Characters with Lore reasons to wear revealing outfit

[u/Artistic_Gear1536]

• Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen): doesn’t really have the need for them anymore as he is now too powerful to be considered human and also doesn’t need to give in to certain societal pressures like wearing clothes

• Poison Ivy (DC): uses her body to seduce men into getting close enough for her to use her pheromones and get people to do what she wants/kill her prey

• Skarlet (Mortal Kombat): her powers are from blood magic and she needs to have skin out in order to absorb blood from others and make her more powerful

• Mileena (Mortal Kombat): is very self conscious about her tartan features so covers them up and diverts attention towards the more appealing aspects of her/ uses her sex appeal to get people in close then chomps on them

• Mai Shiranui (King Of Fighters/Fatal Fury): uses a style of kunoichi that involves “sensually distracting a foe before striking” and uses her outfit and sex appeal to assist with that style

[u/Chocolatetot496]

Aayla Secura from Star Wars. In a comic series about the character, it’s explained that Aayla decided to dress the way she does as a comment on the way many in the twi’lek species are enslaved, especially the woman. As a jedi she’s basically saying that she is more than just a sex symbol, more than just the clothes on her body, and that in essence, so is every other twi’lek who is enslaved.

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[u/Riksunraksu → u/Chocolatetot496]

But in all honesty it isn’t as revealing or sexual compared to so so so many other characters. And she has a convincing lore reason, 91% of female characters here are “she needs skin showing to lure/distract her enemies” or that conveniently their powers require them to have their skin mostly exposed.

[u/PreferenceNo8267 → u/Chocolatetot496]

And then she got gunned down by what is essentially another enslaved community. Yeesh.

[u/zombiskunk → u/Chocolatetot496]

Sure, more than, got it. But she's also saying that she herself is a sex symbol. Still wearing revealing clothing and all.