I would like to note that the Enix part of SquareEnix has a proud tradition when it comes to gear.
Long before SquareEnix were united, Enix made a game series called DragonQuest/Warrior. In this game series there is one particular set of armor that they included, even in games where they were nothing but pixels. It was called 'The Magic Bkini'.
This Bikini was made of metal and had little wing motifs and was implied to be very sexy (again in games were they were nothing but pixels at first). These sets of armor appeared in most every game and had a tendency to be both difficult to procure and quite potent in their protective powers since any female (regardless of class could wear them).
Now this is standard fantasy fare, yeah? The scantily clad female warrior or mage, boobs-a-bouncin' as she flails through battle. Well yeah but here's the thing; no one EVER mentioned them. Ever. NPCs never acknowledged them, characters in the party never said one way or the other if wearing them bothered them or not. They were just another piece of gear.
Isn't it possible, in a world like Eorzea that has a proud history of adventurers of all stripes, that seeing someone ANYONE walking around in metal-plated skivvies to be typical? Not just talking men or just women but in general. The game itself is part of a series where ridiculous clothing is the norm (see Kuja from FF IX who no one ever talks about in any game about how HE is dressed).
Combine that also with Enix who, with the inclusion of the Slime hats and Golems and the ever so 'whitty' Puff-Puff treatment are now canon with Final Fantasy and Eorzea, means that those clothes should be seen just as normal as anything else. They may cause people to blush or you may have the handful of prudes but in general, all this leads me to believe that it's just a 'meh' sort of thing in-canon.
Long before SquareEnix were united, Enix made a game series called DragonQuest/Warrior. In this game series there is one particular set of armor that they included, even in games where they were nothing but pixels. It was called 'The Magic Bkini'.
This Bikini was made of metal and had little wing motifs and was implied to be very sexy (again in games were they were nothing but pixels at first). These sets of armor appeared in most every game and had a tendency to be both difficult to procure and quite potent in their protective powers since any female (regardless of class could wear them).
Now this is standard fantasy fare, yeah? The scantily clad female warrior or mage, boobs-a-bouncin' as she flails through battle. Well yeah but here's the thing; no one EVER mentioned them. Ever. NPCs never acknowledged them, characters in the party never said one way or the other if wearing them bothered them or not. They were just another piece of gear.
Isn't it possible, in a world like Eorzea that has a proud history of adventurers of all stripes, that seeing someone ANYONE walking around in metal-plated skivvies to be typical? Not just talking men or just women but in general. The game itself is part of a series where ridiculous clothing is the norm (see Kuja from FF IX who no one ever talks about in any game about how HE is dressed).
Combine that also with Enix who, with the inclusion of the Slime hats and Golems and the ever so 'whitty' Puff-Puff treatment are now canon with Final Fantasy and Eorzea, means that those clothes should be seen just as normal as anything else. They may cause people to blush or you may have the handful of prudes but in general, all this leads me to believe that it's just a 'meh' sort of thing in-canon.
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