The Liberation of Manfire

The purpose of this blog is to illustrate the stupidity of the poses of female characters in comic books. This blog is not necessarily related to the costumes they are given and it is not for rule 63. Critiques of the costumes and rule 63 just happen to be a byproduct of the aforementioned goal. Click me to see only the Redraws

[fascinationstreetmp3]

whenever i see that post about swapping female characters with male ones in video games i always think about this

[furbearingbrick]

finally…men are becoming sluts again

nature is healing

[hungry-skeleton]

[scalproie]

[hyrulianhistorian]

[cocoz42]

Justice’s Secret.

All fan art by me.

[reverseharem-deactivated2020021]

is it time for frank cho and milo manara to die or what

[kiefbowl]

That’s basically a naked woman I’m YELLING

[houroftheantichristwolf]

What a pervert. What the FUCK does he not know how clothes work? What the hypothetical fuck is she wearing then if we can see all that?

[auntiewanda]

It’s like how bath towels in comics miraculously wrap completely around breasts. Or how even when injured and dead on the ground women in comics have to be twisted into “sexy” poses. Or how women in comics walk like they’re in high heels even barefoot. 

It’s the only way men know how to draw women, because to them female characters are only there to be sexy. They only think of “women” as exploitative costumes and camera angles, high heels and titillation. Sex objects to ogle, plot objects to further male heroes’ narratives and drama, not heroes to cheer for. 

[brithwyr-deactivated20170122]

I’m sorry, I was labouring under the impression that this was the crowd that thought women should wear what they want..?

[auntiewanda]

And that applies to fictional women who are depicted by men how? You can’t apply agency in the plot to something metatextual when it comes to fictional characters. 

[brithwyr-deactivated20170122]

Come on, let’s not pretend this is a male exclusive thing.

[auntiewanda]

We’re going to have this argument are we? Not to mention you’re deviating from the original point that attributing agency to fictional characters’ clothing is asinine. 

What you have here are images of power, and do you really believe these characters are designed with titillating heterosexual women and bisexual and homosexual men in mind? Because I don’t think you do.

This is why the Hawkeye Initiative exists. Take common female poses in comics, put a man in the role, and see how “empowering” and “strong” it actually looks: 

Also: 

[feminism-is-radical-deactivated]

He got the painting for fighting against ‘censorship.’ Note that they handed him a gross design of a female being objectified, because at the end of the day, that is all they really want, to be allowed to objectify women. They don’t care about censorship in general it is about their ability to sexualise and degrade women without consequence.

[dyketales-deactivated20180601]

You can see her butthole for chrissakes

[pmastamonkmonk]

I think the best imagery I’ve seen to explain the difference between what men think male objectification is vs what women actually want to see is the Hugh Jackman magazine covers.

Hugh Jackman on a men’s magazine. He’s shirtless and buff and angry. He’s imposing and aggressive. This is a male power fantasy, it’s what men want to be and aspire to - intense masculinity.

Hugh Jackman on a women’s magazine.  He looks like a dad. He looks like he’s going to bake me a quiche and sit and watch Game of Thrones with me. He looks like he gives really good hugs.

Men think women want big hulking naked men in loin cloths which is why they always quote He-Man as male objectification - without realizing that He Man is naked and buff in a loin cloth because MEN WANT HIM TO BE. More women would be happy to see him in a pink apron cutting vegetables and singing off-key to 70s rock.

Men want objects. Women want PEOPLE.

[aglassroseneverfades]

This is the first time I have EVER seen this false equivalence articulated so well. Thank you.

[reapercollection]

Pin-up style super heroes by David Talaski-Brown

https://www.instagram.com/davidtalaskidraws/

[thechrishaley]

Done and done.

(Not pictured: “Butt window”, but trust me, it’s there.)

[gailsimone]

You have no idea how much this cheered me up just now.

[brinconvenient]

I for one, think this is a major improvement. Look how empowered he is! And it’s relevant to the character as someone who is powered by the sun, he’d want to maximize the amount of sunlight he receives, right? It’s not like it makes sense for him to cover himself from chin to toe. In fact, I think some strappy sandals might be an improvement.

