Weird question for girl nerds

[Underseer]

OK, it's a running gag that most male nerds have an obsession with the Princess Leia slave outfit. I don't care for it myself, but there is no denying that a lot of male nerds are obsessed with it. So much so that it is the source of a lot of jokes about nerd culture.

So here's my question. Is there a female equivalent to this? Is there a male image from science fiction or fantasy that titillates female nerds in general, or you in particular? Is there an outfit you would ask your guy to cosplay just so you can get a charge out of it?

Without knowing the answer, if I were going to pick a male image as ridiculous as the Princess Leia slave outfit, I would go with demon hunters from Warcraft with their weird little man-dresses and naked torsos.

 

[purple_kathryn]

Ugh it's really hard to speak for anyone else to be honest, specially since I'm a wee weirdo anyway

I don't think we have one person like Princess Leia - but then at the time I don't think girl nerds were particularly catered for. I mean maybe if they'd had a mostly naked Han Solo..... Although it seems to be more the actors themselves that girls or women "fancy" rather than the specific character - eg Harrison Ford (well younger Harrison Ford), David Boreanaz not just Angel etc



I mean for me -I like Thor but it's because it's Chris Hemsworth (sadly he keeps acting in other movies that I have no interest. I actually watched the remake of Red Dawn specifically because he was in it and it was just awful - and I'm not that hard to please movie wise).

I also like those fantasy movies based on Greek myths or similar as it normally involves topless men & I do appreciate looking at a 6 pack

 

[RavenSky]

I don't know how much I qualify for female nerd nor that I can speak to anyone but me, and I agree with Purple Kathryn that it is generally the man in the costume rather than the costume.

That said, I have seen a trend in my favorite clothing on actors in sci-fi/fantasy: long coats

For example:

Malcolm Reynolds
Captain Jack Harkness
The 10th Doctor

 

[Rhea]

Do you think maybe it had something to do with the way the outfit represented a visibility of something that was previously cloaked - a "reveal," and moreover that it was a domination-style outfit. Indicating that it really was THE OUTFIT and not Carrie Fisher that spurred the fantasies?

In which case, these answers do mirror a real difference for girl-nerds in not finding particular outfits to be the sexy appeal, but the man beneath.

Although I gotta admit a weakness for the white shirt, fedora and whip of the Indiana Jones character. But then I'm not a girl-nerd, I was a stoner.

 

[KeepTalking]

My daughter certainly qualifies as a girl nerd, and she seems to have a thing for Jason Momoa. More for his role and look in Stargate Atlantis than the new Conan movie, but this also has her excited for his upcoming role as Aquaman. She is also into Chris Evans as Captain America, and Chris Pratt (Starlord), but not so much into Chris Hemsworth (who I find much more attractive than the other two). Of these, Jason Mamoa is the only one who wore anything really revealing in his role, though Chris Evans was mostly nude in at least one scene from Captain America.

She is a cosplayer, so it's not like costumes don't do anything for her. It is just that when she talks costumes, it is mostly about female costumes, rather than male.

The slave Leia outfit never really did anything for me, and I never found Carrie Fischer all that attractive. I will take Barbarella over Leia any day.

 

[DrZoidberg]

OK, it's a running gag that most male nerds have an obsession with the Princess Leia slave outfit. I don't care for it myself, but there is no denying that a lot of male nerds are obsessed with it. So much so that it is the source of a lot of jokes about nerd culture.

So here's my question. Is there a female equivalent to this? Is there a male image from science fiction or fantasy that titillates female nerds in general, or you in particular? Is there an outfit you would ask your guy to cosplay just so you can get a charge out of it?

Without knowing the answer, if I were going to pick a male image as ridiculous as the Princess Leia slave outfit, I would go with demon hunters from Warcraft with their weird little man-dresses and naked torsos.

Not just male nerds are obsessed with Leia. Female nerds are as well. I'm more obsessed about Leias outfit she had in VI. No bra under that dress and it was pretty apparent. I rewatched those clips as if I was a crack addict with free access to crack.

 

[DrZoidberg]

The slave Leia outfit never really did anything for me, and I never found Carrie Fischer all that attractive. I will take Barbarella over Leia any day.

I think it has to do with Leias bossiness. She's dominant and in control. Just what an insecure teenage nerd secretly hopes for in a lover. Barbarella on the other hand, is more of a classical film woman, ie needs to be dominated by manly man with a square jaw, and in the 70'ies, a full beard tight across his broad chest and down his drawers. Teenage nerd guys are unlikely to fit that menu selection.

I like Barbarella to. But as a teenage nerd I was more into Leia.

 

[marc]

at a LARP once met a bisexual girl. She liked the slave Leia outfit, said it got her interested in BDSM.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I like the explanation they gave about the hype over the Princess Leia slave costume they gave on an episode of Friends. "It's when she stopped being a princess and became a woman".

 

[Keith&Co.]

Do you think maybe it had something to do with the way the outfit represented a visibility of something that was previously cloaked - a "reveal," and moreover that it was a domination-style outfit.

