ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

@pianotm: That's cool, then. For the record, I never tried to justify those drawings. If anything, the point I was trying to make earlier on this thread is that those were just the work of horny fan-artists. Actual game developers working on an adaptation of the game would know better than to stray away from Squall's character to design her appearance (or at least one hopes so).

@Corfaisus: Quick question: How is that flame-baiting? I was talking strictly about fictional characters, and he retaliates with tales about failings in the judicial system, reproaches about Mr_D's attitude, religious dogma, and whatnot. If there's a relation between all those topics and anything I said (which is debatable) it is a loose one. Hence my wording: "little to nothing".

Edit: @Slashphoenix: I understand that. And I hope you know I understand that. You and I have discussed this countless times before.

Why do you do this? It's weird.

Anyway. If your walls are four tiles tall near the south entrance, I think they should be four tiles tall everywhere else. This may help with that "elevation weirdness" feeling. Also, you could edit the ground tiles so they look like this. Notice how the levels gradually become darker? This creates a nice effect of depth that could help players 'read' your map better.

Gentlemen how do you feel about being sexualized like that?

Nothing. Probably because 1) I'm not a prude (Is that the word I'm looking for?). How a character is depicted makes me think no more or less of them, or of their authors for that matter. I find it's way more reasonable to simply evaluate the 'character' of a work as a whole and determine if it is the right thing for me - if it's a work I would enjoy. And if it's not, simply seek for alternatives, or decide if I want to indulge on it anyway despite it's shortcomings (We've all done this). ...For the record, criticism is always valid. But you know, "keep it real, yo!"

And 2) No one is "sexualizing" ME. They're sexualizing a fictional character. Idk, I just don't get how people see themselves "represented" in media... Let's say your name is Alex, and you see a character named Alex doing something that you disapprove of. You don't go: "For shame! We Alexs are not like that!" do you? Then why do people do this when it's their gender, ethnicity, etc. that loosely links them to a character? Because unless you have evidence this was the author's INTENT (and I think is very easy to spot propagandistic stuff) your concerns are misplaced. You're a fully-fledged human being. And that character was never meant to come even close to what you are.

"But HISTORY/SOCIETY!" ...Ok, sure. But I mean, let's help break the cycle. Just looking at things a bit more objectively can do wonders.

See? This is what happens when you go crazy with the filters. This image looks like is the result of compression degradation. xD

@Sooz: I dunno. If you're going for 'humor', seeing somebody running around on their underwear seems to be enough. Or maybe trying to cover themselves with their hands -if they don't need to fight back or anything- ...that would be quite interesting to animate, actually.
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Anyway, if "gratuitousness" is a factor, then Alex gets Oppai seems fairly gratuitous to me (even if innocuous); The game could very well be about catching vegetables and it wouldn't be any less fun. And just you wait until someone takes notice of it and goes all "objectificashun!" and whatnot. I mean, disembodied breasts? Really? ...But hey, at least they're covered. xD