High Fantasy Nudity

If you're familiar with the world of Warcraft, which is just about as likely as you being familiar with breathing or taking the occasional dump, then you already know about the fact that shape-shifting druids don't wear pants in their animal forms.

This isn't such a big deal in a PG-rated game, what with the obvious lack of genitalia and everything, but it still makes me wonder. Do feral druids ever feel self-conscious? Basically, whenever you prepare to pounce an enemy in cat form, you're flashing your saucy bits at your team mates. Unless you're usually hanging out with a bunch of messed-up furries, they will probably feel offended at best, but it still feels somewhat inappropriate. And what are you gonna do when that cat-druid chick in your group raises her butt in the air to prepare for a massive, deadly leap at some far away foe and suddenly the large, frustrated Tauren warrior yanks her tail, pulls her back and makes her his epic mount?

Maybe druids are just a bit pervy. How different are nature-lovers from naturists, really? Maybe they're into this whole showing off thing. Maybe it's just too damn difficult to put pants on a fucking bear. They put pants on John Goodman, though, so size can't be a problem.
The whole thing might lead to a feud between shammies and druids. A spirit wolf shaman lifting his leg on a tree druid. And since I'm already going there - do Worgen tree druids frequently wet themselves? If Worgen girls lived in Hyboria, how many tits would they have, exactly?

But Azeroth isn't the only place where magical, mystical beings refuse to cover their modesty. Think Norrath, Guardiana and of course ancient Greek mythology. Think centaurs. Those guys look perfectly human all the way down to the waist, but their lower half is that of a horse - four horse legs, horse butt, horse everything.
I've played RPGs like Shining Force, where it's perfectly normal to have a whole lot of those guys in your party. They. Don't. Wear. Pants. Ever. You just googled that game, didn't you? Freak!

Once again, it's probably a bit awkward trying to fit a pair of those on a horse, but doesn't courtesy suggest to at least, you know, cover things up a bit with a blanket or something? Then again... would you even want to cover things up when you're a horse... you know... down there? Maybe centaurs are the real pervs of high fantasy. Heck, I'd probably run around showing it off to everyone. "Yeah, baby! Look at my massive horse dick!" Maybe beat someone to death with it in the arena as a finishing move of sorts.

The whole thing is a bit like poking a dead animal with a stick. Creepy, but strangely fascinating.

-Cat