True. But Weltall, she's sewn up the sleeves, it's a wash, right? :D
I was purely discussing design and author's style, the intent behind is what sparked the conversation.
Dear beelzebub. Have we now gotten to the point where we are being too mean to you when you refuse to acknowledge any legit points made to you? You act like "that's just the way he/she draws them" is a good defense. It's not.
That's really mature.
I came across this on a friend's facebook feed and I think it's a sobering reminder of just how foreign *actual* sexualization of male characters is to us in mainstream media. The idea of something like this appearing in a AAA game is absolutely bonkers.
To illustrate the issue with Lyn, I made a comparison image, with both designs at the exact same height side to side:
Left is classic, right is new. Note the huge head size difference, beyond the obvious bust size increase and "crossed arms boob tray" pose. It's hilarious because as you scroll down, they seem to be in entirely different sizes / zoom levels, until you scroll past the legs.
Edit: Here's a crop of the top part of the image to better see what I mean:
I'm not sure I understand the relevance. Do you think high heels and metal thongs are comfortable?
Im not sure ive ever played a game with a metal thong but heels are stupid for action scenes unless your riding a horse than your fine.
Let's get a few things straight:
You literally said you don't think there is anything wrong with the bigger eyes on the fem MC "because that's the way she always draws them". That's about one of the laziest & worst defenses of these types of things. Something isn't beyond criticism just because that's the way it has always been done or because others do it too. And absolutely no one has made any argument that FE Houses fem MC is some kind of sexualized child. Clearly they were talking more generally about the combination of big eyes (which IS infantilizing to some degree or the other) and sexualization that too often go hand in hand as just an example of where child-like big eyes go too far (though with convenient examples from the awful FE heroes to show that Fire Emblem as a franchise isn't beyond that kind of creepy stuff).
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Well that too. I was also commenting on the face design as well, but the discussion so far has already done a better job of pointing out the issues in their difference.
This eye/size and infantilization talk is reminding me a lot of how they changed Phos' appearance and attitude after some significant events in Land of the Lustrous
And they absolutely used this to signify they have a new outlook and is a generally more mature person
though i'm not 100% how accurate that is to the show as i think thats fanart so there may be some other liberties taken, but its pretty close
You still dont get it. I'll say it again. This isnt about you. Regardless of how many metal thongs you can summon to your mind from games you've played, it's a longstanding staple of male nerd culture. I shouldnt need to give you examples for you to take it seriously.
No idea why you're trying to litigate sexualization of penis outlines. Also I found your phrasing a bit confusing so I'm not sure what the second sentence is about.
Regardless of what men and women find arousing, men are not sexualized the way that women are. It's not because of what women find arousing, it's because of what men arent comfortable with, and the lack of women actually designing/writing these kinds of things.
The outfit in that picture is not a female outfit on a male character. It is a male outfit, and the fact that it's so sexualized that you dont even recognize it as anything other than a female outfit drives my point home perfectly. Not sure what you're missing.
You mean a typical "fanservice"-type of sexualized outfit wouldn't be comfortable to wear IRL? No way!
And yet both are incredibly common staples of female sexualization. That they are stupid and uncomfortable is precisely one of the reasons we hate them...
...Of course it does...
lol really...
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(I removed the blushie crushie from her nose too)
So it's an adult then? Her hips are as wide as the adult diagram.
Six anime heads tall. Look at how large an anime head is in comparison to the heads of realistic humans you presented.
Titania is a good character yes. However you have to keep note that the style of the artist that drew this was more anime than what you are showing. Fire Emblem is like a more mature kind of setting whereas anime is cartoonish with weird proportions such as the head.Compare/contrast:
nothing about this says adult. Not the clothing, not the body proportions, not the oversized eyes, not the lack of age lines, not the childish face she's making, not the youthful haircut. Her hips, maybe, but literally everything else says preteen or early teens.Huh?
I don't really see how.
This doesn't actually look that bad, and I'm surprised that it won't be an option. Some people like playing as younger guys after all (or at least younger looking ones).
I'd chill with the disrespect to the artist. Criticisms are fine but no need to do that tbh.
There are huge die hard fans of Phantasy Star in here and like the way the series is going forwardand so I figure y'all would like this:/s
Gene is one of the main protagonists from PSO2es and is featured in other PS games
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I'm not disrespecting your artist. It's clear that they want to draw a pervy childish illustration. You don't accidentally make an adult look prepubescent. And if that's what the artist wants to draw, that's what they want to draw. It's up to you to decide if you want this perv representing you or not.
Don't come in here and ask for our opinions if you're gonna just be mad about them.
