omg what woman in GENERAL would refer to it as a "womb", much less the ever-badass MJ; I call blasphemy
LESSEE, Honor Harrington is a book series (closely influenced by Horatio Hornblower? but in space?)...right on all of Dune's scarybadass women...Halo Jones is a graphic novel series, so that half-counts...
I'm going to disagree with you here and make a case that TV/Movie realm counts just as much, for the visual impact. While there are always green-skinned skimpy alien chicks for sexyness, a lot of sci-fi heroines are just more covered up than their fantasy counterparts. I mean, you don't see Conan-style metal bikinis happening in space (well, unless you're watching Heavy Metal, but that's almost another genre entirely). You can have clingier outfits, certainly (see here Seven of Nine, Lexx, fremen stilsuits) but for the most part it seems like those outfits are relevant to their actual occupations and lifestyles, and seem more practical in their figure-hugging than gratuitous. I mean, Inara is a space hooker and she dresses more modestly than most people I know IRL.
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Date: 2012-06-28 03:51 am (UTC)LESSEE, Honor Harrington is a book series (closely influenced by Horatio Hornblower? but in space?)...right on all of Dune's scarybadass women...Halo Jones is a graphic novel series, so that half-counts...
I'm going to disagree with you here and make a case that TV/Movie realm counts just as much, for the visual impact. While there are always green-skinned skimpy alien chicks for sexyness, a lot of sci-fi heroines are just more covered up than their fantasy counterparts. I mean, you don't see Conan-style metal bikinis happening in space (well, unless you're watching Heavy Metal, but that's almost another genre entirely). You can have clingier outfits, certainly (see here Seven of Nine, Lexx, fremen stilsuits) but for the most part it seems like those outfits are relevant to their actual occupations and lifestyles, and seem more practical in their figure-hugging than gratuitous. I mean, Inara is a space hooker and she dresses more modestly than most people I know IRL.