... and then Spider-Man pitched a tent big enough for three rings and an elephant.

[apocalypsos]

A collectible Mary Jane figurine that'll make you want to punch the designer.

I think of several things when I see that figurine, once I get past the seething rage.

1. Is it bad that I'm surprised she's even wearing clothes at all?

2. ... okay, seriously, I'm trying to think of something intelligent to say and all I want to do is choke a bitch.

3. My best friend wears thongs to work at our twelve-hours-a-day factory job (hard to miss, considering they ride up every time she bends over) and I just ... I can't even ... I don't know. I can't even wear those things. They're ridiculously uncomfortable and you're going to wear them for anything other than either a night on the town (one of the few situations in which you're usually pretty but uncomfortable) or for a booty call? Seriously?

4. No, really, can I choke a bitch? Or perhaps I should say misogynistic asshat?

Comments

[shei.livejournal.com]

[delurks]

Actually, I only wear thongs. I started wearing them years ago because I was extremely paranoid about pant lines showing and became so used to them I see no point in wearing anything else. Though, I'm also paranoid about them showing so I always make sure they don't.

I am more interested in her to and the fact she's doing laundry actually.

[/delurks]

[hawklaw.livejournal.com]

That right there is the biggest bag of WTF-ery I have ever seen.

Plus, he's a Superhero, he's a science geek...he can't come up with a fucking machine washable costume?

[ejayye.livejournal.com]

God. ASSHOLES.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the laundry thing is the big thing, along with the fact that she's got ridiculously huge breasts and the thong showing halfway past her belly button.

The thong is the part that just hits me on a personal level, though. Why does that need to be on that figurine at all?

[runcible.livejournal.com]

Well, there goes MY lunch.

[impertinence.livejournal.com]

....seriously, what the fuck.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

There's several things about that figurine that just make me want to hurt someone --

1. The laundry. Of all the thing she could be doing, they pick THAT?
2. The cleavage. Is that really necessary? Apparently, since why would boys want to see her doing laundry otherwise?
3. The thong showing. Is there any reason at all for that to be on the figurine other than to give guys a thrill?

It's not like they have to tart her up. She's Mary Jane. She's sexy no matter what she does. That's the point.

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

....

I take it the figure is made by the people who came out with the new Supergirl?http://yendi.livejournal.com/1262718.html

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

yeha, my general idea about thongs is "why would I intentionally wear underwear which is like Perma-Auto-Wedgie?"

That said, I somehow own 8. o.O no idea how that happened.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

Dear Supergirl,

If you're ever flying over Metropolis and you're wondering why your midsection is freezing, just be grateful your arms are toasty-warm all the way to your wrists --

Oh, wait ...

[squee1123.livejournal.com]

....on the plus side its SPN day?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I have to work tonight. Meaning I miss all four of my shows that are on tonight.

*headdesk*

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

my thing about undie lines is that, well, we all know people are wearing undies. at least, dear god, I hope y'all are wearing undies. I'd rather know "yup, she's human, she's wearing undies" than "huh. guess it's commando day again". I guess I just don't understand why it's such a big deal. Maybe if your ass was photographed all the time, but on an average person, I just don't get it.

[hawklaw.livejournal.com]

Oh god, a-freakin-me. And of course there's the fact that she's doing his laundry. By hand. That rumbling sound you hear is Betty Friedan rolling in her grave.

Don't get me wrong - I love comic book geeks. I AM one. But this figurine is clearly created for guys for whom touching it will be their only sexual encounter ever.

Ew. I think I just skeeved myself.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I don't even notice panty lines on other people until they're not there, in which case that's ALL I notice.

[medie]

I keep coming back to *INCOHERENT RAGE* *SMASH* *KICK*

I mean...THE HELL?!

Heh, thongs? I happily refer to them as butt-floss. No matter who I see wearing them? ALWAYS right up there. Thus, I fail to see the 'hot' of them.)

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

Thongs are definitely a personal preference. After a while, you don't actually notice them. But yeah, it's definitely a personal thing. As for the figurine, there's just so much wrong with it that I don't know where to start...

[medie]

*FUME*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Heh. My thing with thongs is that every time I see someone wearing them they're either wearing them so small they've got to be cutting off the circulation to their legs, wearing them so high everybody and their mother can see them, or wearing them so well everybody doesn't think they're wearing underwear and CAN'T STOP STARING.

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

i remember seeing some gossip rag making a big deal about someone's VPL. And my brain went "are we so bored and stupid of a country that this is NEWS?!"

[abbylee]

Totally not on point, but...

3. My best friend wears thongs to work at our twelve-hours-a-day factory job (hard to miss, considering they ride up every time she bends over) and I just ... I can't even ... I don't know. I can't even wear those things. They're ridiculously uncomfortable and you're going to wear them for anything other than either a night on the town (one of the few situations in which you're usually pretty but uncomfortable) or for a booty call? Seriously?

Personally, depending on what I'm wearing, I find them much more comfortable than the other options. (G-strings only, I find thongs horribly uncomfortable, and it's very important to get the right size.) I don't think I'd be likely to wear them to an intimate encounter, because I don't think they're flattering, but I definitely group them as comfortable. I not only wear them to work but I wear them to hockey. It's not about sex, it's about comfort.

But, yeah, full of rage for the figurine.

[medie]

Oh god yes. I keep sitting there, staring thinking 'how does that not hurt?! and how are they not rooting around back there every five minutes yanking them back out?!'

Mostly here it's the little tweenies running around in their hip huggers (which, since most of them don't *HAVE* hips to speak of means "Plumber's Crack Chic" ) with the neon pink (green if it's an off day) thong waving proudly at the world.

Seriously, cannot stop staring. It's like a car wreck but with T&A

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

That is just . . . every damn sexist asshat fuckhead assumption about women rolled up into one horrid figurine. I can't even . . .

Not that MJ has that much to do, but . . .

She might as well be a monkey with a red ass, the ways she's presenting AND she's washing his costume????

I . . . yeah. No words.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. Fuckers. *heads over to the girl-wonder forums for a dose of sanity*

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

Slight difference, though, because Supergirl always looks like a brain-dead sexual object designed solely to titillate unwashed fanboys, so that statue is simply remaining faithful to the character. Mary-Jane, on the other hand, is usually depicted as sensible, possessed of a personality, and quite capable of kicking Spidey's arse (at least on a metaphorical level).

(Someone did a disturbingly accurate image-by-image comparison of the current version of Supergirl and Paris Hilton on scans_daily sometime last year. It made me hate myself for liking comics)