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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
And, unlike bullets, his arrows can do all sorts of things. Like, he has a boomerang arrow.
"Why would you need an arrow that returns back to you?" I hear you cry.
I got my live action leotard fix from Apocalypse. It can look good with the right design, but I highly doubt the MCU would ever try it unless it's a Jessica Jones/Luke Cage styled Take That Us shout-out.
I still say it must be a leotard or nothing for Hercules.
Actually, given Herc’s personality in the comics, it might literally be a leotard or nothing.
Ask a professional wrestler.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 24th 2018 at 6:38:36 AM
Is this conversation about whether superhero characters can conceivably wear leotards in films in general, or whether Scarlet Witch and only Scarlet Witch needs to or shouldn’t wear a leotard?
Because beyond someone bringing up Scarlet Witch as a counter example at one point, from what I can tell we’ve largely been talking about the former.
On a related note, while she doesn’t wear a leotard (more of a dress), you can bet the “superheroes should only wear body armor” topic is going to come up again if and when we ever get Kamala Khan, whose use of casual wear is part of her general aesthetic and theming.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 24th 2018 at 6:49:24 AM
Ikedatakeshi alludes to a good point. Another problem with certain costumes isn't just look ridiculous and being overly-sexualized. It's that the sexualization has traditionally been much more applied to female heroes. That's why female characters were far more likely to wear revealing outfits than male ones back in the day.
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As I said, Hercules have the personality and durability to justify wearing one. Most of the female ones wear one because fanservice. If you want leotards for the aesthetics of a traditional superhero, sure, I'd agree with having something more akin to silver age stuff for some variation in style, but only if the character in question would be the type to wear one. Wonder Woman had her costume changed into something similar to ancient Greek armor while still looking like her original costume, and she's(I think, they're inconsistent on whether she's bulletproof) durable enough to wear one, as while as growing up on an island full of women isolated from the rest of the world, thus it's plausible for her to have different views on what's acceptable to wear.
Edited by Ikedatakeshi on Nov 24th 2018 at 11:05:28 PM
And again, adaptors don’t have to adapt classic designs and retain the fan service element of said design unless they want to: many characters go through periods where their costumes are tweaked and redone to keep their essential characteristics while being less fanservicey, and the MCU isn't beholden to the skeevy intentions of artists who wanted them to be more fanservicey in the past.
In fact, the primary example I gave of a character for which that kind of design would thematically work (Squirrel Girl) is one who is not, typically, sexualized. Note also the X-Men uniforms in Deadpool which are modelled after their classic bodysuits: visually incorporating a lot of visual cues (including visually referencing the leotard design) that are typically used for fanservice in the comics while not actually sexualizing the characters.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 24th 2018 at 7:12:52 AM

Or why they'd let them use something as outdated as a bow and arrow.
Neither are Human Torch, Professor Xavier or Dr Strange (occasional kung fu wizard moments notwithstanding) but I don’t see anyone arguing for them to be in leotards.
Edited by windleopard on Nov 24th 2018 at 1:25:46 AM