Ok, this is getting out of hand. I'm not going to get involved in another *snip* argument.
I'll just say this: yes, obviously Teyla's outfit is meant for titillation to some degree; however, it still makes sense in-Universe IMHO. We've seen her fight in them; she fights fine in them; in fact, she can easily kick all of our asses in them.
The clothes doesn't make the fighter; the fighter should be able to fight well no matter what clothes he/she is wearing. Any obsticles in the clothes would just make the fighter better at avoiding the follies of those obsticles. That's how you train and exercise: by giving yourself "arbitrary" challenges to overcome.
And lastly, yes, the culture is important too. Why do women on Earth wear high heels when they are painful and difficult to walk in? They're impractical, and yet women still wear them, because men deem it attractive in our culture. No matter how impractical you may think Teyla's dress is, if it's part of her culture, then who are we to denounce that it makes no sense, when bits of our culture seems ridiculous as well?
I'll just say this: yes, obviously Teyla's outfit is meant for titillation to some degree; however, it still makes sense in-Universe IMHO. We've seen her fight in them; she fights fine in them; in fact, she can easily kick all of our asses in them.
The clothes doesn't make the fighter; the fighter should be able to fight well no matter what clothes he/she is wearing. Any obsticles in the clothes would just make the fighter better at avoiding the follies of those obsticles. That's how you train and exercise: by giving yourself "arbitrary" challenges to overcome.
And lastly, yes, the culture is important too. Why do women on Earth wear high heels when they are painful and difficult to walk in? They're impractical, and yet women still wear them, because men deem it attractive in our culture. No matter how impractical you may think Teyla's dress is, if it's part of her culture, then who are we to denounce that it makes no sense, when bits of our culture seems ridiculous as well?
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