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Tasogares-Target [2014-05-15 17:18:33 +0000 UTC]

I like that they all have different outfits and faces!

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33hugo33 [2014-05-15 02:52:22 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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mjchambiko In reply to ??? [2014-05-04 23:16:27 +0000 UTC]

soooooo coooooool you're amazing!!

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Coke-S [2014-04-29 01:10:04 +0000 UTC]

What I don't understand is what you mean by over sexualizing in this specific picture. They don't have the butt of a Nicki Minaj type caricature, their clothes aren't that revealing, their breasts aren't the size of a small infant. Is it the word "hot" that makes it wrong? Is it the fact that we can see their breasts what makes it wrong??? Why are you so ashamed of the female body? And to be frankly honest, this same thing is done to men! Their abs are overly exaggerated, bulging at every nook and cranny. Women aren't always the overly dramatized thing in the media. As much as women are expected to have an hourglass figure and nice assets, the same goes to men! They are expected to be rippling with muscles everywhere yet still be lean and always be the man society has always pegged them to be. Don't call me a masculinist now, and I am not saying that we don't need feminism, but it is just so matter of factly annoying that when a breast is even close to being outside of its clothes, it's in some sort of way offensive. I stand at an equal point here, and the point of this picture was supposed to be fun and entertaining. I am a female myself and I do believe a lot of things are overly sexualized on women but that is part of culture and that is not something that changes over time. It's angering how you choose THIS piece of all things to call overly feminized. Get over it, try to rant over a men's cologne or clothes commercial instead of a piece of art that's not even that bad in those terms.

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J-Henrique-S In reply to Coke-S [2014-06-02 17:35:20 +0000 UTC]

Yes, because we need sexy superheroes, and not a brain to solve problems  

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Coke-S In reply to J-Henrique-S [2014-06-04 22:20:14 +0000 UTC]

That wasn't my point! My point is they weren't overly sexualized to begin with, second of all, I never mentioned anything about intelligence vs appearance.

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bluntfa In reply to Coke-S [2014-05-02 10:03:24 +0000 UTC]

I am under the impression this comment was aimed towards an user below somewhere...

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Coke-S In reply to bluntfa [2014-05-04 20:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Yup, indeed.

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artistang-kamote12 [2014-04-24 00:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Better than the original PPG! Very mature~

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J-Henrique-S In reply to artistang-kamote12 [2014-06-02 17:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Better? no...

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Xionjohack [2014-04-23 07:43:31 +0000 UTC]

ok I hate the Puff girls but now I loooooooove them 

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thebbsrx [2014-04-22 03:17:06 +0000 UTC]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
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Dionisante [2014-04-21 14:19:06 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!!!

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pieces109 [2014-04-20 16:46:17 +0000 UTC]

Never thought I'd find the Powerpuff girls hot I feel bad but damn man great artwork.

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Casey-Aitken [2014-04-18 12:49:31 +0000 UTC]

I love powerpuff girls 
me and my sister watch it all the time when we where kids 

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J-Henrique-S [2014-04-14 02:10:36 +0000 UTC]

High libido

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Dubedition [2014-04-13 11:37:27 +0000 UTC]

What!What! Oh heck yes!

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MastEdit In reply to ??? [2014-04-05 08:10:23 +0000 UTC]

This is Amazing!

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His-Highness In reply to ??? [2014-04-04 02:17:01 +0000 UTC]

Bad Ass!

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thakayne [2014-04-04 01:04:48 +0000 UTC]

OMG!  This is too cool....wonderful work.

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Knight3000 In reply to ??? [2014-03-31 01:22:06 +0000 UTC]

Really Cool

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ButterButtNutz In reply to ??? [2014-03-29 06:30:14 +0000 UTC]

love how people do this kind of arts <3

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KyleKayhos In reply to ??? [2014-03-28 07:35:44 +0000 UTC]

This is unbelievable. I always loved the powerpuff girls as a kid, and now. They are so fine it would be an honour to get my ass kicked by them xD

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xXMissGoddessXx [2014-03-22 00:44:45 +0000 UTC]

Buttercup <3

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CindyAvelino [2014-03-21 14:49:23 +0000 UTC]

lol..the only heroine Girls that don't have the "sexy and hot" concept in the world, and you fucked it up =/
How I wish a time where we girls aren't meant to be objectified or to be hot or sexy to be powerful or other things.
Anyway, your art is great.

