I'm a mixed guy myself (Slavic Jew and Hispanic) so I'm either super goddamn pale or fairly dark depending on how much I get out of the house during any given season.
My character's tend to have skin on the darker side of the spectrum for much the same reason as Ette, at the end of the day. I'm interested in exploring things that aren't typically portrayed in media for a darker-skinned character. Like being a turbo-nerd, magician, scholar, potential (non-violent) sociopath. That sort of thing. I wanna see more characters that have a depth outside of their "exotic" natures for having a skin-tone that fits a certain stereotype, whatever it may be.
Though I also take into account the region of the world they're supposedly from and that individual character's particular habits. My highlander, for example, wasn't terribly dark-skinned but he was fairly tanned because he lives in the middle of the goddamn desert.Â
Thinking about it, being pale in Ul'dah is probably a sign of obscene wealth and/or privilege. Same with Limsa Lominsa, to a degree.
My character's tend to have skin on the darker side of the spectrum for much the same reason as Ette, at the end of the day. I'm interested in exploring things that aren't typically portrayed in media for a darker-skinned character. Like being a turbo-nerd, magician, scholar, potential (non-violent) sociopath. That sort of thing. I wanna see more characters that have a depth outside of their "exotic" natures for having a skin-tone that fits a certain stereotype, whatever it may be.
Though I also take into account the region of the world they're supposedly from and that individual character's particular habits. My highlander, for example, wasn't terribly dark-skinned but he was fairly tanned because he lives in the middle of the goddamn desert.Â
Thinking about it, being pale in Ul'dah is probably a sign of obscene wealth and/or privilege. Same with Limsa Lominsa, to a degree.
