[ SECRET POST #2573 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2573 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 073 secrets from Secret Submission Post #368.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

03. http://oi42.tinypic.com/3164zmf.jpg

[agentcthulhu]

I'm sorry I don't have much to say, OP. I'm rather distracted by that quite obvious codpiece.

[(Anonymous)]

Yup.

[agentcthulhu]

It's not as obvious as this codpiece, for what it's worth. Or this one.

[(Anonymous)]

That's one of his more tasteful codpieces. That one doesn't have spiders on it.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know what to say.

[agentcthulhu]

I think I'd like to see that tbh.

[diet_poison]

Don't have any idea who that is, but I really like his design. Based on appearance alone, I'd say he's more attractive than many animated/drawn characters people gush over. /2 cents

[(Anonymous)]

He's a contortionist, to boot.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who feels this way about Voldo. Like, this whole secret could've been posted by me, it's so accurate. Except I'm completely terrible at any fighting game.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not the OP, and I could have posted this secret, too.

I'm not sure it makes me glad, per se.

[augustbird]

oh wow, sudden serious nostalgia

[(Anonymous)]

am I right in assuming this is Soul Calibur?? I could never get into that game because of all the really gross male-centric fanservice. I wish they had given this guy the same treatment as the women got, but that's what you get when dudebros run the game industry.

[(Anonymous)]

Eeeeeh, the only girl sexualized at all is Ivy and, storyline-wise? She chooses that, IIRC. Tira depends on the outfit, but hers mostly covers from what I remember. There wasn't that much fanservice that I remembered.

...And, to be frank, when one of the guys is a literal walking bondage and humiliation kink..........

[ryttu3k]

I think they were talking about being sexualised design-wise, not storyline-wise? In which case, they've definitely been sexualised, and it's a progressive trend - between Soul Blade and SC4, Sophitia's clothing has grown flimsier and flimsier the bigger her boobs have grown (see here!).

One of the reasons I stopped playing the Soul series is because it was honestly just getting to be a little TOO much, especially when I saw the roster for SCV. The ONLY female characters that remain are Ivy (doesn't age), Tira (doesn't age), and Hilde (was in full-body plate armour to begin with) - none of the other female characters, who were generally more scantily-clad, were allowed in even with a redesign. It was grossing me out a little that you had all these classic characters like Seigfried and Mitsurugi allowed to reach their forties, but characters like Mi Na and Sophitia and Taki were either booted out without another word or outright killed off (Sophiiii ;_; ). It's like they have some horrible allergy to having female characters that can't be shoved in skimpy outfits without them being 'icky old ladies' or... something.

[(Anonymous)]

Eeeh, I'll disagree with that. From what I understood, Taki, Mi Na, Xianghua and all them had completed their story arcs. Of the original rosters, Mitsurugi was the original Protag and still hasn't completed his, Siegfried's struggle has ALWAYS been never-ending, Raphael's ageless, too, and actually a ghost (turns out his body is being used as the current Nightmare), Aeon's fate has been tied to the sword for a LONG time now AND he's an unlockable, Cervantes is undead, Maxi carries a piece of Soul Edge in his body and... has for awhile, Kilik isn't even a main character but a bonus character you unlock later, and Astoroth and Yoshimitsu are technically new characters with the same name because those names serve as titles.

Even then, a quick read-up says Mitsurugi is, storywise, only there to finish his fight with Algol, who is from only one game prior (and it makes sense--Mitsurugi is not the kind of guy to leave shit unfinished, and the ending to IV went with them not killing the dude), Kilik and Aeon are unlockable and don't even have much impact story-wise, Raphael's a weird as fuck case given his whole thing...

IDK. A lot more men may be returning, but from a writing standpoint, it seems more like they have an easier time letting the women have other lives beyond the damn hunt for the swords (which is a good thing). And it's not all about parenthood, either--Taki has no kids, Cassandra seems to have grown up and decided that the swords aren't worth it after what it's done to her family, Mi Na and Yun Seong BOTH don't appear, leaving the impression they found better things to do, Talim is presumably priestessing instead of fighting a neverending battle--which is the point to the sword, and it's in her to recognize that fighting for them won't really solve anything...

IDK. Maybe that's just my view. Also, we do have another word on Taki through a character in SCV: Natsu.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

This is a ridiculous effort, seriously. Sure, let's go with the male characters not finishing their arcs while the females have. Way to go!

I...don't you even see how that looks? That the male characters get to age onscreen in the game while the female characters get to leave young, allowing for new young females to cycle in?

[ryttu3k]

They had completed their story arcs because they were designed to have done so, though - it would have been just as easy to continue them on, or to have something new take place. For instance, if Sophitia had actually stayed alive, I would have loved to see her get involved with her kids' stories - actually searching for Pyrrha, for instance, instead of having to sacrifice herself. Taki was already involved in Sophitia's storyline - she could have made an appearance as well, and not just have Natsu shoved in there as well (the storyline about 'oh she heard rumours and went on a faraway journey' just feels... like they couldn't be bothered designing a forty-something female character if they couldn't stick her in painted-on spandex).

Also, CASSANDRA. Oh my god, poor Cassandra. Randomly shoved in another dimension just so there wouldn't be an older woman in a storyline dedicated to her niece and nephew!

The only reason the existing female characters were said to have finished their stories is because they were written out that way.

[siofrabunnies]

Voldo is the best. No one can counter him. And he's almost as fast a Xianghua. If you're good with Voldo, no one can touch you.

And, uh, I may or may not have had dreams about him.

[(Anonymous)]

now I can't stop looking up different versions of Dance, Voldo, Dance and being really annoyed that Nelly wanted a bunch of licensing money so the ones with the good music are really low-quality

original, low-quality it's getting hot in here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOwZAsMOYjo&feature=youtu.be
original, higher quality different music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k08gjJbxG-A
toxic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0gvaVyHc0
pump it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JG4BpAY7A4
smooth criminal, this one fucking rules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB17m79SBdg

[(Anonymous)]

Let your freak flag fly, girl. Also, how hilariously awesome is it when Voldo fights Ivy? It turns into straight femdom porn in about two seconds.