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SeishiroKazama In reply to CindyAvelino [2014-03-22 07:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like a world where no human/animal is stimulated by sexual appeal, internally or externally.  
 
Man and woman alike have always been portrayed with their physical features & sexual appeal in art. Art throughout ancient history up til today has demonstrated that. 
Although, back then, cultures have embraced the sexuality openly, as opposed to today, where a fair number of individuals have grown increasingly repelled by it............even though sexuality is a part of our very being on a very daily basis. 
However, Powerpuff girls as heroines are not alone in their non-sexualized representation.
Tomb Raider reboot (video game) and Battle Angel Alita are two that come to mind.....

On another note, your illustrations are top-notch. Very solid.

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to SeishiroKazama [2014-03-25 10:55:09 +0000 UTC]

 Sorry, But I have to agree with Cindy AA.  I would agree with your point wholeheartedly sexuality was represented more equally in today's world, but it's not.

  The male gaze pretty much rules and dominates the world today, and very rarely do you see anything that could be directed at women exclusively. Even muscular men in art books and the like tends to be part of the Male wish fulfillment as opposed to appealing to the woman's sexuality... as an result they aren't exactly depicted in a sexy light.

Otherwise those statues and the like would feature men with normal-sized penises or even slightly larger ones....as opposed to the mirco pensies that they have.
 The minute that it's even suggested that women have normal built-in sexuality that society could canter to, there's such outrage at the idea and the women are then slut-shamed regardless of whenever they've even slept with anybody or not.

  Take Comic books and Video games for instance... If a woman tries to be reasonable by saying things like: "Okay, I don't mind all the skimpy wear... but can you add more variety by giving me virtual clothes that a real woman would actually wear? And if Women are to be sexualized in  this game, I would like the men to be sexualized too as well.... thus there would be equality for all!"
  You then will see a whole flood of hate speech directed at her.... because Men are in total control of those areas, and they don't want to see the status quo being destroyed.

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JunkieMonkey121 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-26 03:15:29 +0000 UTC]

"Even muscular men in art books and the like tends to be part of the Male wish fulfillment as opposed to appealing to the woman's sexuality."

Man, how did you know? I visit my local Chippendale's weekly just to get my required fill of male power fantasy. Ditto on my subscription to Playgirl as well. For some reason people think I am gay, they just don't understand how us males work!

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to JunkieMonkey121 [2014-03-26 18:26:07 +0000 UTC]

  I was mainly referring to the more mainstream stuff as opposed to porn. Seriously, open up any comic book..... do you think those muscular superheroes are there to draw in female fans? or are they a wish fulfillment in which the readers can put themselves into the heroes' boots and beat bad guys? those people here are debating MAINSTREAM MEDIA, not pornographic material.
  again, there are statues and artwork with guys.... those are designed to showcase the masculinity of men.... as opposed to appealing to women.

 THAT was what I was talking about. The only Superhero that I've ever seen who could appeal to women's sexual nature.... was Nightwing. Where as the majority of Super-heroines seem designed to appeal to men's sexual nature exclusively. Starfire being the worst offender.
   If you made an Male hero that was like Starfire, then all the men would be totally repulsed by the guy..... because to they wouldn't be able to relate to that guy at all... much in the same way that female readers are repelled by Starfire in the Comic series.
  Which is really ironic, considering that in the TV series Teen Titans Starfire was the favorite for many young girls because she wasn't the super-sexual fantasy object like she is in the comics.

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plasmaghost01 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-27 17:49:58 +0000 UTC]

seductive, desirable, alluring, toothsome, sensual, sultry, slinky, provocative, tempting, tantalizing; are all synonyms of "Sexy". Now just think for a second. Do you believe most of these words fall under the category of "Masculine"? Or would you say these words have a much more "feminine" undertone?

Starfire is sexy as hell, but that's because the creators wanted to PUSH that "seductive, desirable, alluring, toothsome, sensual, sultry, slinky, provocative, tempting, tantalizing" (ie SEXY) feeling as much as possible. That's part of her character. If you did the same thing with a man of course male readers would be "repulsed" (hoping that's a hyperbole), you're giving a male character feminine traits. It's the same reason She Hulk will probably never become a crowd bringer to male audiences, or why the average guy probably hasn't read or even really cares for Nightwing.


