How should superheroes look? Athletic Curvy or skinny

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>>93404454

It's fantasy, they "should" look however the fuck people want them to look

No matter how in shape you are, you can't deflect bullets with your face, so it really doesn't matter how they look.

Is this a bait for T H I C C memes?

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>>93404454
Bigger thighs and more muscle

>>93404454
desu id suck the farts straight from her sweaty anus

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>>93404454
Always liked this body type.

Why only choose one?

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Just so long as they're not fat

>>93404454
do women wear underpants under those pants?

>>93404454
Is this that girl that died from whipped cream?

>>93404454
Look at pictures of Olympians.

>>93404454
Depends on the hero and the author's wishes. Enjoy your ban.

>>93404697
>ban
That's a funny joke. Mods love off topic threads

>>93404454
Different. So anyone could find the one he/she likes.

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>>93404454
They should look like whatever can best infer their character at a glance.

>>93404641
man, the ONE TIME somebody actually uses those capsules for their intended purpose...

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>>93404668
There's a lot of Olympians that do a lot of things.
I like the girls who jump. They're usually the hottest.
>>93404724
They didn't like my Tomboy one

This has nothing to do with comics or cartoons. Report and hide.

>>93404454
BRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

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>>93404557
This.
I get it as far as 'Character design' aspects and trying to communicate how "strong" this characters are but since we are talking about "superheroes" it shouldn't matter.

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>>93404791

>>93404454
Depends on the character. Black Widow is doing all kinds of acrobatic and strength stuff so she should have toned visible muscles. Jean Grey mostly just uses psychic powers so no need for her to look Athletic really. She-Hulk is a Hulk so she should look like a Hulk.

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Depends on the character. I like both athletic curvy and skinny.

I really love big butts with flat chests

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>>93405058

>>93404932
That face though.

>>93404724
Except when it triggers them. But I guess that's true even with on-topic threads.

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>>93404454
Testosterone beefcake

>>93404454
i like characters that don't look the part of their powers or even better can't look.

for example, a character with such a high degree of super strength that can't workout, so they can't have superman muscles.

>>93404454
Given that a lot of heroes run on bullshit, they can look however.

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>>93405479
>That face though
Shut up I think Helen is cute

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>>93404454

>>93404846
based

>>93404454
Why not have a mix?

Form should follow function. So for example, a character like Batgirl should be slim and athletic, because her "power" depends on her physical fitness and acrobatic ability for a large part.

Likewise, a character that mostly depends on raw power could be thick and muscular, a character that's magic might be over- or underweight because they spend more time studying magic than exercising their body, etc.

Though, considering that many superpowers are mostly or wholly independent of a character's physical condition, being that they depend on magic, mental power, alien genetics, cybernetic enhancements, and so forth, it wouldn't hurt to have a greater variety of body types either way. Without going full tumblr "muh diversity," it really sucks how many artists basically draw the exact same body for every character.

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I'd like to see a middle aged man with a beer gut, a bald patch and superman tier powers. Imagine a big publicity event outside the hall of justice. All those beautiful people with extraordinary powers, a veritable parade of Aphrodite's and Adonis's. And then there's Carl, in his ill fitting body armor super costume, telling Hawkman about how him and his buddies are going to Hooters before the big game tonight.

>>93404902
Yeah. Once you define the character's general look, just stick to that, but it doesn't matter what the look actually is. Some male heroes are big and bulky like Batman or Captain America, while some are more lithe and lanky like Spider-Man or Nightwing. Beyond design and consistency, the body type doesn't actually matter.

>>93405623
You're confusing definition and strength. Their muscles wouldn't be defined is all, but that's the same as with regular people. The stereotype of a strong man is the Arnold Schwarzenegger "cut" look, but that's really more about aesthetics than strength. Look up the guys who do the real strongman competitions: they're not as defined as Arnold, they look more generally bulky or could even be mistaken for being fat since they're just a mass of undefined muscle.

>>93404550
who this

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>>93407346
I don't think that's what he means. There's a huge difference between looking strongman-fat or "I never work out"-fat.

>>93405623
Butterball/Boulder was like that. He had super invincibility powers, but part of that power was that his body could never change, whether by injury or exercise, so even though he was harshly trained in the Initiative bootcamp he couldn't lose any weight.

>>93404454
Entirely depends on their powers.

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>>93404454
>How should superheroes look

>>93407500
Kortney Olson. I'd pay anything to have her crush me in snu snu

>>93407346
You make it sound like "strong" muscle is just a shapeless mass. That's just fat that makes them less defined.

You know strongmen are only fat because they never bother cutting, right? It's not that having a fat body makes you even stronger.

>>93407718
It does make you sturdier though, which is valuable when your profession is lifting heavy things repeatedly.

>>93405058
My nigger. A man of fine taste.

>>93407126
This would honestly be what happened to most people with superpowers. Someone like Superman who has to be a symbol or Wonderwoman who's genetically predisposed to looking like an MMA supermodel would be the outliers. If you give someone strength beyond human capabilities and remove the need for them to work out, you'd have a lot of Carlmans and Atomic Carls and Black Carls.

>>93406973
I agree.
Comics are unfortunately a product that responds to the market, and even if you don't assume that your readers are 14-year-old boys that jerk it to all the girls and insert themselves as the ripped guys, most people like attractive main characters. Having an overweight or super short or unfit looking superhero could be cool since magic is still motherfucking MAGIC, but before you'd probably lose sales because people like reading about attractive people, and now you'd get bitched at for being SJW.

>>93404454
I think there should be a variety of body types.

Superman would be built like an old-timey strongman. Batman would be a bit slimmer than that, balancing strength and agility. Nightwing would be ottermode.

Wonder Woman would be pretty muscular. Power Girl would be thicc. Harley Quinn would have petite, perky breasts, and curvy thighs (nod to Bruce Timm's art style... big-titty Harley just doesn't look right to me). Supergirl would be pretty lean. Big Barda would be a huge, imposing muscle woman.