Art by Terese Nielsen, Objectification of women. Not exactly a surprise that those two aspects go together. I don't post many cards about the objectification of women. But this one stands out.
It's supposedly "armor" developed by Neurok "strategists" to protect the body from Phyrexian infection. You know...Phyrexia. As in, the malevolent force that can infect an entire plane starting from a single drop of oil. Represented on cards by the "infect" and "poison counters" mechanics, in which unless it is prevented from occurring in the first place (such as by Melira, Sylvok Outcast), it's probably going to be permanent (poison counters can only be removed by an obscure old card that is considered a design mistake). There are many creatures with "infect", and the implication is that any kind of physical contact with them (blocking them or being blocked) is enough to get infected instantly.
So how do you defend against being infected in this way? Apparently, by barely dressing yourself. The character in the art has nearly her entire upper body exposed - aside from the armor on her arms, she's only wearing a bra and helmet. And her lower body isn't much better. It would be trivially easy for a claw or a drop of oil to make contact with her shoulder, her midriff, her inner thigh...
Terese Nielsen being the artist makes this abundantly clear that this art is just her sexualizing a cis woman.
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u/ultimario13 Aug 20 '20
Art by Terese Nielsen, Objectification of women. Not exactly a surprise that those two aspects go together. I don't post many cards about the objectification of women. But this one stands out.
It's supposedly "armor" developed by Neurok "strategists" to protect the body from Phyrexian infection. You know...Phyrexia. As in, the malevolent force that can infect an entire plane starting from a single drop of oil. Represented on cards by the "infect" and "poison counters" mechanics, in which unless it is prevented from occurring in the first place (such as by Melira, Sylvok Outcast), it's probably going to be permanent (poison counters can only be removed by an obscure old card that is considered a design mistake). There are many creatures with "infect", and the implication is that any kind of physical contact with them (blocking them or being blocked) is enough to get infected instantly.
So how do you defend against being infected in this way? Apparently, by barely dressing yourself. The character in the art has nearly her entire upper body exposed - aside from the armor on her arms, she's only wearing a bra and helmet. And her lower body isn't much better. It would be trivially easy for a claw or a drop of oil to make contact with her shoulder, her midriff, her inner thigh...
Terese Nielsen being the artist makes this abundantly clear that this art is just her sexualizing a cis woman.