(09-23-2015, 10:14 AM)Vyce Wrote: 3.)I am attracted to things from a commercial perspective and when it comes to my RP, I tailor my characters physically with features that are commercially attractive. If you know the fashion industry you know the type.
BUT! It's safe to assume that 99% of our characters are also hot. Face claims are always actors and models. In my mind there is no point in saying how attractive or powerful my characters is because A) I know he is and B) Everyone else can assume he is just based on the customization features I chose. My profiles will never describe my characters are "more attractive than" or compare their beauty to something because it looks dumb and beauty is subjective. If he has defining features like a square jaw, or a chiseled body (I wouldn't use that term), sure I'll note it, but I never want to try to state that my character is in an elite class of beauty. I don't know what Eorzea's beauty standard is, or how sexy the average citizen is.
Bolded for emphasis on my point. This is something I actually try to avoid. Most of my characters aren't outright "ugly" but they are certainly not models or maybe even "attractive" in the conventional sense. Two of my oldest, main-est characters, Reilan and Llaine, are both lifetime warriors who bear horrific scars all over their bodies from the trials of war. Reilan may be considered "rugged" for an Elezen and Llaine at the very least not horrid looking but they are both meant to be rough and tumble and certainly far less attractive than the character creator will let me make them look.