[mybodythehandgrenade]

strappy high heeled sandals would increase his height making him closer to the sun. and if wonderwoman can fight in heels it can’t be that hard, right?

[isaia]

SO EMPOWERING

[americanninjax-deactivated20191]

Felt a dire need to contribute to the hilarity.

[olgaulanova]

Now I can tell right away he’s a strong male character. Whew! No more confusion.

[eschergirls]

+1 for him doing the boobs and butt pose too.

[foxy-mulder-deactivated20190929]

@vulcanette

[lauraantoniou]

Here’s to strong male characters who aren’t afraid to show their masculinity!

[arkilliandragon]

This is the shit I’m here for on Tumblr

[buzzfeed]

We Had Women Photoshopped Into Stereotypical Comic Book Poses And It Got Really Weird

[koboldium]

[raise-me-up-take-me-up]

hwat the fuck 

[lospaziobianco]

T H E  H A W K E Y E  I N I Z I A T I V E 

[mango-thighs]

the hawkeye initiative makes me so happy

[apple-pie-thighs]

I’m fucking cackling omg

[yawpyawp]

Bucky in heels etc ‘cause sometimes he feels like looking cute for his assassination missions!! lbr Nat totally bought him the outfit and the assault rifle

Pose heavily inspired by this promo shot of Darren Criss has Hedwig bc it was my lock screen for over a year XD

[spbtbb8-deactivated20180923]

Did you know that the big Metropolis fight scene at the end of Man of Steel was inspired by Birdy the Mighty? the more you know!

[malfunctionary]

@bikiniarmorbattledamage What better way to absorb more sunlight with an empowering costume!

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

Continuing the awesome trend of giving Supes a costume more fit to his powerset, he looks mighty fine in Birdy’s attire. 

I also enjoy how her absurd bodypaint costume turns out to be a pretty gender-neutral when put on a guy.

~Ozzie

[jaeon009]

lol Superman is now super empowered.

[marsmaywander]

#this is a good design think how much energy he could absorb from the sun

[okashido-deactivated20181230]

If Powergirl and Starfire can rock it, why not Superman

[pupamp]

Next costume?! 😆

[eschergirls]

impartrobot submitted:

Ever wonder what that Christopher Hart “Cutting Edge Anatomy” excerpt would look like with the genders swapped? Wonder no more.

That made me laugh.  Nice inversion.  I love how you swapped all the text too.

[jaeon009]

lol Superman is now super empowered.

[magicmeatmarch]

MAGIC MEAT WEEK 2015 IS ON!!

ATTENTION ARTIST! the wonderful Amanda Sharpe came up with the idea to dedicate an entire week to the creation of hot fantasy dudes… or…

MAGIC MEAT WEEK!!!

One magical week where everyone is welcome to contribute to the collection of fantasy men is skimpy, revealing, impractical and…. empowering outfits. 

So for the week of NOV. 1st through NOV. 7th join us and crank out some wonderfully styled fantasy dudes and tag those beauties #MagicMeatWeek!!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!

(image sources from heymonster, runningwithpaper, hattedhedgehog, st-kisai, birdgecageboys)

[theliberationofmanfire]

Do You Really Wear THIS, Mom? Wonderboy realizing the sexism involved in female superhero costumes after he attempts to borrow some of his mom's clothes -I combined elements of all the sluttiest Wonder Woman outfits, including Mike Deodato's thong suit , The weird bra-thingy, and Frank Miller's net gloves. @anna-mation

[abksol-deactivated20160626]

who needs a clevage sweater when you have a nipple shirt

[frogfrogfro]

[ogaybende]

[nothingbutthedreams]

I don’t know what’s going on here but I like it.

[inscarletsilence]

#if male superheroes had costumes designed the same way as female costumes

[damselflier]

As someone who is attracted to men, I do wish they would design male superhero costumes like this. Yum.

[apostatively]

More similar male superhero costumes yes please??????????

[cheesiestart]

did someone say skimpy empowering male armor