Tomboy Mandalorian
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Tomboy Mandalorian refers to a fan-made large-breasted tomboy character Rahab created by artist @DeputyRustArt loosely based on a female Mandalorian character from The Mandalorian television series. As the fan art became viral, multiple Twitter artists contributed their versions of the character in mid-November 2020.
Origin
On November 13th, 2020, episode three "Chapter 11: The Heiress" of season two of the television series The Mandalorian premiered.[1] In the episode, the design of female Mandalorian armor is shown, with its breastplate including the so-called "boob armor" element. On November 14th, 2020, feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian tweeted[2] a still image from the episode featuring characters Bo-Katan Kryze and Koska Reeves both wearing the armor, writing "Lady Mandalorian’s have boob armour? Oh come on seriously." The post received over 250 retweets, 3,600 likes and 14,200 replies.
On November 15th, artist @DeputyRustArt tweeted[3] that Sarkeesian's post gave him an idea for making an art of "Tig biddy tomboy mandalorian" (shown below, left) Later on the same day, @DeputyRustArt tweeted[4] an artwork of a large-breasted tomboy Mandalorian warrior loosely based on the design of Koska Reeves (shown below, right). The tweet received over 6,800 retweets and 49,400 likes in three days.
Spread
Later on November 15th, @DeputyRustArt gave the character a name, Rahab,[5] as well as provided other artists permission to draw the character.[6] On November 16th, @DeputyRustArt tweeted[7][8] a reference sheet for the character, as well as an art of her Jedi boyfriend Sahab (shown below, left and right).
Following the viral spread of @DeputyRustArt's artwork, multiple artists on Twitter posted their own versions of the fan-made character. For example, on November 15th Twitter[9] user @ridolaster posted a fan art that received over 510 retweets and 3,600 likes in three days (shown below, left). On November 16th, Twitter[10] user @ProxyXAimee posted a fan art that gained over 150 retweets and 1,300 likes in two days (shown below, right).
In the following days, the character gained significant popularity as a subject of fan arts and memes on Twitter, with multiple viral examples posted.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Chapter 11: The Heiress
[2] Twitter – @anitasarkeesian
[3] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[4] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[5] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[6] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[7] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[8] Twitter – @DeputyRustArt
[9] Twitter – @ridolmaster
[10] Twitter – @ProxyXAimee
