So, when I last night said "from what little I read from the first paragraph" I really meant "just the first and maybe part of the second sentence" (in my defense, it was well past midnight, and I had woken up early in the morning that day for uni), and as a result, I kinda expected to find myself in a position to defend myself of possibly my wording making me look kinda unsavory in a way that might lump me in the same or at least similar category as the likes the "gamers tm" as I like to refer to them.
Luckily I was wrong, but I still gotta apologize for such assumptions.
So, in essence, my position of fanservice in general is like mixed at best, as it kinda makes me feel like a perv when I don't wanna feel like one. Even though I recognize that, just like you said the fanservice in this chapter does have a purpose here - to be subject to or even a vehicle of critique - it still kinda carries that previously mentioned bit.
As for people being able to wear whatever they want... I honestly feel the same in general - people can and should wear whatever they feel comfortable wearing in their everyday lives (home, work, outside, etc.). But when it comes to like armour and other combat-situation-stuff, it'd probably be more expected that soldiers and/or adventurers of the same "class" would generally have similar-ish armour with each-other. What I imagine to be a sabre (which I don't know much about fantasy world classes, so I'm kinda going off my own assumptions themselves based on some very limited knowledge gained from hanging out on Discord and watching a single r/DnDMemes video on YouTube) would probably be similar to like heavy or medium infantry, so you'd ideally have some kind of armour covering most of your body (largely metal armour, with some so-called soft armour for other areas for heavy, and a more balanced mix of chainmail and soft armour for medium), while light infantry can be more loose with how they'd dress themselves for combat.
As for the nuance thing, I don't really think I have anything to add.
Honestly, my concern with the armour and gear may be less about the looks of the person wearing those and more about the protection of that person.
In conlusion, I think the real misunderstanding on my part at least was that I expected an argument and instead it seems like we're saying similar-ish stuff.
Yeah I'm definitely not looking for an argument, sometimes I share clashing views, but I genuinely don't want to argue with people. I've argued with people in the past, but the longer I live the more I realize life is far too short and there's already enough drama with trying to get by as it is, so I'm glad that you sound levelheaded.
I agree with protection and that what you're saying makes sense, but sometimes people just want to say "fuck it' and go for the fashion, express their sexuality with their warrior prowess. There's historical real life examples of minimal armor, but in terms of video games there's those Dark Souls runs with no armor and fists only haha :P
As for feeling like a perv, well whatever you're comfortable with and with the media you're consuming. Consume what works for you and there's no judgement from me here. For me I don't feel like a perv because sexuality is just part of being a living creature, so I don't feel embarrassed or pervy consuming media with sexual elements/a sexual focus.
That said there is definitely media that have in my opinion really bad portrayals of sexuality, and those can feel bad to consume. There's certain lines and nuances to everything, and there's of course things I'm not comfortable with myself. So it's hard to really get across exactly how I feel here I guess. Same thing with most anything though, take violence for example, I love a lot of really violent action media, but there's also violent action media that just feel excessive and gross in how it's handled. Same goes with sexuality, I love to embrace sexuality, but there's definitely times where I'm not comfortable with how it's handled in media as I said. So I think it's a case by case thing with any media I consume. Plus everyone's opinions will differ on these types of things and that's perfectly okay. Anyhow, it's been a fun discussion and thank you.
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