a whole day of fun, usually focused on endurance, me and the crew would hit the gym, on our own time, just to work on "upper body". Very interesting S'mon! Very interesting, indeed! By the way, where over there do you live? As you can imagine,--I'm in sunny, Southern California! Yea!

S'mon, I raise a pint of Bass to you, in salute my friend!:)

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Cheers (just raised my glass of concentrated grapefruit juice to you)... :)
I'm currently in London, although when I was in the territorial army reserve I was in Coventry, in the Midlands. The Buff thing is definitely a cultural difference, I think - eg they had to use British actors for 'Band of Brothers' because modern Americans are too chunky! Luckily my American wife prefers the slimmer, non-buffed male. :)
 


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