The *problem with having a large amount of 'sexy' male super heroes doesn't stem from a some "we design to appeal to male sexual natures. no gurls allowed!" mentality. It's simply that Females dominate the spectrum of sexy because BEING sexy is a more feminine trait. Grizzled, Handsome, Rugged, Roguish, Virile, Dapper, the list goes on are much more masculine words to describe a "good looking male archetype". When an artist creates a comic book character one of the primary things they think about is readability: What traits can I give this character so that at a glance the audience has a decent understanding of who/what he/she is? 
(also, realize that just as much as a strong-burly-male-super-hero or a sexy-hourglass-bodied-super-heroine is an archetype, so is a short-cute-little-girl [ie powerpuff girls]. They aren't sexualized A) because its a family cartoon and B) because they're like 5. Makeing them look sexy (though in all honesty. this art piece does a good job of balancing visual appeal while still keeping with the original designs.) when they're grown up sounds like fair game to me. )

tl;dr Sexy =/= Sexuality; and femininity tends towards Sexy. 




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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to plasmaghost01 [2014-03-27 19:14:50 +0000 UTC]

 Actually the first five words can be easily described for a guy... I've heard and seen tons of women describe men this way, and the men were flattered as hell.
 you fail at trying to gender-ize words when most of it is basically gender-neutral.

 you seem to be operating under some sort of old-fashioned cow-boy mentality when trying to define masculinity. The thing is, what a man thinks a woman finds attractive... sometimes that guy is totally wrong. Most women don't find Bodybuilders on steroids attractive at all.... which is the default look that most heroes go with. Ladies tend to like men who has a thin, fit body with SOME muscle on it... but not in a way that would be over-done.

 Men tends to like macho powerful heroes, so they tend to draw an ridiculous amount of muscles on their heroes... because that's often shorthand for: "Look, this hero is so powerful he can crush your skull into dust." So they can engage into some macho fantasy of being one of the dudes who can do that. because, hey who wouldn't want to be powerful?

 The key is, Ladies don't like it when some things are WAY TOO over the top... it becomes an total turn off.
  on the old Teen Titans cartoons girls loved starfire because she had a strong, balanced aspect to her... she had an real personality.
  But in the comics... she's got the over-the-top personality of a sentient blow-up doll. How are we supposed to relate to her then?

 you go on and on about sexuality, etc.... but it doesn't change anything about the fact that most things are over-blown, and therefore can't appeal to women much.

 FYI, I know men who are fans of Nightwing and find it so amusing that women go gaga over him. They often joke that they wish they were nightwing so that they could get all the ladies they ever wanted. So again, totally wrong of you.

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plasmaghost01 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-28 02:17:31 +0000 UTC]

Ok, one problem I see here is a very 1 dimensional understanding of how character creation works that you seem to be operating under. When a person makes a super hero a 'body builder on steroids' its not an attempt at making him appeal to either gender in a physical way. As I stated before these decisions come from archtypes. The reason superman is is jacked is the same reason wonder woman is portrayed as very built or ANY super hero is portrayed as muscular.->It makes it easy to identify the strength of a character. It comes from the greek oriented classical western ideology if you want a root cause. You say that men think women want a body builder jacked  body type, but this simply isn;t true. Guys know that women like fit men, but we're well aware that too much mass or definition just becomes a turnoff and gross, we aren't 4 years old. We have friends that are girls, we've had girlfriends, we get married. To make it quite blunt. Physically, we know what you want, because you've TOLD us.


You go on about how women characters are there to draw in male audiences and appeal to their sexual desire, but countless studies have shown men find CURVY women more attractive (I know I do). Much like how hourglass shaped women being "ideal" is just something perpetuated by modern media, so is the idea that all men want to be body builder sized guys with rippling abs and bulging biceps. This is not the case. I can tell you right now, almost no super hero is designed with the full intent of appealing physically to a gender. Spiderman is an analogy, Batman is an analogy, Superman is an analogy, Ironman is an analogy (though his is a bit interesting), Wonderwoman is an analogy, Starsaphire is an analogy, Hulk is an analogy again the list goes on. Super heroes are rarely created with the intent of bringing about some male power fantasy, and even more rarely accomplish this. No man looks at batman and goes "Golly gee, I wish I had pecs like that ", that is neither his appeal nor purpose. Yea sure maybe 8 yearolds think its cool when batman beats the badguys up, but adam west did the very same thing and look at his figure. Its not the fact that these guys are jacked, its what these guys DO that makes them cool.

