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[TheRedSnifit]

Change the word realistic to average and I feel like this would be a 1 page thread.

They have very different meanings though.

 

[Turin]

Roy Jones was pretty much a real life super human. Functioned at the highest level in boxing with abnormal speed, agility and reflexes.

He didn't use PED's. There was nothing "unrealistic" about him. Just great genetics and training.

Super heroes aren't supposed to look like people.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Roy Jones was pretty much a real life super human. Functioned at the highest level in boxing with abnormal speed, agility and reflexes.

He didn't use PED's. There was nothing "unrealistic" about him. Just great genetics and training.



Super heroes aren't supposed to look like people.

It depends on the artists. This Steve:

Looks more like a believable human being than this:

 

[Nepenthe]

She's morbidly obese. You want to promote diabetes, heart disease and cancer just so people can feel better about their unhealthy life style?

Because out of all the immoral and irresponsible shit that goes on in comics, an overweight woman being a positive character is where we draw the line.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

It depends on the artists. This Steve:

Looks more like a believable human being than this:

Looking at Rob Liefeld "art" is cheating, the man has no grasp on how to draw humans.

 

[Turin]

It depends on the artists. This Steve:

Looks more like a believable human being than this:

That second picture is just stupid. Looks like a human spliced with a sea turtle or something.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Looking at Rob Liefeld "art" is cheating, the man has no grasp on how to draw humans.

Most respectable artist don't go out of their way to make superheroes that are human beings look like monstrosities. Even the most stylistic artist can convey some believability. Sometimes.

 

[wesleyshark]

Black Panther needs to lay off the Wakandan Twinkies.

:lol

 

[FallingEdge]

bodybuilders from the 1890s

 

[Genryu]

This is what Starlord would look like with a realistic body

 

[LionPride]

So the only realistic body is a bigger one in terms if weight? Okay.

 

[firelogic]

When they say realistic, why do they go too far the other way all the time? You're either a perfect specimen or overweight.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

In comics your either swole, a skinny average joe, or a fat fuck.

 

[Kieli]

I laughed at the images. If they were normal looking people, then they wouldn't be heroes.

 

[HStallion]

bodybuilders from the 1890s

Modern bodybuilders should be forced to grow a fine ass mustache alongside build some pecs.

 

[.JayZii]

Looked it up, Black Widow is a special ops agent and worked undercover as a ballerina (that part I read in her bio). Don't think the pic on the right would fly with her work descirption.

That's some unfortunate foreshortening.

It looks like she's had her forearms chopped off in the picture on the right.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I laughed at the images. If they were normal looking people, then they wouldn't be heroes.

Their bodies aren't what makes them a hero. Lois Lane is a hero in her own right in the Superman books.

 

[HStallion]

Their bodies aren't what makes them a hero.

Unless you're Mr. Fantastic.

 

[LordRaptor]

Storing sun power... now... I don't know what that would look like lol.

groot

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

Destined for the front page of Breitbart and/or Bleeding Cool.

What's wrong with Bleeding Cool to be paired with Brietbart? Did something happen?

 

[Zoe]

She has a body type you don't normally see in superhero comics. She's also not that obese. I think the X-Men are the only group that has heroes that aren't super ripped and in shape.

Uh, she absolutely is morbidly obese. "Not that obese" would be HQ in the OP.

 

[Chumley]

So "realistic" = fat?

I really despise even the idea of just keeling over and accepting the obesity epidemic in America, like throwing your hands up and just saying "well, this is the new normal"...

 

[Not]

Do you think superheroes use steroids?

No question. You know how many people are competing to be superheroes and need that ridiculously-difficult-to-obtain figure?

 

[ZeoVGM]

Yes, that Black Panther cover is just so unrealistic.

 

[rtcn63]

No question. You know how many people are competing to be superheroes and need that ridiculously-difficult-to-obtain figure?

I mean, when everyone is competing in a field filled with alpha beasts, you'd think that the use of hardcore gene-altering anal injections would be a thing. Like aren't the Infinity Stones basically just cosmic suppositories?

 

[eizarus]

At this point it's safe to say that even though it seems the creators had good intentions, ultimately:

Also wtf, how is that gif a jpg?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Uh, she absolutely is morbidly obese. "Not that obese" would be HQ in the OP.

