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u/Ducklinsenmayer Apr 28 '25
It's probably not meant to be.
Back when he was the owner of Marvel, Perelman noticed that Miller's Daredevil was their best seller, took a quick look at the comic, concluded the reason why it was a great seller was Elektra, and ordered everyone to start adding sexy white ninjas to their comics.
Any resemblance between Perelman and Mojo is entirely 100% intentional:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Perelman
So, at least according to the story, Betsy's outfit is meant to look ridiculous.
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u/bskell Apr 28 '25
Not true.. perelman didn't show up till 89 and mojo showed up in longshot that happened in 85
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u/dagujgthfe Apr 29 '25
Duck was obviously joking, but I don’t think that that means post ‘89 mojos couldn’t be designed to look like Perelman. How many Patrick Steward prof X’s do we have?
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u/bskell Apr 29 '25
Seriously? We are spoiled for choice now with fat bald guys. Perelman didn't care about Marvel in 85 as he was busy doing Revlon or some other company at the time. It was around 4-5 years later that he picked up Marvel. Mojo is obviously based upon Hollywood types that didn't care about artistic things and couldn't stop picking or changing things.. a trope that is a trope because it's real and still happens. It also happens that Perelman and a lot of other money people also have the same look.. It's amusing but not true.
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u/DementedJ23 Apr 29 '25
but jim lee's mojo is exactly that face, and his tenure was 89-91 on the book.
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u/Sherm Cyclops Apr 28 '25
and ordered everyone to start adding sexy white ninjas to their comics.
Yeah, we wish this was a white ninja. It'd be somehow less offensive.
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u/CaptainMal517 Apr 29 '25
How's it offensive?
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u/Sherm Cyclops Apr 29 '25
They skipped "cultural appropriation" and went straight to "literal body appropriation," then had Kwannon reassert herself via the "hypersexual and promiscuous Asian" stereotype, then killed her of mutant AIDS without any attempt to give her actual characterization. It was decades before they fixed it. Just going with "Betsy's a ninja now" would at least have sidestepped all that.
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u/crono09 Apr 29 '25
The real story behind it is a lot more complicated. Kwannon wasn't supposed to exist at all. It was a perfect storm of so many things going wrong at the same time. Sir Superhero has a whole video about it.
Basically, the whole "Psylocke becomes Asian" thing happened while Chris Claremont was writing X-Men. Claremont is really into characters getting their bodies altered in various ways, but the alterations are rarely permanent. In one story arc, a villain captures Betsy Braddock (codename Psylocke) and transforms her body into an Asian body. It was supposed to go back to her normal body soon in a future issue.
...Except that Chris Claremont suddenly got fired in the middle of that arc. It happened quickly, and he didn't get to discuss his plans with the rest of the writing team. He was replaced by Fabian Nicieza, who was not familiar with X-Men at the time and only got a quick summary of what had recently been going on with it. He mistakenly thought that Braddock's transformation was a body swap, so he created Kwannon (codename Revanche) as the Asian character that Braddock swapped with.
Of course, Marvel could simply swap them back, but this was in the early 1990s when the X-Men experienced a surge in popularity. Betsy Braddock as the Asian Psylocke was especially popular, and most newcomers to the X-Men didn't know about the accidental body swap. (Remember, most people didn't have easy internet access at the time, so if you weren't keeping up with the comics, you didn't know these characters' histories.) Turning their most popular Asian character white would have looked extremely questionable, so Marvel decided just to pretend that she was Asian.
By the time the 2000s came around, most fans were aware of Psylocke's body swap history, but she was still a popular X-Men character, so Marvel was reluctant to change the status quo. In 2018, Marvel finally saw an opportunity to correct this mess-up and restore both characters back to their original bodies. Now, Betsy Braddock is back to being Captain Britain, and Kwannon is the new Psylocke.
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u/Deinosoar Apr 29 '25
Yeah, she could literally have just uploaded ninja skills from Kwannon using her established psychic powers. Easy peasy and a lot more clean.
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u/CaptainMal517 Apr 29 '25
I mean I just don't think it's that deep. "Every problem looks like a nail when you're a hammer" type thinking. It's only offensive if you want it to be.
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u/tombuazit Apr 29 '25
White British lady steals the body of a young Asian woman and uses it for decades to ensure fetishests keep buying her comics..... Ya nothing offensive there right...
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u/MightyFlip007 Apr 29 '25
It helps that Betsy's outfit is that of a master Hand assassin, same as Elekta.
