BBBB, A New Book, and Cynical Styles

I have now read two stories---possibly by the same author---that are driven by time travel.  The time travel is a crucial feature in the stories, but they also contain lots of---what some of my friends call---magical reality.  Let me give you an outline of the plot, to illustrate.

A war champion from the middle ages is about to complete a secret mission to destroy an enemy, but is magically transported to the present day.  Once she is in, let that us say, NYC of 2015, she is taken into the home of a friendly historian, where she learns that, many centuries ago, a particular skirmish went the wrong way.  She befriends a powerful magician, who returns her to the precise place, and point in time from where she was brought forward, but she's now armed with new skills and information that enable her to make things turn out differently.

There are lots of logical problems with these sorts of stories, but they're fun to read.  Furthermore, they acquaint us with little-known characters from the past.

Now for my gripe with BBBB: big-breasted blonde blue-eyed girls.

Behind the fetishes of some artists (let's not even talk about AI for this post), is the fact that modern fashions are cynical in their very nature.

I first came to notice the phenomenon that I'm trying to describe some decades ago.  In the past, those of us who wear bras were anxious to keep the bra-straps hidden.  We basically had to constantly push them into our tops.  A few years later, they began to sell blouses that were designed so that the bra-straps were quite visible.  Of course, some gals kept fiddling with their bra-straps just to draw attention to them.  Soon, though, 'strappy' outfits were invented, with many more straps than the garment actually needed, because it was observed that guys found straps that went over the shoulder very sexy.  Of course, what guys find sexy is what (clothing manufacturers think, or know) women want to wear!

I have to confess that I too, to some extent, feel a certain thrill when a girl's bra is visible.  But it just feels wrong when girls intentionally wear a translucent blouse, designed to show off a lacy bra beneath.

To top it all, girls tend to scowl at anyone they catch eyeing the more salacious features of their costume.  The message is: yes, I'm dressing sexy, but it's not for you.

Kay