@MR: you got it, and yes, NOT GETTING SHOT is a concern of Donna's, hence her choice of assistants
@sig: yeah, that story is already out there, it's called Conan.
Usually when Howard would bother to describe Conan's armor it was because it was causing him trouble--he'd get brained on his helmet or people would mistake someone else for him because they took his armor. After all, the usual image of Conan is an over muscled dude swinging a battle axe in nothing but a loin cloth and Uggs.
If I had several lifetimes to devote to my characters, I'd gladly do an alternate universe/deep prequel of she-who-won't-be-named working her axe over Roman sternums while wearing an absolute minimum of battle rattle. (Leather belts/straps/scabbards don't count!) The German barbarians were renowned for their disinterest in excessive clothing, I would not dishonor their myths by depicting anything otherwise!
links or it didn't happen!
Pfffft, here! Very-very humiliating!
In this case though I'd recommend to add a bullet-proof vest to the outfit...
Hmmm, a story that would invert that trope (and others) would be funny...
@sig: yeah, that story is already out there, it's called Conan.
Usually when Howard would bother to describe Conan's armor it was because it was causing him trouble--he'd get brained on his helmet or people would mistake someone else for him because they took his armor. After all, the usual image of Conan is an over muscled dude swinging a battle axe in nothing but a loin cloth and Uggs.
If I had several lifetimes to devote to my characters, I'd gladly do an alternate universe/deep prequel of she-who-won't-be-named working her axe over Roman sternums while wearing an absolute minimum of battle rattle. (Leather belts/straps/scabbards don't count!) The German barbarians were renowned for their disinterest in excessive clothing, I would not dishonor their myths by depicting anything otherwise!