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u/Ducklinsenmayer Apr 29 '25
Very practical people, those master hand assasins. Nothing deadlier than a butt wedgie.
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u/Kazewatch Apr 29 '25
Huh, sounds like Elektra was his fetish and he wanted to up the ante.
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u/Ducklinsenmayer Apr 29 '25
He was running a giant stock scam at the time- tricking investors into buying into a new company, with the idea they would make Marvel a huge media juggernaut, and sell tons of toys to oversexed 15 year old boys.
He netted a cool 2-300 million with it, but drove Marvel into bankruptcy.
The irony?
He was right- with some real backing Marvel did become a billion dollar media juggernaut.
Just years later, first with Sony, then Fox, then Disney.
Imagine if they had started making big budget films for real back then...
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u/angelic-beast Magik Apr 28 '25
Its not and its not supposed to be, its a female comic character's costume so sex appeal is what matters over practicality. People will say its for ease of movement but male heroes like spiderman seem to have no issues with range of movement in full cover body suits. The artist wanted to draw a sexy ninja and so he gave her what is essentially a vacuum sealed 80s style bathing suit. Irl this would be a wedgie nightmare and all her flying kicks would cause wardrobe malfunctions, but in the comic world she just looks like a supermodel ninja who doesn't have to worry about that stuff🤷♀️
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u/SpaceShipwreck Apr 28 '25
Basically what happened to Olivia Munn "Day One" in the Psylocke costume?
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u/himsoforreal Apr 28 '25
"wearing skin-tight latex does have its challenges. “Now it fits like a glove, but it’s kind of hard because there’s been times where I’m pulling and it pops like a balloon, which did happen day one,” admits Munn. “Day one, I was like, ‘Uh, guys, uh, do we have a backup? Sorry I popped my crotch.”
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u/IncompleteAnalogy Apr 29 '25
IIRC, she also complained at one point about needing to he significantly lubed up to fit into it ... it was a lot of hard work .
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u/Spiritual-Eagle7230 Apr 29 '25
https://youtu.be/gJ1XFrhbdsE?si=yWcNrwaocsshuprW
Check out Stephanie
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Imagine you are fighting someone while trying not to flash them at the same time. That has to be miserable
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u/geoman2k Apr 29 '25
That's the appeal. Source: I was once a 14 year old boy and the target demo for these comics.
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u/beckersonOwO_7 Apr 28 '25
All superheroes look like models and I imagine another of them would have their costume ripped from movement with how tight thay are guy or girl (hulk for example). Although we do need more fanservice of the guy characters.
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u/KaleRylan2021 Apr 28 '25
There's more male fanservice than people seem to admit, I mean look at the new swimsuit special or any mcu film.
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u/beckersonOwO_7 Apr 29 '25
Not enough.
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u/KaleRylan2021 Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25
I mean, it's attractive men shown in skin tight clothing or very little clothing regularly, what more do you want?
I think people like to say things like 'needs more male fanservice,' but there's very little understanding of what that actually entails. Comics aren't porn, the women aren't actually shown in particularly less clothing than the men half the time, barring a few costumes, but then you've got the namors of the world wearing less than anyone, so even that's questionable, plus 80% of the males and the females are in painted on outfits anyway.
Even the above picture of Psylocke, really the only thing that's inherently more provocative than a similarly drawn male of the time you could say is the tilt of the hips. Other than it's a pretty usual power pose, fist raised and weapon in hand, angry expression on her face.
The long and short of my point is that people's reactions to this sort of thing has a lot more to do with how people view women than how women are presented.
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u/MP-Lily Kid Omega Apr 29 '25
Exactly. It’s all in the poses. Male characters need to be drawn so that their ass is always the focus no matter how they’re positioned, anatomy be damned. You really don’t see that with anyone other than Spider-Man and Nightwing, but it’s pretty standard for female characters.
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u/beckersonOwO_7 Apr 29 '25
Revealing and sexy aren't the same thing for men and women. I want all genders sexed up equally. Make everyone dress like Emma Frost.
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u/KaleRylan2021 Apr 29 '25
Okay, you're either trolling or being weird, so you do you.
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u/purplerose1414 Apr 29 '25
No? Gay men and women exist brah. Why cant men be sexualized and own it like Emma does?
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u/JinFuu Apr 28 '25
Definitely, that's currently 'safe horny', or at least the type of fanservice/horny that it's okay for people to admit they like, lol.
Like the Hades games!