And really? Starfire a sentient blow-up doll? Her character was initially created to serve as a potential "you can be sexy and powerful too!" model for women (ie shes sexy, and the leader of her people) and has since also become a metaphore for BEING YOURSELF. Hence her very "open" costume. Hence her powers coming directly from her emotions. Hence her overall character personality being one who wears her emotions on her sleeves.  Compare that to the "Teen Titans" cartoon character and you actually have a WATERED DOWN version of Starfire. She becomes just some Cute foreign girl.
--Strong? There is an episode where she literally can't use her powers because robin hurt her feelings! Compare that to the comic version gyazo.com/b5cb2a97067a62252259… . She has this I don't care what anyone thinks of me, I do what I want when I want thing going on (though some fans believe in the more recent issues they may have pushed it too far).
--Balanced? What is so balanced about her Cartoon personality? It's litterlly just a foreign girl with a crush on the badboy of the team. She has no demons, and her only flaw is that she is too nice. The comic book characters flaws are many and are interesting in that they stem from the very thing that makes her a liberated character; She can be too blunt, she does what she wants regardless of the feelings of the people around her, she has to cope with being herself wile also being socially acceptable. There is some form of DEPTH in comicbook characters, and to say that the watered down kids cartoon version is BETTER than that is absurd. Sounds like nostalgia. (though im not shitting on Teen Titains, that show was one of my favs back in the day and I still watch it on Boomerang)

You can look at the surface of a character all you want, but until you really think about the intentions and purpose behind the hero your opinion becomes pointless or misguided. The creators of the characters don't want you to relate to these heros on such a basic level, and the ones that do tend to fail miserably. Look at the ever-famous-for-blowing-hard heros like Vibe, an attempt at appealing to Hispanic street kids! Or Extrano the openly the openly gay sorcerer with HIV! I bet homosexuals related to THAT guy reeaaaal well. Just as well as African Americans related to John Stewart when he became the new green lantern back in the 70's.  Oh wait, they didn't, he flopped, nobody liked his 1 dimensional personality and nobody could relate to him on a personal level because he was so flat and generalized and it took another like 20 years before DC fixed their fuck up. You want to enjoy characters and their stories? Then invest, get to know why they are them. Not just go "not enough clothing? Over idealized body? must be pandering to men!"

Also, my 'gender-izing'
I said "most of" for the sole purpose of pointing out sexy is a more feminine adjective than it is masculine. desirable, alluring, toothsome, sensual are all gender neutral synonyms (though I'm on the fence about sensual in certain contexts but w/e). Which if you didn't notice leaves 5 feminine tending words, and 5 gender-neutral words,  and 0 masculine words.
I could easily call a woman bulky, stocky, and heavyset. Calling a woman brutish doesn't make brutish a gender neutral word, it means I'm describing a woman with a masculine trait (albeit in a derogatory way).  I'd be flattered as hell too if I were called desirable or seductive, just as I'm sure a woman can enjoy being called powerful or strong (just asked 8 people around be to confirm I'm at least not alone, all woman said yes all men said yes). People don't become flattered because something is tending to their gender, they're flattered because the word is a positive trait overall.

FYI, I wasn't saying no men like nightwing (I personally think he has his cool aspects), but c'mon be realistic. He isn't a character most people (comic fans included) would put in their top 10 favs. or even top 20... be's a teir 2 superhero tops in terms of popularity. 
...lol "old-fashioned cow-boy mentality" gimme a break...

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to plasmaghost01 [2014-03-28 12:53:43 +0000 UTC]

  Most guys I knew even agreed that the current starfire was way too over the top in terms of her sexuality and stuff. The internet even turned that page into a meme, and decried her for being such a massive slut.
  In some of the older stuff she least had some personality, but the way she is now, she's definitely a sentient blow-up doll no matter how you try to justify it. The writers/artists at DC basically took one aspect of her personalty and over-exaggerated it at the cost of her other personality traits, so now she's nothing but a shallow 2-dimesional person.
   They definitely need to fix that, but I hope they don't take 20 years to do that like they did with John. by the way, John was my favorite green lantern in the JLA cartoon.
  also, if you haven't noticed... half of the female characters *are* curvy in a muscular way... so it's not like you're debunking my point here at all.
  Anyway... I'm so done here.

