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No.

No, they do not.

That torture chamber she was in is WAAAAAAAY far outside the bounds of what normal corsets are like.  That is not a functional piece of clothing, it is a torture chamber.

A few examples: traditional corsets were never so rigid their wearers couldn’t bend at the waist.  Most were fairly flexible.  The ‘boning’ was made of ‘whalebone’ which was actually baleen, which consists of keratin (the same stuff your fingernails are made of).  Women could and did ride horses in them, play hockey in them, climb mountains in them, and even do acrobatics in them.

Second, historical women who wore corsets didn’t wear them so tight as to cause breathing problems or rib deformity.  I mean, some women did tight-lace, wear the corset so much that it squeezed them a lot and caused problems, but that was actually a fairly tiny proportion of women who wore them.  It was only women who were rich, young, and at the forefront of society and fashion–and not even very many of them.

Even if they wanted Seven in a corset and catsuit, they could have done it without endangering the actress.

CORSETS THAT FIT CORRECTLY ARE COMFORTABLE. IF YOU CANNOT BREATHE OR MOVE PROPERLY IT IS WRONG FOR YOU OR YOU LACED IT WAY TOO TIGHTLY OR BOTH. THEY TORTURED HER FOR A FUCKING LOOK.

WHAT THAT FUCKER DID TO THAT POOR WOMAN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL AND FRANKLY THE FACT OTHER DESIGNERS TOOK HIS “ADVICE” IS FUCKING WORRYING BUT NOT AT ALL FUCKING SURPRISING. I HOPE ALL THEIR DICKS ROT OFF.

Also, thank you to OP for the art lesson.

The person I ended up with? “Ah, yay-I’m-not-murdered check. Good plan.” Then when my phone was buzzing later (because we ended up on a five hour date on a Monday night) he goes “you should probably let them know you’re still alive. Do you have to go?” 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad she’s a huge hit, it’s super exciting to see so many people love the character design and the gameplay, and know that I contributed directly and significantly to the behind-the-scenes engineering that makes it all work. It’s validating.

But it’s also so fucking melancholy to know I did so much work and put in so much time for such a shitty company, run by shitty people, and the reward I got for it was unemployment. 

I threw a lot into this character. I cried at work. I started getting panic attacks, which I’ve never gotten before. I developed persistent heart palpitations from the daily overwhelming stress and had to go to the hospital (this is true, seriously.) I basically dropped all my friends outside of work. My manager (and his manager!) lied to me constantly to keep me working. They said I was doing a great job but to keep it up. Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out great, and it’ll all be worth it in the end – recognition, a raise, probably a promotion in short order. They promised me the world. When she was finally finished, I didn’t even get to go to the release party, they just walked me out. 

I remember a quote from my last day, it sticks out in my mind: “I know you realize this is really hard for me,” my manager said. Yes, in the end, when he awkwardly informed me I didn’t have my dream job anymore – or any job at all – and then stared back at my shell-shocked face, my thousand-yard stare, the only thing he felt was sorry for himself.

She launched with no major bugs and was considered a technical success. Doesn’t matter. Get the fuck out.

Look, I get it. Akali is EXTREMELY my type. It’s obvious how much love and care was put into her development. But it makes me furious to see all the free advertising that Riot is getting from people who I thought would know better.  And now? One of the people who is arguably responsible for all that free advertising? Who’s work is undoubtedly making Riot hundreds of thousands of dollars a day? Who was overworked to the point of near breaking? They get nothing. WORSE than the scant bit of credit that most devs can get in a big company like Riot. They got let go.

Gif request meme: anonymus requested Black Sails+favourite romantic relationship

This is a mostly settled matter among Anarchists:

Seeing as some regions may be less affected by the upheaval that is revolution and may be able to afford it, these areas will transition as quickly as possible into Communism; whereas, communities, collectives, and communes that have been adversely affect by the same or otherwise never had to luxury of over-production will organize in the interim under Collectivism.

This does mean that either by individual labor done (my least favorite) or divided equally regardless of labor (preferable). Once federated with communist collectives (and should these be in the first world, give up the resource exploitation of the third world as to facilitate their own transition to communism) they'll be able to choose whether and how to associate with them.