The book isn't encouraging readers to become fat and live an unhealthy lifestyle. It's telling it's readers to love themselves.

 

[Nepenthe]

Also, I feel the only one who looks significantly overweight is Black Panther. Spiderman does too but I can't tell if the intended effect is to actually show a realistic body folding in or not. Regardless, all of the others look closer to the nude models I've had to observe for life drawing, and I wouldn't classify those people as "fat."

The book isn't encouraging readers to become fat and live an unhealthy lifestyle. It's telling it's readers to love themselves.

I thought if you were overweight, you should hate yourself. Nothing gets life changes going like some good ol' self-loathing.

 

[Captain Fun]

That's some unfortunate foreshortening.

It looks like she's had her forearms chopped off in the picture on the right.

I like how the "realistic" version didn't fix the weird perspective and instead made her arms look like drumsticks.

 

[eizarus]

The book isn't encouraging readers to become fat and live an unhealthy lifestyle. It's telling it's readers to love themselves.

You can love yourself without being comfortable about (and glorifying) being overweight.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

You can love yourself without being comfortable about (and glorifying) being overweight.

The book doesn't glorify it though. She's a character that is overweight. That's it.

 

[Count Dookkake]

She has a body type you don't normally see in superhero comics. She's also not that obese. I think the X-Men are the only group that has heroes that aren't super ripped and in shape.

"Not that obese."

SMH

 

[Icyflamez96]

Haven't they done this before?

Yes, they have. And it was posted here before.

I never understood why realistic meant fat. Like are you calling people who are in shape unrealistic? That just seems like faulty logic.

and this was basically my response

 

[Ploid 3.0]

What the heck, come on now.

What would athletes look like with real bodies? I'm curious

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

"Not that obese."

SMH

Overweight is what I should have said. It really doesn't matter regardless.

 

[Kelsdesu]

What the heck, come on now.

What would athletes look like with real bodies? I'm curious

Baseball players. They would look like baseball players.

 

[Dusk Soldier]

In this thread:

It's becoming VERY obvious who lives in the US and who doesn't.

 

[Ivan 3414]

In this thread:

It's becoming VERY obvious who lives in the US and who doesn't.

You sure about that?

 

[The Living Tribunal]

Realistic.

 

[Zoe]

Overweight is what I should have said. It really doesn't matter regardless.

Calling that physique "overweight" is even worse. You're sliding the scale to make her weight acceptable.

Do you know what an obese person looks like?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Calling that physique "overweight" is even worse. You're sliding the scale to make her weight acceptable.

Do you know what an obese person looks like?

You think the comic is doing more harm than good, despite all the positive press it's been getting?

 

[Hyun Sai]

Whelp, this is it, I definitely don't have a realistic body. Time to stop sport and eating healthy !

 

[Zaventem]

Superheroes being super fit makes sense, stating that they don't have "Realistic Bodies" really irks me. There's this ongoing trend of putting any bodytype not the average as some mythical thing. "Real women" adverts shitting on skinnier girls, owned by the same company hiring the models they're railing against under a different brand name and so on and so forth. And this is coming from and overweight dude. Surely you can promote body positivity without shunning the folks that did work to achieve that goal and those that naturally have it.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Fat Panther

I didn't know Eddy Lacy was the Black Panther

LMAOOO

 

[Zoe]

You think the comic is doing more harm than good, despite all the positive press it's been getting?

I have no idea what the comic is like. I take issue with your classification.

 

[Cimarron]

Wow this is getting out of control. Rhose bodies are not more realistic. Just chubby.

 

[oxrock]

I don't think kids role models should all be obese. They have their parents to role model that for them. I think fit superheros make sense, they have to rely on their bodies every day to save lives including their own. By all means don't force them to look like starved bodybuilders with 5% body fat, but "realistic" must mean something completely different to people than it does to me.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I have no idea what the comic is like. I take issue with your classification.

Then I'd say ignore my classification and let the book speak for itself.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Because out of all the immoral and irresponsible shit that goes on in comics, an overweight woman being a positive character is where we draw the line.

I mean, if people are arguing that very fit and muscular bodies in these pages are harmful, then anything goes. We live in a world where noting someone is morbidly obese is a worse problem than that person being morbidly obese. I know which I consider the more pressing issue.

 

[Zoe]

Then I'd say ignore my classification and let the book speak for itself.

Your classification is emblematic of the problem.