Miriam's shoulder clothing

I wonder if she does the same special chair-sitting animation as Alucard, but when Miriam does it, the camera actually changes perspective and zooms in on her just chilling there? That might be neat.

I imagine it was just an Igavania reference way to show her, though.

Asymmetry is usually considered less attractive, but more memorable. It might also be a superstitious thing.

My second favorite Gundam, the Nu Gundam, is asymmetrically designed. I find it appealing. Same with Miriam.

I think the shoulder clothing is fine. I mean, the single shoulder pad thing has been around for a while now. I think it got more popular with character designs in the 90s. I can see why. Just enough armor so that the usual weakpoints is covered. Depending upon the shoulder, they could favor one side of their body or the other or one hand over another.

As far as..."sexualization", really? Look, I've never been bothered by it and I hardly think it's a problem. I don't think that's what they were even going for to begin with. Then again for a goth girl, Miriam is actually pretty modest.

I've been actively trying to convince myself that it doesn't look like that and I am just being crazy. Now it is all over for me, I'm selling my copy. 
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Now that you mention it, yeah, it COULD be that. Look at Miriam's arms in general. Her right hand and forearm are bare, and her right shoulder has that shoulder pad, while her left forearm is HEAVILY armored.



It's very cleverly designed combat assymetry, really.

The design for her shoulders and arms in general is both classic as much as it is practical. Old times it was typical for the offensive arm to be less hindered by material with the defensive arm being clade with material.

Then the fictional design part. Of looking cool, serving as conceptual (shows both sides) and showing artistic tastes. For Miriam, it also demonstrats her progress of crystalization, being more female designed (show off some of her left breast and shoulder) and character personal taste.

I've seen lots of armed and armored sided of characters. Ranging from Assassin's Creed to Legacy of Kain. So ignoring practical means it may be more artistic. I'm just happy it wasn't designed by Techmo. Or it would have been over sexualized...

Sectional plate mail or half plate. For her thighs it might to imply it doesn't hinder her mobility. The legs would be heavy but she could twist and have less strain with moving them. Weight being the issue, not something folding or otherwise getting in the way of her legs lifting.

For torso, outside of artistic sense, it may be to imply she isn't a full blown warrior. So lacking training with heavy armors and such it may be to offer protection while not letting anything get in the way of her body twisting, breathing (not necessary for character but for suggestion to the hindering) or something else. The Victorian age didn't have full clade armors like times before. So weaving metal plates with cloth and leather is the stylistic sense they are interpreting from the time. To give it a class as well as some effectiveness.

lol I would love it if they actually took the time to make all these reasons for it. But yeah, it is clearly just for the aesthetics as I've seen this countless times. I remember there were a pair of women in White Knight Chronicles that had similar armor but their torso was even more exposed. I think it was basically bikinis with heavy leg armor and big gauntlets. I am sure if they ever left the town they died immediately.



(....actually I say that but I remember my team would often run stuff in our underwear for the speed boost so I dunno. haha)

Yup which worked for us in the game but I think it is all or nothing for that. Naked with armored legs and arms is a deadly combo. It's like a tanks made out of cardboard with ultra-armored treads and barrel. lol

As most people know the Greeks did athletics nude for the benefits it granted. I remember a story about a race being held where one man's loincloth fell off and everyone noted that he ran much faster so that became the norm. I don't quite remember the time period it is attributed to (book is out of reach...) but I believe we have actual evidence of nudity in athletics far before that period.

And before anyone gets the wrong idea about me I believe all the characters in this game should be clothed! haha