You mean... 99.99% of them... unless they are a child. Big Bertha is about as close as I can remember to one who wasn't at least "toned"... and even she became a super-model ever now and then.
Characters without super strength should 100% have some level of realism to their physiques. If super strength isn’t your power but you can perform amazing feats of strength? You shouldn’t look like a Victoria secret model. In social context I agree that it would be nice if they gave female heroes with super strength a build that was closer to reflecting having some actual fast twitch muscle instead of lithe and lean- and even at that an endurance athlete may not have huge muscles, but has visible wirey musculature. However- depending on their origin and the type of super strength- it is possible for male or female characters to have extreme strength but not extreme size. I think that super men and women should be modified so their appearance makes sense in regards to their abilities and origins. That said- they should also (super strong and not) be modified to have realistic body fat. Look at “Mr./Ms.Olympia” type body builders. Now look at Olympic weight competitors or...
... strong man/woman contestants. You won’t see many people with bulging ripped muscles and huge pecs with tiny waists in a “V” doing or winning those things. Look at men and women who do jobs that require extreme strength. Do they look more like Arnold, or are they a bit more “fluffy”? See- to get that cut requires a body fat that is unhealthily low. Let’s say a super human or alien doesn’t have to worry about not eating enough to have the energy to do anything, or going so low on body fat they lose their menstral cycle... but in humans that fat acts as a cushion for your organs. If you have big muscles made to actually use on feats of strength- you’ll have healthy body fat and you won’t get that extreme display of muscle definition or vascularity, you won’t have the extreme V shape. Yet even heroes who’s powers have nothing to do with super strength and are relatively human tend to have figures that wouldn’t lend to functional strength well. It’s an aesthetic choice- but in the...
... real world it promotes unhealthy body image. It belongs in the same category as binding feet. Sure- you know you’ll never be an actual mutant or alien, just like some peasant girl likely would never be in the royal court, and some kid in air Jordan’s won’t likely ever be in the NBA. Fiction is where we place our aspirations. It’s both a reflection of our dreams and a basis for them. It’s no coincidence that generations that grew up on Star Trek, Dick Tracy, Blade Runner, etc. is a generation that pioneered computing, wireless communications, and so on. The way we dream effects the way we try to live and the way we live shapes our dreams. So while it is “just fiction,” it does impact and shape culture and people’s ideas and aspirations.
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· 5 years ago
Was Gal Gadot not muscular in her movie? I remember seeing her bulk up for that role but I could be wrong.
Rhonda Rousey is a terrible fucking actress. I don't care if you want buff women, but make sure she can act. She's never read a line in a movie that wasn't absolutely cringe-worthy.
Her name is She Hulk look her up.