You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

 

[Playball40]

For me, both Captain Jack Harkness and David Tennant (10th Doctor) are just yummy. They are more recent however. I think Harrison Ford back then was as close a comparison as you could get with the sci fi geeks to Leia (now had he been dressed like Brad Pitt was in Troy - you would hear much more about it). As a kid I loved Frank Langella as Dracula (I was emo before there was such a thing) and had a major crush on Tim Curry as Frank n Furter. And we cannot forget David Bowie in Labyrinth.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Do you think maybe it had something to do with the way the outfit represented a visibility of something that was previously cloaked - a "reveal," and moreover that it was a domination-style outfit.

You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

 

[credoconsolans]

Do you think maybe it had something to do with the way the outfit represented a visibility of something that was previously cloaked - a "reveal," and moreover that it was a domination-style outfit. Indicating that it really was THE OUTFIT and not Carrie Fisher that spurred the fantasies?

In which case, these answers do mirror a real difference for girl-nerds in not finding particular outfits to be the sexy appeal, but the man beneath.

Although I gotta admit a weakness for the white shirt, fedora and whip of the Indiana Jones character. But then I'm not a girl-nerd, I was a stoner.

This. The princess who was always covered up, suddenly got almost nekkid. That made the boys wild.

So, there's really no equivalent for female nerds.

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You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

They definitely were not. I wondered if she had on any bra at all in Stars Wars IV.

 

[thebeave]

This. The princess who was always covered up, suddenly got almost nekkid. That made the boys wild.

So, there's really no equivalent for female nerds.

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You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

They definitely were not. I wondered if she had on any bra at all in Stars Wars IV.

Carrie Fisher has talked about this before, several times. George Lucas specifically asked her not to wear a bra in Episode IV. Not sure of his reasons, but Carrie always joked that George seemed to think there was no underwear in space. So, yeah, she was braless in Episode IV.

 

[bilby]

This. The princess who was always covered up, suddenly got almost nekkid. That made the boys wild.

So, there's really no equivalent for female nerds.

- - - Updated - - -

You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

They definitely were not. I wondered if she had on any bra at all in Stars Wars IV.

Carrie Fisher has talked about this before, several times. George Lucas specifically asked her not to wear a bra in Episode IV. Not sure of his reasons, but Carrie always joked that George seemed to think there was no underwear in space. So, yeah, she was braless in Episode IV.

Not sure of his reasons? His target audience was teenaged boys, why would he want his leading lady to not wear a bra? It's a mystery...

 

[thebeave]

This. The princess who was always covered up, suddenly got almost nekkid. That made the boys wild.

So, there's really no equivalent for female nerds.

- - - Updated - - -

You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

They definitely were not. I wondered if she had on any bra at all in Stars Wars IV.

Carrie Fisher has talked about this before, several times. George Lucas specifically asked her not to wear a bra in Episode IV. Not sure of his reasons, but Carrie always joked that George seemed to think there was no underwear in space. So, yeah, she was braless in Episode IV.

Not sure of his reasons? His target audience was teenaged boys, why would he want his leading lady to not wear a bra? It's a mystery...

I dug a little deeper, and apparently George does have his reasons, but its not to titilate (no pun intended...Ok, maybe a little bit) teenage boys.

http://www.blastr.com/2010/08/how_george_lucas_convince.php

This is what he told Carrie Fisher:

"He explained that in space you get weightless, and so your flesh expands. What? But your bra doesn't, so you get strangled by your bra. That's why I couldn't wear a bra in the first Star Wars."

 

[DrZoidberg]

This is what he told Carrie Fisher:

"He explained that in space you get weightless, and so your flesh expands. What? But your bra doesn't, so you get strangled by your bra. That's why I couldn't wear a bra in the first Star Wars."

This should have been an omen for what was to come.... midiclorians.

 

[RavenSky]

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

YES, YES, and YES!

 

[purple_kathryn]

You might have a point, there.
Her breasts were strapped down tightly in the first movie. She's reportedly said that Lucas said 'no breasts in space.' Or something like that.

For the slave costume, not sure if George changed his mind or if his demographic was going through puberty.

For my coworkers, Malcolm Reynolds scores high for both the long coat look and the bare-ass-naked scene.
And the scene in Castle where he went to a Halloween party as Malcolm Reynolds...

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

OTOH if a mans breasts were jumping around like crazy it would be a bit of turn off. You rarely get any mens bits jumping around - well except if they're relatively well endowed sprinters in tight lycra. I mean that's practically hypnotic

 

[DrZoidberg]

They were not. They jumped around like crazy whenever she moved. Much to my pubescent delight.

OTOH if a mans breasts were jumping around like crazy it would be a bit of turn off. You rarely get any mens bits jumping around - well except if they're relatively well endowed sprinters in tight lycra. I mean that's practically hypnotic

Really? I thought bouncing muscular man-boob was girl-candy? Have I completely misunderstood this?