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u/Xygnux Apr 29 '25
This. I never understood how Emma Frost's costume ever managed to stay on. Not that I don't appreciate it as a guy, but how does her boobs not fall out of the costume in this:
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u/AoO2ImpTrip Apr 29 '25
I choose to believe Emma has never actually worn one of those outfits before and is going into combat in regular clothes but projecting the mental image of what she's thought to wear.
It's almost certainly not true, but we've seen her do it before.
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u/Gintoki_Sakata-San Apr 28 '25
“but male heroes like spiderman seem to have no issues with range of movement in full cover bodysuits“
Female characters like Spider-Woman/Spider-Girl/Ghost-Spider, etc. exist and all wear full body suits by the way. People still complain about sex appeal regardless.
Never mind Spider-Man wearing exactly the same tight suit that shows every curve in awkward positions.At the end of the day these are drawings and it’s about cool or attractive designs that catch the reader's eye. And yes, comic readers enjoy sexy characters I'm not arguing that.
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u/angelic-beast Magik Apr 28 '25
I think the argument I see more often is less about the full body suits and more about how often female heroes have the bodies of models and males have the bodies of bodybuilders. One appeals to the male gaze and the other the male power fantasy. When polled women often rate less built guys as more attractive, and many like men that carry more weight or have feminine traits. Its like the mandate to artists is to draw the ideal men and women from the perspective of the "average male comic reader."
I personally don't think comics need to be less sexy (although there is a time and a place and sometimes for dramatic sense sometimes they should tone it down a bit lol) but they could be a lot more sexy if they pandered to the female gaze more, which is something that I think Manga does better than western comics.
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u/Wrong_Bobcat Apr 29 '25
Aren't there studies that show women also vastly prefer the sexy female character designs that keep getting criticized for being made for the male gaze? I know there was one not too long ago in regards to game characters but I imagine its the same for most mediums.
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u/angelic-beast Magik Apr 29 '25
My point was more that the guys aren't for the female gaze. I'm not criticizing the existence of hot women but bringing up that the sexyness is not equally distributed.
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u/ieatPS2memorycards Apr 28 '25
Please look up the Hawkeye initiative to see how different female and male sexualization is in comics. Enough with this “all we are doing is enjoying sexy characters 🥺” BS
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u/Kortamue Nightcrawler Apr 29 '25
I love THI. Mostly because I simp for Clint hard enough to break glass, but also because his character is perfect for the meme.
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u/Moonwh00per Apr 28 '25
For some reason I've never thought about the fact that nobody talks about spidermans costume the same way they talk about female characters costumes
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u/Zaptain_America Nightcrawler Apr 28 '25
Probably because the default idea of a comic reader is a straight guy, so most of them aren't gonna be looking at male characters that way
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u/Siritalis May 01 '25
I've actually been thinking about him every time someone in the thread brings up how male comic characters aren't sexualized
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u/dazzleox Rogue Apr 28 '25
I am a 45 year old man and this feels amazing to wear.
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u/janus3659 Apr 28 '25
According to Olivia Munn, it isn't! 😂
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u/Effective-Training Wolverine Apr 28 '25
I remember Olivia saying it was uncomfortable and super tight.
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u/Difficult-Cap-3410 Apr 28 '25
The movie’s is toned down, if the movie’s uncomfortable, then this is eye watering
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Obvious answer is that it’s not.
Most cosplayers that wear bodysuits like this typically sew on “naked” tights so that you don’t actually see their skin.
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u/Easy_Difficulty_7656 Apr 28 '25
Imagine how powerful she’d be if she didn’t have to constantly use most of her telekinetic energy to keep that wedgie at bay
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u/OkYogurtcloset8790 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25
It’s a drawing it does not feel comfort or discomfort
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u/Sophiasmistake Apr 28 '25
It's not real. Most female characters were designed to rope in more boys for the money. Sounds bad, but that's the truth. Nuff said.
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u/gar1848 Apr 28 '25
Listen, Jim Lee has a fetish for ninja women. And legs. And busty women. And swords
He was at his worst (or best, you decide) during his tenure with the XMen. I don't think he has ever drawn one of the female characters not looking like a geneticamente enchanted supermodel
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u/apatheticviews Apr 28 '25
Jubilee is drawn pretty normally.
As a matter of fact, she makes fun of the supermodel thing a couple times
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u/schoolisuncool Apr 28 '25
And that’s why Jim Lee is the most popular X-men artist
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u/myowngalactus Rictor Apr 28 '25
He’s the most recognizable x-men artist, if not the most popular, probably in large part due to them using his designs for the animated series. I personally wouldn’t even put him in the top 5, and while I think he’s a good artist, I dislike a lot of his redesigns of character costumes.
