Kinda controversial/weird question and I’d like some feedback!!
So I’m writing a book about a non-centaur girl raised by centaurs, and her clothing is really throwing me off. She wears this plain beige dress made from tree bark that goes past her knees, and in the winter she wears a dress similar to that but with sleeves, longer, and more insulated bark.
I have this dress like this to SPITE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE EVERY GIRL MC HAVE TO WEAR A DRESS AND LOOK HOT. Like yes, my character is beautiful, but she doesn’t flaunt her tits or sway her hips or wear heels like male authors make girls do. (I’m not a man tho, I’m nb, so that might not make sense).
Anyway my question is when is the line of where something has a real purpose and where it’s just weird?
Because my character doesn’t wear shoes obviously, because she’s raised by centaurs who have almost no contact with humans bc of their fighting, so they don’t really know what shoes are. That’s obvious.
But another thing I’m trying to figure out is if I should give her underwear…
Because in my mind I’m like “okay, when they need to use the bathroom, they just go,” because there aren’t toilets in the woods.
And also all the female centaurs cover up their breasts because (bit of history lore) long ago it was just what pregnant and nursing women did to keep the milk warm or whatever, but then when they came in contact with humans, were enslaved, and then escaped, they were forced to cover up their chests always and then the decedents just kept it bc they didn’t know why they did it because they don’t have written history, so they just did it bc they thought they always did.
But they don’t cover up their neither regions because… what if they have to pee??? Am I supposed to give them some elaborate kind of underwear???
So my point is-do I give my more humanoid mc girl underwear even though it doesn’t fit into the world building?
The dress covers up her tits and the centaur women have chest wrappings (or whatever I’m calling it, idk what the name will be), but none of the men or women have underwear, BUT ALSO ITS KINDA WEIRD IF A GIRL’S JUST WALKING AROUND WITHOUT UNDERWEAR??
I’ve already said that it makes sense within context, but I just wanted some outside opinions on this, and if you need any more information about this pls ask and I’ll try my best to explain.
