Also, speaking of DAT ASS, we got a pretty much 100% equivalent fanservice shot of Steve from the back in those thin workout pants when he was working on the heavy bag. (Not that I have spent a lot of time looking at this animated gif or anything.)
(ETA to actually post a link instead of the .gif itself, heh)
Also to go back to what you said in the original post: There was no point in the plot where she was called on to seduce someone, unless you count the vague implication that she was dressed for a dinner party in her opening scene, which I do not.
Seriously, how can you think her "sexiness" was her power in that scene? Unless you weren't paying attention to the words actually coming out of her mouth? The plan wasn't "Seduce the General, get the information, oops that went wrong, now I'm tied to a chair, noes! Well, I'll use Plan B which is psychological manipulation." The plan ALL ALONG was "Get the guys to underestimate me and think I'm just a dumb sexy redhead who is here to sex the answers out of them, and then once I'm tied to a chair AS IS MY PLAN, use my toughness and resilience and LOKI-LEVEL psychological sneakiness to manipulate the answers out of them while they THINK they've got the upper hand." Complete trope reversal! And with no sexy "rolling my stockings up my legs and spraying perfume on my boobies and the long pan up my body as I step into the room" or any other similar types of shots. Just badassery. I'm all for that.
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Date: 2012-05-06 08:16 pm (UTC)(ETA to actually post a link instead of the .gif itself, heh)
Also to go back to what you said in the original post: There was no point in the plot where she was called on to seduce someone, unless you count the vague implication that she was dressed for a dinner party in her opening scene, which I do not.
Seriously, how can you think her "sexiness" was her power in that scene? Unless you weren't paying attention to the words actually coming out of her mouth? The plan wasn't "Seduce the General, get the information, oops that went wrong, now I'm tied to a chair, noes! Well, I'll use Plan B which is psychological manipulation." The plan ALL ALONG was "Get the guys to underestimate me and think I'm just a dumb sexy redhead who is here to sex the answers out of them, and then once I'm tied to a chair AS IS MY PLAN, use my toughness and resilience and LOKI-LEVEL psychological sneakiness to manipulate the answers out of them while they THINK they've got the upper hand." Complete trope reversal! And with no sexy "rolling my stockings up my legs and spraying perfume on my boobies and the long pan up my body as I step into the room" or any other similar types of shots. Just badassery. I'm all for that.