by bar1scorpio » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:06 am
Well, it's kinda just the shtick here, really. No other way to explain Sarah's 'growth'. Although I'll mention, at least in PitW, that Sarah is fairly unique, being one of the few cast members that overdeveloped. (Given the rest of the WLP stuff. ... yeah. ^^ )
But an actually fairly reasonable explanation of why women's bustlines are oversized in comics is because they're flattened. When we rely on the silhouette of the shape, and not the actual form of it in 3d, to convey something, we lose definition. Imagine a woman with the average bustline, head on. Now in reality, a b-c cup can look quite obvious. But if you were to reduce her to just an outline, the shape & definition of the breasts is lost. Even a d-cup seems smaller, just because you've lost the third dimension for it to project into... so to speak.
Hence, why many comic books, not just ours, but the famous spandex-clad superheroines of the big three will often sport improbable bustlines. It's not that they're particularly more attractive to the artists & writers drawing them, they're merely more obvious.
And on obvious-ness... (that a word?) accentuating the secondary sexual characteristics is also a handy device for showing arousal. Sarah, in her human form, is slight in bust, diminutive in build, and, well... a bit cold at times (one panel I tired to make telling was the page in chapter five where Peter reaches for her hand, but she pulls it away). That's her logical, very human side. The werewolf side of her actually is designed to partly represent what's been underneath the surface for her. An overwhelming, overpowering juggernaut of teenage emotions & lust, barely kept in check. Hence, she's physical in that form, exaggeratedly so. It's all 'body language' there, from the way she poses, perks her ears, or more obviously, glomps onto and slurpy-licks Peter. The flashback scene, now underway, shows the human side of Sarah's sexuality... a repressive, controlled life has made her shrinking, awkward, and sorely lacking in confidence, if not eagerness.
As for audience.. well, given that PitW stemmed from what was originally going to be just a porno series, but the developed midway into the 'dual' series that you have now, we're just surprised whenever we meet our audience at all. Me & Kris really even never knew there was a Werewolf fandom, independent of the Anime and Furry fandoms we were aiming for. Whenever we have a fan, no matter where they come from, it's always a pleasant surprise to us.
All that said. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that... no.. this ISN'T what we're into, sexually. Do we find sex sexy here? Yes. Peter is the Wolf is a satire.. or perhaps more like a Greek Satyr, a lust driven goat sprite that appeared in plays mocking the seriousness of the content. (Pan was one of their ranks.) The over rought sexuality is part of the play. Take Peter's... "peter", for instance. Ludicrously oversized... once again, thank the Romans.. and their god Priapus. But the cartoonish body types (and behavioral types, as well) are here primarily for laughs. The exagerattions are for teh sake of not sexiness, but silliness.
And we certainly don't think any less of women with a normal bustline, one for whom.. to paraphrase folk singer - "The Boob Fairy never came for"... Real women are never inadequate, always female enough for the WLP gang, and of course, a joy to have around at the White Lightning Productions table at any given Anime convention. With us guys, in general... and I speak, I feel for pretty much most, if not all men... we're just happy to have you around to share the planet with, in general. ^_^
"Then again, I'm Gary Busey. Who knows what the f-ck I'm talking about." - Gary Busey