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Heart of Cultivation - Appearance poll (Patreon)

Published:
2020-04-18 23:16:53
Imported:
2021-08

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A few people have noted that the first chapter was light on character descriptions. That was 90% because I like to ease description in so that it feels natural, but 10% of it was because I'm torn on how people should look in general. I also haven't tried out Patreon's polling functionality before, so this seemed like a good opportunity.

I basically see two ways to go:

"Airbrushed East Asian" - this is what you typically get in a translated CN. People are markedly Asian, but their appearance as described usually doesn't match any real Asian person other than maybe K-pop stars in their publicity photos. Everybody has black hair.

"Anime race" - this is what you often see in Manhua/Manhwa/Manga adaptations. Everybody is vaguely Caucasian, but both hair and eyes can be any color of the rainbow.

Practically speaking, the first option is arguably more authentic while the second lets me play around with hair colors. I could go either way, so I thought I'd see what you all think. 

If the vote is at all close, I will be swayed by persuasive comments. Also, please leave a comment to explain what you mean if you vote "Other."

Comments

Shelwyn

Everyone should resemble a piece of jade.

Kryto

With porcelain white skin eh?

Anonymous

I prefer fantasy Chinese people to have black (or brown) hair, personally, though eye color can be really up in the air.

nyt

First is harder on you to describe and distinguish and harder for the reader to imagine; requires more visual descriptives/cues and verbal idiosyncrasies; and authenticity isn't a big selling point anyway. However, the rainbow of colors in anime is too random in a non-cosmetically-obsessed society - I feel like it demands background worldbuilding fleshing out each "flavor".

Benjamin Hower

You gotta have blue hair, to revive an old meme.

jacobk
>>35464953

Pretty much. I usually lean towards more impressionistic kind of descriptions rather than photo realism, so the stakes are a lot lower here than they would be for a manga. Basically whether a different hair color connotes that somebody is from a different family or a different country.

Anonymous

If you are doing Xianxia, might as well do its aesthetic too. Besides Air Brushed East Asian, a typical visual cue in Xianxia is clothing since everyone has the same hair and eye colour. Orthodox ("lawful") characters dress simply; if they are part of a Sect they wear the standard uniform. Unorthodox ("chaotic") people wear the uniform but they accessorize. Think of the Shinigami Captains from Bleach. Heroes tends to dress conservatively, even unorthodox ones, and often their outfit is evocative of their teacher (if not Sect) as a token of respect. Villains dress provocatively and often in unconventional ways.