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u/Difficult-Cap-3410 Apr 28 '25
How would u design this character?
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u/gar1848 Apr 28 '25
Ah, Marvel has already done that by adding pants. Also reworking the backstory because "white woman in asian body playing the Sexy ninja" aged poorly
Jokes aside, I don't think it was a problem of costume. Just that Jim Lee really love to focus on the sexy parts. Nothing wromg with that but after awhile it gets rididicolous
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u/PandaButtLover Apr 29 '25
X-Men #1 has her jump kicking magneto in the head and the emphasis was on her crotch haha
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u/HoraceGrantGlasses Apr 28 '25
I mean people enjoy wearing 1 piece bathing suits. This isn't different.
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u/NeoSailorMoon Apr 28 '25
As a person who has worn a one-piece bathing suit because society thinks all girls want to wear that shit, thus didn't have other swimming options, your defense doesn't negate the OP's assumption. They're uncomfortable, regardless if people like to wear them. Wedgies are guaranteed and inevitable, they always require adjustment, it feels suffocating and claustrophobic because it sticks to your skin, and you're exposing your bits to people who don't deserve to see them, but as a little girl, you don't assume you have other options or choice because the racks don't say so, and everybody is wearing one.
I just checked my local Walmart's options for girls. There are still no one-pieces with shorts, and all options are skin tight. You have to buy shorts separately.
I'm skeptical if anyone actually enjoys wearing them. I think they enjoy the result of them (attention, swimming), but not the actual act of wearing them.
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u/HoraceGrantGlasses Apr 29 '25
Is a two piece more comfortable? If not, what's the alternative, scuba suit?
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u/NeoSailorMoon Apr 29 '25
Certain types of bikinis are more comfortable, but still have some discomfort. I dunno why they don't offer cute girly swim trunks and tops like they do for boys. Not all girls want to be naked via the illusion of being "clothed."
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u/MP-Lily Kid Omega Apr 29 '25
You can find womens’ swim shorts and tops far more readily online. I have a few old ones somewhere in the depths of my closet, I can check the brands if you want any recommendations.
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u/HoraceGrantGlasses Apr 29 '25
Unfortunately I have no fashion sense so can't provide an explanation to that one.
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u/AlsoPrtyProductive Laura Kinney Apr 28 '25
I've cosplayed Psylocke a couple of times in the past, don't tend to do the bodysuit very often since it's really cold and the complete lack of pockets or pouches gets annoying. But it's not uncomfortable unless you buy a particularly low quality or ill fitting one.
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u/Difficult-Cap-3410 Apr 28 '25
As it comic accurate, or slightly modest?
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u/AlsoPrtyProductive Laura Kinney Apr 28 '25
First time and most recently was Peach Momoko’s version with the straw hat and Kimono. That was extremely comfortable as you would expect.
In between I did a comic accurate version with a tactically placed red sash so that my ass wasn’t on full display to the world.
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u/perrabruja White Queen Apr 28 '25
I have a few bodysuits like that and they're comfortable. I wear them for gogo dancing and at some parties though so you just gotta be really comfortable with your body.
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u/Sum1nne Apr 28 '25
Yeah people claiming they're uncomfortable are just making stuff up. Leotards like this used to not only be common but fashionable.
Just because it's sexy doesn't mean it's a pain to wear, or dehumanising, or that no-one would want to wear it. (Some people like looking sexy, believe it or not).
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90% of things women wear in real life are super uncomfortable and they are wearing them just to look pretty. I guess it's the same here. She is a model after all.
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u/Fun-Seaworthiness572 Apr 28 '25
Wait Psylock is a Model? (Though I don’t research comic much)
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Yeah, she's a british super model and secretly a MI6 (or some fictional British agency, I can't remember) agent. She's in their psy division because she's a mutant telepath. That's where her story begins, she's in her own body at that time.
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u/serenity656 Apr 28 '25
Isn't just a one piece it's made for athletic movement like a gymnast
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u/Villordsutch Apr 28 '25
She'll be fine, as long as she doesn't sneeze or cough.
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u/fantastikfour Apr 28 '25
I mean, it's basically just a swimsuit, and I don't know if I'd necessarily characterise a swimsuit as inherently uncomfortable? I mean I wouldn't ever want to wear one constantly but they're meant to be fairly flexible and nonintrusive on the body. It's a ridiculous costume, for sure, but I'm a Hercules fan and he just wears a miniskirt and sandal-boots so all is fair in comic books.