  If you want to argue with me some more, take it to messages.. let's not spam up this picture's page with any more of this nonsense, okay?

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JunkieMonkey121 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-27 16:49:31 +0000 UTC]

I think I get it now.

I like looking at large, burly, hairy, muscular men...so long as the balls aren't showing, correct? This somehow makes me feel good about myself and doesn't impose an unrealistic standard that most men simply can't live up too, right? Women are apparently now not attracted to muscular men with large chests and arms in skin tight clothing, I see. It is all for the boys here.  This male privilege stuff can be awful confusing sometimes!

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to JunkieMonkey121 [2014-03-27 19:00:16 +0000 UTC]

 It comes down to personal tastes.
  For men, muscles and burliness is an symbol of power rather than sexual appeal. So they can fantasize about being that powerful one day. It's not about appealing to men's sexual natures or finding the men sexually attractive. To them it's just about wanting to be heroes just like the guys in comics.

 Female heroines on the other hand... they were designed FOR men too... their entire purpose is to be sexy as hell, without NONE OF THE POWER wish fullfillment that could appeal to ladies. Ladies don't want to be those heroines at all the same way men want to be the Heroes.

 Heroes can be strong, powerful, complex etc and in some cases even be sexually appealing to women. But with female heroines they're flat, 2-dimesional beings whose ONLY purpose is to be sexy. Starfire is constantly showing off her boobs and ass into every frame/comic panel she's on. It's like if it was a TV show then the cameras would be constantly zooming in on her boobs and ass every time she appeared on screen... or she'd be literally rubbing her boobs up against a plane of glass so that others would be staring at her boobs from the other end. It's like she's screaming: "Look at my body!! I want you to be super-sexually aroused as fuck every time you look at me! I'm merely here for your pleasure, nothing more."
 You don't see the other male Titans do that AT ALL. Yet, almost every heroine is expected to do this kind of behavior once they reach a "legal age".

 There's the normal toned-down sexual appeal where a woman is sexually attractive, but is seen as being MORE THAN THAT.
 Then there's characters like Starfire, who overdoes it and is basically a breathing, living porno fantasy... which can be off-putting to women who want a heroine that they can be proud of.

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plasmaghost01 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-28 11:05:27 +0000 UTC]

Its like it went in one ear and out the other...

" It comes down to personal tastes.
  For men, muscles and burliness is an symbol of power rather than sexual appeal. So they can fantasize about being that powerful one day. It's not about appealing to men's sexual natures or finding the men sexually attractive. To them it's just about wanting to be heroes just like the guys in comics."

Again, men DO NOT find these characters as a fantasy output physically. Most men DO NOT want to be as ripped as superman, batman, the flash, green lantern, the hulk etc. If this were true, characters like Tony Stark would not be popular. Guys like Robin would not be popular. Guys like Static Shock would not be popular.
I REPEAT. MEN DO NOT hold fantasies of being some steroid pumped 6'8" tall wall of muscle. WE LIKE THE CHARACTERS FOR THEIR CHARACTER. Batman is badass, rich, comes from a complex past is is a strong analogy for what the human race can accomplish. (Peter Parker)Spiderman is an analogy for adolescence and puberty, emerging into adulthood, hes an awkward kid who ends up getting the girl of his dreams..twice!. WE DON'T WANT TO BE THESE PEOPLE, WE WANT TO RELATE TO WHAT THEY REPRESENT. (or have their social status and powers lol..)

" Female heroines on the other hand... they were designed FOR men too... their entire purpose is to be sexy as hell, without NONE OF THE POWER wish fullfillment that could appeal to ladies. Ladies don't want to be those heroines at all the same way men want to be the Heroes."

