Malenia, Blade of Miquella, Elden Ring
Eventually, I will shut up about how organically gorgeous open-world, gore-topia Elden Ring’s clothes are, but not today. During her legendary, ferocious boss battle, rotten Empyrean Malenia casts aside her fur-trimmed cloak and impeding bronze robes to rise up from a flower. She emerges naked except for her scars, gold prosthetic limbs, and curling tendrils of stormy hair, blown out into stiff wings, weeping glimmering butterflies.
She goes from looking like an interchangeable warrior to terrifyingly feminine—angelic and hardened. See, video games? You can reveal women’s bodies without employing any essay-inducing moans, and it’s still great.
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