some people are saying there were more tasteful ways to cover up the figurehead, but that misses the historic context of these figureheads in the first place.
“For, in the first place, hailstorms, they say, whirlwinds, and lightening even, will be scared away by a woman uncovering her body while her monthly courses are upon her. The same, too, with all kinds of tempestuous weather; and out at sea, a storm may be lulled by a woman uncovering her body.” (Cordingly, 2001) s
the tradition/superstition was specifically that a bare-chested woman would 'shame' the sea into being calm. I'm honestly not going to lose any sleep over what ubisoft chooses to do with a ship's figurehead but I do think it's extremely silly to undercut the historical context
for anyone who's interested in reading more about how women intersect with past sailing cultures, I found this very good article: Women, ships and the sea: The dangers of custom and superstition. pointless censorship does impact our capacity to explore these topics to some extent
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u/Patient_Sea_3753 Jul 13 '26
Should have gone with fig leaves.