This is entirely false, Starfire was created FOR women, Wonderwoman was created FOR women, shehulk was created FOR women, spider-woman was created FOR women, Mrs Marvel was created FOR women, hell even BATGIRL (Barbra Gordon) was converted into a potential symbol for women when she became oracle.  You're stating these things like there haven't been tons of female characters FOR females but there has lmao.
And like I said, a vast majority of heros arent made for people to directly look up to. For example-back to Starfire-. She dresses promiscuously not because creators went "Guys fanasize about muscles..., so girls must fantasize about hourglass hips and large breasts!" She was designed that way for 2 reasons.
A) She is a representation for freedom (and in earlier issues freedom by way of childlike innocence). She is an alien and came to earth knowing nothing about it. Her ideas on sexual conservatism and what is the status quo dress wear for females are entirely different.
B) It compliments her open and often ignorant personality. She is not aware of human customs and often comes off a blunt and very frank because of this (like when she insults terra in front of beast boy and responds with a "doesnt he realize that he has to face the truth eventually" as he leaves the room angry. Also Starfire is arguably partially unaware of her attractiveness, and even if she was aware she doesn't care. Just about all her actions might seem a bit "risque" from a typical western perspective, but again this gives her more depth. Why SHOULD she value sex as precious? Why SHOULD she cover her body up? Why SHOULD she stay loyal to one man just because she was attracted to him? She didnt declare her love, to her, love and sex are unrelated. One is to feel good, the other is an eternal devotion of loyalty. That's called depth, its a new perspective and works well because she has 0 human customs and yet looks human which forces this kind of "im not okay with this" gut reaction (prolly wouldn't work if Starfire was a green insect slug beast). WHICH IS GOOD, that's called emotional investment and you can either push it away or embrace it and see what the authors artists have to offer.

What you fail to realize is Super hero/Heronies stand for a great deal more than 'I'm a Symbol for the kids of my gender to look up to!". Character creators don't even want to really worry about that. It just creates a weak character... (or a Captin America cut out lol..). Make a character that promotes a message (ideally about the human condition) and those that agree with that message will naturally look up to that character for years to come.



"Heroes can be strong, powerful, complex etc and in some cases even be sexually appealing to women. But with female heroines they're flat, 2-dimesional beings whose ONLY purpose is to be sexy. Starfire is constantly showing off her boobs and ass into every frame/comic panel she's on. It's like if it was a TV show then the cameras would be constantly zooming in on her boobs and ass every time she appeared on screen... or she'd be literally rubbing her boobs up against a plane of glass so that others would be staring at her boobs from the other end. It's like she's screaming: "Look at my body!! I want you to be super-sexually aroused as fuck every time you look at me! I'm merely here for your pleasure, nothing more."
 You don't see the other male Titans do that AT ALL. Yet, almost every heroine is expected to do this kind of behavior once they reach a "legal age"."

Woman Heros can be strong, powerful, complex etc too. You don't see other titains doing that at all because they don't represent what she represents. You don't see them doing that because they all are cognizant of earth customs and it wouldnt make sense of Garfield/Beastboy was running around in a string thong waving his genitalia around each panel. it doesn't fit what a normal earthling would do and doesn't add anything to his story elements of personality type.

and again, no. Almost every heroine isn't expected to portray this behavior after 18. You don't see Captain Marvel (aka Mrs Marvel) running around sexing up her comics. Same with Invisible woman, Wasp, and Power Princess.


"There's the normal toned-down sexual appeal where a woman is sexually attractive, but is seen as being MORE THAN THAT.
 Then there's characters like Starfire, who overdoes it and is basically a breathing, living porno fantasy... which can be off-putting to women who want a heroine that they can be proud of."
And you think Tony Stark being a Playgirl alcoholic is something us men aspire to be? N, we see that those are his faults, its part of his character and personality and is one of the things that really sets him apart from other heros. Again, look past the sheer physical 'fluff' and think about the character, realize that a significant portion of these stories start off as a script (no physicality), and then the character is created around that.
Women have plenty of heros to be proud of already too, the problem is you have people who don't really read comics throwing sexist/feminist crap were there is none rather than BUYING, READING, and INVESTING into the characters. If Marvel or DC make a great female character they cant keep the comics rolling if no women are there to buy them.

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to plasmaghost01 [2014-03-28 13:22:26 +0000 UTC]

 " WE DON'T WANT TO BE THESE PEOPLE, WE WANT TO RELATE TO WHAT THEY REPRESENT."
 This was what I was fucking saying all along in terms of heroes both male and female... yet you keep on deliberately twisting my words around or misreading it because you want to believe that I'm some crazed femininst who hates all female superheros, when I don't.

