#conventionally attractive is boring

[eleiyaumei]

Not all Love Interests do have to look conventionally attractive.

or:

Stop portraying people wearing glasses as unattractive!!!

7′Scarlet: states several times that the glasses-and-haori-wearing Toa with the messy hair is his “true self” and that he feels most comfortable in that look

Also 7′Scarlet: spends a majority of Toa’s routes portraying him in his idol look and has 70 (normal route) to 80% (both routes) of his CGs be in that look

On top of that: Toa is extremely short-sighted, needs his glasses and can’t wear contacts so him taking off his glasses all the time is inconvenient and stupid.

(Also, the “real” Toa seems neurodivergent(-coded) and I interpret his idol persona to be similar to or the equivalent of masking but maybe I’m just projecting ^^’)

Proof/CG spoilers below the cut.

Above: CGs of Toa’s normal route.

Below: CGs of Toa’s normal and true routes.

BTW: Before playing his true route, the CG gallery had his original look on the right side. I’m soo mad that it got replaced by his idol look -.-* T_T

[fae-morrigan]

Y'know, I see a lot of people argue that like, Jay is ugly. Why does Jon like him? And I've made it clear I disagree, because, like, cmon:

That is OBJECTIVELY a handsome man, and I'm a lesbian, lmao.

But like. If he was. ... So?

I actually think it's pretty cool that DC was like, yeah, Superman fell in love with a guy who cuts his own hair with dull scissors and dresses like oscar the grouch. He's a little weird to look at, maybe he's not the most conventionally attractive dude, but SUPERMAN found him wonderful and wanted to kiss him on the mouth.

That's... great? Like that's great. There's no universe where that reading of the text isn't awesome and empowering. Queer love should transcend looks and social status, and a huge part of queerness is finding beauty in the 'odd', anyways.

[tri-punisher]

keep questioning why there are no fat people in any cast of characters by the way, be it in games or movies or anime or whatever. the absence of fatness gets harder and harder and harder to ignore once you start looking for it, especially when you think about how many fat people you see every day. why is skinny ALWAYS the default when it comes to character design. why aren’t you giving these characters varied body types that actually suit their professions ages and lived experiences. why is the only fat character in the entire cast a fucking VILLAIN. why is fatness synonymous with greed and corruption. how come you can render all these incredible pieces of art in mind blowing detail but there exists ZERO fucking fat people in your ENTIRE CATALOGUE. boring boring boring boring BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[moongothic]

Seen at least one (1) person complain about Crocodile losing his "unique faceshape" (now having the same facial structure that 90% of OP men have) after episode 1086 came out and like

To be fair, yes, the shape of his head HAS changed since his first appearance in The Year 2000. The thing is, Toei's latest Crocodile Offering is frankly more in-line with how Oda drew Crocodile during Impel Down and Marineford than ever before. Like yeah he looks different, but this change isn't new

But that comment really did make me think about how FUNNY it is just how different Croc really looks from his first appearance, like. The evolution in how Oda draws the bastard is so facinating to me

These are from chapters 155, 160 and 205 respectively.

No massive changes happening here in the middle of the arc, but you can kinda tell that Oda was definitely still figuring out how this asshole was supposed to look as he got further into the Alabasta (which is perfectly normal), which just makes That First Appearance look even funnier with time because. Who the fuck is that lmaooo

But then we get to see him briefly during Miss Goldenweek's cover story, this being from the cover of chapter 413! All things considdered, bastard hasn't changed that much, still looks pretty much the same as in Alabasta. His head is maybe a little less elongated than before but still, chin is quite pointy still

And now we're in Impel Down at chapter 540. Again, dude looks about the same as he did before...

But it really doesn't take long for Oda to start reshaping this bastard's entire head at this point

Chapters 544, 546, 578, and cover of chapter 584

The chin is easily the most obvious part, but you can tell Oda kind of defaulted to giving him that same ol' evenly square-ish head most his conventionally attractive characters have during these story arcs (instead of the elongated shape he originally had).

And then we have the latest appearances, from 1082 and 1100

I do feel like comparing these to what's come before would be a little unfair considdering his health and eyesight and how those affect the artwork itself, but. They're there, for comparison's sake

But the point is still there. Crocodile's face shape has changed since his first appearance, but it's not like Toei was behind that, the change was (mostly) gradual and from Oda himself. And it mostly happened in 2008, so it's not new by any means either

So really, all Toei did was just update his character model because ⬆️ is more accurate than ⬇️ for One Piece right now

Regardless. The sheer difference between the two is hysterical to me

[venndaai]

they were insane for this

[starrysharks]

every art critic, teacher or tutorial maker who tells you that your character designs must be conventionally attractive or appealing is a big fat liar

[mirandaputsherbestbuttforward]

anyway sorry my Rook is hot, send tweet

[ultrasopp]

Constantly fighting between trying to act So Normal and Casual about tog Oh yes ive heard of it haha yeah its okay VS i am thinking big thoughts about it all the time vibrating shaking foaming at the mouth bark bark bark rabies

Anyway the hill im dying on today is once again. Why is mr 1069 always depicted baby cheek smooth fresh shaved while crossing the ural mountains on foot in the year of our lord 1306. Not just him actually why are they all depicted as models. Make them uglier make them unconventional make them human

[sampilled]

I’m not attracted to Sam, he is my muse. Big difference

[museofvoid]

In honor of asexuality awareness day I think we should all throw rocks at this man for genuinely making me question my sexuality for a while there

[breathofthewildyaverage]

Decided I needed to make more oc’s (I only have three leave me alone) so I made a Witch

Her name’s Celine and she’s actually a redesign of my old one because she was ugly and doesn’t deserve life so I redid it

The crystal ball is cracked cause she hits people on the head with it

[multi-lefaiye]

not convinced that a lot of the people horny on main on nexusmods about astarion even find his design attractive.

all these mods to smooth out his wrinkles and make him look younger and make hin look more anime and change his design until he's unrecognizable. do you ever get tired

[paras-atashnak]

everyone’s extreme thirst for tucker is already a bit perplexing for me personally but even more so when you consider matt is right there… but maybe that’s just me

[naptimeclown]

My partner is considering taking a manicurist course at the nearby community college. I think this would be really cool since he seems passionate about it and I'd love to see him get into something he cares a lot about. The only reason he is unsure about it is because he believes no one will want to have their nails done by a brick wall sized man. I don't entirely know how to word my feelings about this. I don't want to dismiss his concerns because I see how it could be difficult for men in cosmetology fields, judgement wise, especially if they themselves aren't conventionally attractive. But I also don't think he would just never have any clients.

[p-inkbrush]

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[lyinginthesnow]

Matsson really sat down with Shiv and confessed to having sent multiple litres of his blood to his ex girlfriend, only to have Shiv describe him as “boring”