Hell, I live in northern New England, which is frozen like Skyrim for six months of the year, and in the middle of winter you *still* see women with plenty of cleavage. They might be wearing twelve coats, fur lined boots, and six hats, but they still manage to show some boob. And for many of them, it's not so guys look at them, it's just because they like showing off what the gods gave them.
Bless their souls.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
S crest stuff aside.its a shame Jon and Kara never interarracted.she would be the cool cousin or aunt. (Plus she would have kick-started his puberty too)
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
But, don't you think there's an awkward constant here, these discussions about Power Girl's ****...correct me if I'm wrong but isn't she an underused character..seems the most exposure she gets is the literal exposure of her ****..she is always second to say Supergirl...and Supergirl doesn't have to keep flashing her ****...I think with Karen, first issue is that she seems to be just a secondary character, and then when she gets her time in a run or other appearance then there's still the issue of her mostly being just a walking pair of ****...
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Most of Karen's appearances aren't about her body at all. It's mostly the fan conversations.
When Karen appears with Harley Quinn, there is *always* some inappropriate comments and innuendo from Harley....which, obnoxious as it is, is appropriate for her character; Harley hits on everyone and has done the same to Superman and Wonder Woman. And a few of Karen's solo adventures tackled the topic, but through the lens of how she deals with people who can't look her in the eye, which is a valid exploration of her character and how she interacts with the world.
Power Girl isn't usually objectified in or by the narrative. She's only objectified by other characters on occasion. As for what the fans focus on....not much you can do about that.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Karen has a big chest. She just shows her cleavage, it's not like she walks around topless. In fact, Wonder Woman's costume leaves less to the imagination than Power Girl's does, people got mad when JMS put her in pants. For years PG has been the poster child of bad portrayals of female characters, she gets lumped in with 90's bad girls, even though she was created in the 70's. The debate around her chest and costume is ridiculous. I wish people would just let it go. It came up a few times in the Gray/Palmiotti/Conner run but for the most part it was ignored.
Hey, an episode of DC Super Hero Girls was able to make Power Girl work (aside from just generally portraying their version of Supergirl like Power Girl) I refuse to believe she can't work in general .
Also, I already wrote it on the previous thread, but missed opportunity not to have Power Girl saying her last goodies to Prime like Conner did.
I couldn't claim to be an avid DC fan, but I do follow WW, Superman and Justice League (because of Superman/WW)....the last run of comics I have with Powergirl in are James Robinson's Justice League from about 10 yrs ago, Power Girl is in the "boob window" costume...I expect fans of her here could point to a good run of stories featuring PG, but as somewhat of an outsider on this I'm saying each time I see the character I'm mostly just seeing this "Hello boys" girl in the revealing costume...and it's not just that it's revealing, its directing sight to her chest...yes WW's costume can at times be emphasised shall we say "immodestly" but there's a wealth of character history and portrayal that far exceeds her costume and looks and they are no great distraction to the character.
Yes perhaps PG's character is of a sassy busty girl, but as an outsider I keep just seeing this each time I revisit and it overrides....that cover PG # 27 is saying it all, unfortunately..
I'm not saying this to put the character down, the opposite in fact, I'm sharing an impression from someone interested about a "Superman related" character who hasn't yet seen a portrayal of PG that gets beyond "busty girl".....I'm in favour of a change of costume, close that "boob window" at least, and give us some stories DC....
Now this is an appreciation thread so I'll give way on this, and pop back to see strong fans discussion of the character..maybe I'll be pointed in the direction of (in my ignorance) some good runs/portrayal of PG to go towards.
Cheers
Well PG doesn't need where the S on her, it could just be a on the "back of the box" thing for merchandise and stuff as part of the super franchise.
As for the window it's not a problem in it self and karen should always have big boobs (god bless) the problem with the window is somtimes it lacks STYLE. To many times the window is just a hole in a white costume. I love the way injustice does it, the window is in the shape of the S crest. It has style.
Also one thing people have to remember when looking at what people are talking about on the internet. That is that the internet is NOT the real world, people dont have a problem with big boobs or boob Windows outside of the internet. The Internet is a very vocal minority.
Last edited by WonderNight; 01-02-2021 at 07:35 AM.