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u/Agreeable_Coat_2098 Apr 29 '25
Sex sells. A comic book character can be comfortable in anything if you write.
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u/PhantomRoyce Darwin Apr 28 '25
OP is literally a child judging from the replies lol
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u/Artful_Dodger00 Apr 28 '25
Using the focused totality of her telepathic powers...
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u/Kira-Of-Terraria Apr 28 '25
like Cable using all his telekinesis to fight the TO Virus. Psylocke uses hers to fight cameltoe.
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u/RicFule Apr 29 '25
It's not. Look at her expression.
It's saying, "I hate this, but it's what I was given."
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u/UnmakingTheBan2022 Apr 29 '25
Have you not seen what women wear nowadays? The only difference is they wear jeans/sweats over it. Seriously, some of ya’ll have no sense of fashion! Like, what the hell is even this post?! What are you trying to get at?!
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u/SadLaser Apr 29 '25
If the actors/actresses from the MCU are to be believed, outfits like these are more comfortable than the ones characters like Thor have to wear. They had to build an air conditioner into the Thor breastplate because it was so hot and uncomfortable, it could be harmful. Even much lighter outfits like Black Widow's cat suit apparently is a nightmare. Whether they're bulky armor, full body suits or bathing suit onesies like this, they're all pretty awful to wear. You just have to suspend your disbelief and accept it. Or make up some headcanon like they're made of such special material that they're somehow super comfortable beyond what we could imagine technologically speaking. Or.. magic.
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u/Axon14 Apr 29 '25
All I know is Psylocke was quite the journey for a 13 year old boy with Jim Lees first X-men issues in the 1990s.
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u/s0rtajustdrifting Apr 29 '25
I guess it's sorta like one of those aerobic workout suits minus the leggings?
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u/No_Name275 Apr 29 '25
It's not supposed to be
Comics characters are always over the top with male characters being muscle heads and women are always hot
they simply do this because they are appealing I mean haven't you seen the punisher with the skull swimsuit? Like dam bro look so hot
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u/yakman100 Apr 29 '25
I would be disarmed immediately if I saw her wearing that. It’s about utility
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u/RealAmandaMcKnight Apr 29 '25
I don't think any of the 90s fits would be comfy. Lol but they sure are iconic. 🫡
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Ask a gymnast?
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u/MP-Lily Kid Omega Apr 29 '25
I used to do gymnastics, I’ve worn leotards before, they’re fairly comfortable… if you don’t have sensory issues like I do.
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u/Zodconvoy Cyclops Apr 28 '25
It's not like it was her ass hanging out. It was someone else's. That's probably amazingly freeing.
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u/Manwth4ballscantwalk Apr 28 '25
It probably isn’t, but as I’ve heard women say, “high heels are uncomfortable but make my ass look fantastic”
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u/InsaneHowlCowl Apr 28 '25
As I get older I see these battle swimsuits as wedgy prone more than sexy
I can’t recall what comic I was reading recently but I caught myself saying “seems uncomfortable.”
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u/Van_Can_Man Apr 28 '25
Fwiw the original version of this (by my recollection) was literally the undergarment to a suit of armor that was the Lady Mandarin suit.
Side note: that armor was a really cool design and the concept of Lady Mandarin deserved more than an issue or two before being abandoned, IMO.
I know they were in a hurry to make an excuse to have the X-Men’s own Thong Ninja / writer’s barely hidden fetish, but I wouldn’t have minded if that story had had a bit more time to breathe.
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u/MeowthThatsRite Apr 28 '25
Form fitting bodysuits are comfortable as hell, what’re you talking about?
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u/TheSavageBeast83 Apr 28 '25
Probably stretchy like the 80s style Jane Fonda outfit
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u/W0rdWaster Apr 28 '25
are you talking about the sexy outfit or the sexy body that she was magically transferred into?
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u/Justsin7 Apr 28 '25
You shut your pretty mouth! As a pre teen when this came out, it helped me a lot 😉👉👉
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u/ubiquitous-joe Apr 28 '25
Obviously the main draw is male gaze and sex appeal. However, as ballet dancers wear leotards, so too was the idea here partly about something that would allow flexible acrobatic movement for a ninja, which Psylocke’s cloak and armor would not. That’s the excuse anyway.
