[cpbell0033944]

I never liked that "tiny head" effect… Muscles, sure… hulking muscles, damn skippy… but they have to be in proportion… that's just me though.

I agree – ratlaf's linked pic was about 10x too big for me.

[ClarkSavageJr]

I never liked that "tiny head" effect… Muscles, sure… hulking muscles, damn skippy… but they have to be in proportion… that's just me though.

/signed

[a montagne]

It's not really size persay, it's how it's presented. Granted, the huge look with the little head is just weird, but the women can get pretty big and still look feminine if drawn right. There are a bunch of examples around such as ggbells on deviantart. Height-wise, anything above humanly possible is just weird. I never did get the giantess growth stuff.

[msc827]

Interesting to read everyone's descriptions of their idealized "Heavy Hitter", & what goes beyond that ideal… So many wonderful artists & writers who contribute to this forum, & their portrayals can be so good, that though the women they create are much bigger, or smaller, than I prefer, they still make them… acceptable!
Except for the GTS fans (& a few others), looks like the consensus in maximum height is around 9-ft… That fits, since human males can reach the 8-ft mark, 9-ft is attainable(& still leaves the female dominant in height), & can still interact with a normal-sized populace… How much bulk & muscle they carry is where opinions can really vary (& that's o-k; it's our individual fantasy)!  I prefer them tall, thick, & broad!  Their bodies are wide with shoulders that can double as bleachers; they've got longer arms so they can pack on more muscle (their reach is gonna be longer than their height – but their knuckles won't bang their knees); they'll have a major pectoral shelf so they can support those huge boobs!  A proportionate head, a little broader than normal, perched high on a great neck… A thick waist to support that massive upper body (but still trim enough to maintain her girlish figure)!  Wider hips & tree-trunk thighs…
I keep reading so many want their muscle gals to look feminine; if she's got boobs, hips, thighs, & a cute face, you'll know she's a girl!  I figure a woman who wants a body that big, won't be concerned with others opinion of her femininity… And she works to maintain that size, so with hefting big weights, she won't have small hands, feet, or knees… Her limbs are long enough to comfortably bend & reach around all that thick muscle.
So I guess anything bigger than that, is too big?

[Evan Stanley]

I admit that I am a fan of super-strong women; unnatural strength doesn't necessarily require comic book muscles…

No disrespect… but I absolutely challenge you to find me ONE mainstream female in either Marvel of DC comics that has large "comic book" muscles as you say, other than the antagonist Titania from Doctor Doom's minions of Secret Wars.

Because it offends me to see such pathetically muscled characters as She Hulk when strength is their PRIMARY super-power.

[TC2]

When he says comic book muscles, he must be referring to the guys.  Because the females RANDOMLY get large muscles that are worth mentioning.

Superman, Spidey, Hulk, they're always guarenteed to have massive muscles.  But females?  Never.

[happiest_in_shadows]

I really don't have a limit on what scale I like a lady to be in regards to her height. For me it's entirely situational. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about one concept I'm fond of is a well muscled giantess having some fun with her friends. Basically she's grown to a scale large enough that the cuts between her muscles can actually be rafted through.

While she lays back relaxing a bunch of her friends are on a little rafting trip of her stomach exploring her muscles in great detail. Now I don't think I'd want her to be this scale all the time but for that moment in time it'd work.

As for level of muscle development. At one time DocWolf's work would have been too much for me. At one time DC's work would have been too muscular. However, the longer I'm exposed to the idea of physically fit strong women the more I find the look acceptable and attractive. So I can't really say how big I would like a lady to be in that department.

Though at the moment there is a level of muscle mass I find unattractive I don't know how long it'll hold.

[stmercy2020]

No disrespect… but I absolutely challenge you to find me ONE mainstream female in either Marvel of DC comics that has large "comic book" muscles as you say, other than the antagonist Titania from Doctor Doom's minions of Secret Wars.

Because it offends me to see such pathetically muscled characters as She Hulk when strength is their PRIMARY super-power.

Sorry.  TC2 is correct- I was referring to the ludicrously large musculature of superhuman males with super-strength, most of whom never work out with weights.  More to the point, most of whom could not work out with weights because of the inadequacy of resistance training equipment for their levels of strength.

The fact that She-Hulk is almost ALWAYS undermuscled does not particularly offend me; what offends me is that her cousin, who got his strength from the same source, has grown muscles while she has not.  Equity would be a nice switch, although I don't see it as likely.

Similarly, if women don't gain huge muscles from gaining super-strength, I see no reason that males ought to.  The fact that they do can really only be attributed to the artists' and audiences' biases.

As to mainstream femuscular characters, there aren't really any that go beyond fitness-level athleticism, with the exception of the She-Hulk in a couple different (and short-lived) incarnations.  Wonder Woman has (rarely) been portrayed in her regular series as having respectable biceps and, occasionally, even quads, but it's pretty unusual.

Typically, the thing that comic-book women are least unlikely to have is some decent definition in their abs, possibly decent delts (needed to support the bionic chests they all seem to have?), and (shock!) great glutes.

Which is all really just a long-winded way of saying that I concede the point…

[SheMuscleLover]

The fact that She-Hulk is almost ALWAYS undermuscled does not particularly offend me; what offends me is that her cousin, who got his strength from the same source, has grown muscles while she has not.  Equity would be a nice switch, although I don't see it as likely.

And now, in rebuttal of this, I give you Mr. Comic Book Editor.

"A woman with big muscles? That can never happen… if women start looking strong, then they can't be sexy and attract fanboys with their giant breasts and asses, coaxing the fan into buying the comic and giving us their money. If women grow muscles and attitudes instead of being vapid fanservice, they'll just start looking like men and anyone can tell you that fanboys who are attracted to women who look masculine are obviously gay, since that means they secretly like men.  Now excuse me, I have to go turn She-Hulk into a skinny green bimbo before approving the latest Wolverine comic where he appears naked and sweat-shiny for three pages."

Ow… I think my sarcasm gland just cramped.

[cpbell0033944]

Ow… I think my sarcasm gland just cramped.

I feel your pain. 😉

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