 My point was that the comic writers tend to overdo ONE aspect of their personalities at the cost of other traits that the heroines have. Imagine if Tony stark didn't go out saving the world much and instead spent all his time boozing it up and being such a massive playboy.... He would stop being the Iron man you knew and loved, just simply because the writers choose to focus on that one single aspect of his character to such absurd lengths at the cost of his other traits both good and bad.
 The point of Tony Stark was that even though he had his "flaws", he was the type who still cared about people to the point that he was willing to risk his life for them everyday in an iron suit. But imagine if a writer kept on constantly playing up his flaws 24/7 without focusing on anything else?

 THEN you wouldn't be able to relate to him, much less what he represents!!

 Heck, for every good wonder woman comic I've read, I've read many bad comic books where the writers clearly missed the point of Wonder Woman and turned her into this man-hating femi-nazi on some occasions. they totally exaggerated her personality and turned her shallow... and I wasn't able to relate to her then thanks to some of those god-awful comic books. And Wonder woman happens to be one of my favorite female characters.

 All I was saying is, that the writers is portraying starfire really poorly right now. there are better ways to portray an sexually liberated alien chick than constantly over-exaggerating that one aspect of her at the cost of everything else. The way things are, the majority of male readers seem to think that she's just an slut...and the female readers cannot relate to her much less what she stands for. ask any DC fan groups online and you will see that the majority of men and women pretty much agrees with me here.

 and if you want to continue this discussion, let's take it to messages... I can't help but feel like we're spamming this page here with walls of text. otherwise, I'm so done here.

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JunkieMonkey121 In reply to Lady-Aurora-Moon [2014-03-27 23:42:43 +0000 UTC]

"Ladies don't want to be those heroines at all the same way men want to be the Heroes."

Women don't want to look pretty and sexually alluring? That's news to me. Maybe you should check out a comic convention sometime.

You keep saying that these female characters are two dimensional, insipid and all that, but could it occur to you that you simply just can't look past their appearance? Super heroes are meant to physically represent perfect, idealized human beings. I see many women in the real world with a healthy, sexy, athletic figure of say Power girl or Starfire. These are the body types women aspire to have just as a male would desire to have the ripped physique of say, Superman. Saying otherwise is denial, delusion or both. Male superheroes set the exact same societal standard as female ones. I'm sure tons of guys out with their girlfriends seeing Man of Steel felt really "masculine" every time Clark Kent ripped off his shirt to reveal his sculpted body. Definitely in there for the men, right?

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Lady-Aurora-Moon In reply to JunkieMonkey121 [2014-03-28 13:26:07 +0000 UTC]

 you keep on missing the point, or is just clearly trolling...

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CindyAvelino In reply to SeishiroKazama [2014-03-24 14:48:40 +0000 UTC]

I understand your point.
But the market is made for men. An example:
It's outrageous so stare at the butt of my mmorpg character, fighting using bikini armors and etc.
It's hard to see a concept of armor in games and comics like those: www.pinterest.com/Cindyaavelin…

I do like the female body, but in the majority of the industry it is shown with the sexy and hot concept

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JasonJeepers [2014-03-19 10:21:39 +0000 UTC]

Best "What-If" Powerpuff future I've seen so far. No all hypersexualised or graphic, and it has a funny, quirky 50's feel to it, with the style of clothes and dress. Love it.

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Galinas-Claim In reply to ??? [2014-03-17 20:04:48 +0000 UTC]

It's nice to see the girls have been able to stick together after all these years   I agree that Buttercup looks like the real ass-kicker she was as a child.  Great work and a very cool idea.  That was and still is one of the coolest shows for kids.  Sweet!

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ShiggityBoo [2014-03-15 12:00:47 +0000 UTC]

It's official... I love you!

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EchoPanda In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 03:21:26 +0000 UTC]

Awesome interpretation. . .
Especially Buttercup who has some retro feel to her

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LegendADX [2014-03-15 03:15:08 +0000 UTC]

Love it!

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uraeusmax [2014-03-15 03:05:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome... Awesom to the max.

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laurencskinner [2014-03-11 20:29:05 +0000 UTC]

You have such an enviable style. Buttercup was always my favourite!

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MarkIvan [2014-03-06 21:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Amazing. I think this is, like the 10th piece of yours I've commented on.

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SleepinglionSamurai In reply to ??? [2014-03-04 20:19:28 +0000 UTC]

If the power puffs l

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Raph1966 [2014-03-04 02:14:32 +0000 UTC]

Every time I see this, can't get over how stunning it is. Expressions, poses, your style of the girls, colors....wow.

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