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u/Darksensation92 Apr 28 '25
Its not about. But have none of you ever paid attention to what top athletes wear during sports events?
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u/chroniclunacy Generation X Apr 28 '25
“It’s like I’m wearin’ nothin’ at all! (Nothin’ at all! - Nothin’ at all! - Nothin’ at all!)”
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u/Available_Coconut_74 Apr 28 '25
She learned it from Elektra.
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u/DriverGlittering1082 Apr 28 '25
Originally supposed to be red, but because of Elektra, they changed it to blue
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u/turnbasedrpgs Apr 28 '25
How isn’t it? Women wear bikinis all the time, this is essentially a 1 piece.
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u/KaleRylan2021 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 29 '25
Deep dark secret: It's likely MORE comfortable than a lot of the skin tight bodysuits other superheroes wear, if only because there's less of the impossibly tight material covering your body and it's easier to get on and off.
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u/ericrobertshair Apr 29 '25
It's Canon in Marvel that telepathy is easier against someone thinking about sex, so Betsy dressed like that to make the focussed totality of her psychic powers even more totalitally focussed.
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u/UltimateStrenergy Apr 29 '25
It's not comfortable to wear. Back when movie super hero costumes weren't mostly CG, actors would regularly complain about how uncomfortable they were.
Notice how Thor isn't wearing his iconic helmet? That's exactly why.
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u/BeeTeaEffOhh Apr 29 '25
Uh, it's a comicbook. It looks cool.
There's no reason for most superhero characters to wear the ridiculous costumes they do. They're drawn that way because they look cool in the comic format. It's like asking why Superman wears red undies on the outside of his suit. There is no "reason" the reason is that it makes the design look better. Without it, it just looks, off.
The real question is real life. Why are female gymnasts or track stars pressured to wear barely more than bikini underwear while their male counterparts seem perfectly capable wearing full on pants or shorts...curious.
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u/ImMadeOfClay Apr 29 '25
I'm wearing it right now. Definitely not made for a dude. But I'm making it work.
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u/Fantasy_Line Apr 29 '25
I mean it is just a leotard. Ballet dancers and gymnasts wear them all the time. Plus it’s fiction. Practically rarely matters.
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u/reapersritehand Apr 29 '25
Everyone saying it's not are mostly right, but i say you're asking the wrong group go over to the gymnastics sub and ask them
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u/Hour_Entertainer_214 Apr 29 '25
Cause sex sells. As weird as it seems today back in the 80’s & 90’s female characters weren’t the attraction they are today so in order to help sell books they gave them skimpy clothes and their comics sold like gangbusters.
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u/Atrocious1337 Apr 29 '25
It's based on the same sorts of outfits acrobats and gymnasts wear. The idea being to leave the hip and shoulder joints unobstructed to allow for easy of movement. It's likely also a spandex like material.
It's like how Superman's underwear on the outside is based on what old Circus Strongmen used to wear.
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u/ravenwing263 Apr 28 '25
Compared to the full armor suit she wore right before the body swap this would have been a dream of comfort LOL
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u/supercavemanindeed Apr 28 '25
I don’t like thinking about the logistics of their costumes …men or women. I literally just want it to look cool.
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u/smoothartichoke27 Apr 28 '25
It's not.
She looks hot in it, though. Jim Lee Psylocke art definitely awoke... feelings in prepubescent me.
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u/HumanVegetable2954 Apr 28 '25
Being a Ninja isn’t about comfort.
Also the traditional kabuki look doesn’t allow the flexibility to show you chest and butt in the same photo. Priorities!
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u/Bebesoft09 Apr 28 '25
Leotards are actually extremely comfortable to wear, hence why women wear them in gymnastics, but cute try tho.
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u/Hedgewitch250 Storm Apr 28 '25
I’m a guy and even the moment I saw outfits lien this my first thought was all the constant adjustments they must make each time they move. Unstable molecules my ass 1 string shorter and her brood slips out 😂. I’m too much of a pragmatic thinker to enjoy it like ain’t no why she isnt breathless after putting every piece of that shit on.
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u/Difficult-Cap-3410 Apr 28 '25
I said the same thing, has a wardrobe malfunction happened in universe?
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u/Moonwh00per Apr 28 '25
Red she hulk had her clothes lasered off once and some domino's costume off her body
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u/Difficult-Cap-3410 Apr 28 '25
Is Psylocke curvy in universe or is that just the artist’s style
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u/synthscoffeeguitars Nate Grey Apr 28 '25
When in doubt, unstable molecules