paraphrasing the production team for ff7:av as i think it applies here:
sure they could make it realistic. but in a fantasy world, who cares about realism?
i mean if you are going to pick faults with her armor then lets also take note of the fact that she works for a goddess, lives in valhalla, lived in an age where all of this armor was totally redundant, has a sister who travelled through time and of course, turned to stone - something that final fantasy characters have done on a number of occasions.
sure they could make it realistic. but in a fantasy world, who cares about realism?
Apparently the designer of this armor, because certain parts of it are very realistic.
What do fantasy plot tropes and magical powers have to do with the fact that her armor, which is clearly made out of materials that exist in the real world, would not articulate properly and is also poorly designed?
If it’s Magic Steel That Bends So She Can Walk, why does it look like ordinary steel? And if it looks like ordinary steel but is actually magic, then why does it have a pivot at the knee like ordinary steel would?
You can come up with any reason to justify any design decision but it has to have a consistent justification. Even in fantasy, where the rules are made up, everything inside the fantasy universe follows the made-up rules. And often, because characters tend to be human (so the audience can relate to them), the rules closely resemble the way reality works, especially when it comes to costume design.
Squaresoooft. Get your shit together. Get it together!
(Source: psdo, via art-and-sterf)
