I'm not gonna say that wasn't also my initial reaction, but the only comments are just pugjesus and thirsting. It's just kinda depressing nobody has anything else to say, here.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is there to say?

We didn't know about her until PugJesus enlightened us. It's a picture, so unless someone has something interesting to say about her breastplate, sword, or hairstyle, we're gonna default to something we're all qualified to speak about: her effect on us.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Personally my first reaction (after the cartoon "awooga" noises died down and I was done sending the wiki page to my sister...) was to appreciate how she's not wearing %!#%$ boob-plate.

Also, turns out she used to fence her girlfriends topless. NSFW.

I ain't saying it's wrong to think she's hot, she was clearly hot, but it's a historical post for a pretty significant female entertainer and it's all just thirsting and moving on. Hell you can even be thirsty and say something notable, like how many of the the photo tableaux she did are not hard to find and are considered some of the earliest american true sapphic-oriented (produced by gay women for the consumption of other gay women) erotica that's still surviving.

There's a lot to say here, even just about how hot she was, it's just disappointing that nobody is saying it.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

I ain't saying it's wrong to think she's hot, she was clearly hot, but it's a historical post for a pretty significant female entertainer and it's all just thirsting and moving on. Hell you can even be thirsty and say something notable, like how many of the the photo tableaux she did are not hard to find and are considered some of the earliest american true sapphic-oriented (produced by gay women for the consumption of other gay women) erotica that's still surviving.

Really? I had no idea! That's super cool

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't fence anyone topless, especially not someone I liked... I can't tell that's awesome or idiotic, but I guess they didn't wear helmets at any time, so really how much worse could it get.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

tbf, there were only two other comments at the time. And many excellent photos on here sadly go without comment at all.

Not saying it doesn't mean anything that the first two comments were thirst-comments, just that it's not uncommon for people not to have anything they want to say even on very interesting photos.