Why are amazons portrayed as being larger than humans in the size community?
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I have seen a size chart somebody posted on the internet to ask people how they like the size of their characters and amazons were on the larger side of the chart next to human size. I looked at pictures of amazons from greek mythology from historical images I found on the internet. All of them portrayed amazons as being the same size as humans. Wonder woman is an amazon and she is human sized.
Why is it common for people in this community to portray amazons as larger than humans?
I may have a size that is small, but my will is bigger than you all.
I have a blue sky now btw. Also only feel comfortable with being tiny.
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@TakoAlice8 the Amazon “classification” in the size community is likely just from the modern use of the term “Amazon” outside of the size community. “Amazon” has generally been attributed to not only warrior classes of women, but women who are muscular and also often tall (as in, taller than average and within the realms of realism). I would guess that the more exaggerated heights were a stylistic choice to exaggerate or emphasise the perceived strength and power of the women, which we are all very familiar with.
So it was a natural choice for the size community to adopt to describe a particular preference for their fantasies, i.e. tall, strong, muscular women.
