Text 2 Nov 292 notes

This was in my drafts. I’m not sure why I hadn’t published it yet.

I often get asked just what I think is unrealistic when it comes to boobage and it just so happens that Leah H from Hourglassy wrote a fantastic post that pretty soundly sums up all of my pet peeves.

1. Boobs are not magical anti-gravity spheres that stand at perfectly perky attention at all times. Likewise, they do not naturally have cleavage, nor do they generally touch in the center, without the aid of a push-up bra.

2. Boobs are not made of pudding. They do not bounce around like a balloon filled with jello, do not ripple like water, and do not squish between your fingers if they’re squeezed.

3. However, boobs do move. Because they do not stay still, a single strip of fabric or pasties masquerading as a bikini (I’m looking at you, Jack from Mass Effect 2 and Ivy from Soul Caliber) are not adequate coverage. The boobs will shift. No amount of double-stick tape can make such a skimpy amount of fabric stay in place.

4. Boobs have nipples. And areolas. What is up with all the sexless breasts? Nipples, by the way, also do not stand at attention at all times.

5. When fabric is stretched across boobs, no matter how tight the spandex, it does not suction cup itself to each individual breast. (Hellooooo every single DC and Marvel character ever created!) It gets stretched across the boobs horizontally. I cannot even begin to explain how ubiquitous and infuriating this is. It’s such a simple rule and yet so few comics illustrators and figurine designers are willing to follow it.

I could add a few things, like nipples tend not to sit on top of breasts. I’d also note that while not all nipples stand at attention all the time, some do.

(Source: hourglassy.com)