I was frustrated with how Marvel’s Valkyrie was just a sequence of weird design decisions. This particular version ticked me off because they had the cool cuirass with the abs, but then the chafing and the metal boob cones…. ugh.
I started with fixing that chest armor: getting rid of the weird metal bra and adding cool (to me, anyway) shoulder guards. I wanted to give her a more powerful look. I added some small dangling leather straps to mirror those on her belt.
When it was time to fix her…. boots? I took the liberty of, at the same time, painting over poor Hel’s painful-looking <biggest air-quotes ever> “armor.” I actually started giving her a more reasonable breastplate but gave up. That would be a project all on its own.
Those leg ropes seemed very stupid to me, and they didn’t go with the rest of the design, so I gave her plate armor that kept the small shapes. I then gave her simple pants to be the large shape in the design. In hindsight, I feel like I should have gone through with the metal gauntlets I wanted to give her but bailed on.
Finally, I replaced her Generic Pout™ with a more determined expression. Now both ladies can go forth and fight whoever it is they’re fighting.
-Icy
The second one is just so great and so much more visually clear without those big bright patches of naked skin and boob cone; the composition now focuses the eye on her head with the light behind it, and that makes her head, HER, the center of the image. SO much better.
Our strong, intelligent, powerful, beautiful, both the popular and the underrated, fun, independent, heroic female characters of the Marvel Universe! Be it goddess, spy, soldier, student, general, inventor, CEO, sorcerer and more! Respect to every one of these characters and the many more I couldn’t fit onto here! Honorable mentions include Ayo, Liz Toomes, Frigga, Christine Palmer May Parker and Helen Cho.
I like how considerate Thor is. I like the fact that Thor… he was thinking about Valkyrie, he was just like, “I’ll go off and not only get a weapon. I’ll go get some clothes for her as well, to inspire her. Give her a sense of place. Help her get her identity back. She’s been running from the truth and running from her past.” He’s just given her an opportunity to embrace it, to acknowledge who she is. She’s a Valkyrie.
#this scene is SO on point #and it is SO much better than a kiss #which would have made me cringe #because it would be totally out of character #even for Thor IMO #because he has so much respect for Val #and being a gentleman #he would never have tried to do something he knows she is not ready for #and truth be told up until this point he cannot know she likes him #of course there is lots of chemistry and sexual tension between them #but he knows deepdown she is quite fragile #although she does not show it #he does not want to push her #because he knows she is not ready #I said it twice #I am rambling #god I love this ship #so much potential #thorkyrie
valkyrie wasn’t in infinity war because she would have chugged an entire bottle of jet fuel and ripped the infinity gauntlet off with her bare hands and then the movie would have been over
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