Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
I dont know if its the art OCD in me or something, but Ive never viewed Lalas as being super 'childlike' in appearance.

Rather, what gives them a childlike feel is the demeanor and emotes they have and how glamour is applied. I say this because of a few reasons. First, the game itself actually gives you examples of children in game. Children of virtually all the races (save Lalas. Maybe Lalas just pop out of the ground). When you look at the features and designs of children in game, they feel more in line with actual child proportions, particularly in relation to the art style of the game as a whole. But when viewing Lalas, they arent. If anything, Lalafells design wise fall outside of the games 'look and feel' from an art standpoint. They still have many features that make them inclusive broadly, but they are drastically different stylistically from every other race.

You can see this because lalas really do come off as exceptionally 'cartoonish' compared to any of the other races. This is also exacerbated by the fact htat Lala's proportions and ratios are childlike only at a very broad sense, but when given actual thought, it becomes pretty apparent. You can tell this by any cutscene where a Lala interacts with children NPCs. Headsize, body ratios, so forth make them stand out drastically in comparison to actual in game children. Again, as I stated above, some of the design aesthetics used Im not exactly fond of. For a point, the Triangle shaped body with no distinction between hips and ribcage. Other aspects are the overly rounded faces, overly miniturized facial features (nose, mouth particularly), and "tall" eyes- Eye shapes that are more vertical than horizontal. These aspects are more of a caricature of child features from the most basic standpoint, but if you saw an actual child with those features, theyd look heavily distorted to you.


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Do you think that the Lalas design is a reason why there aren't too many used in msq cutscenes or just cutscenes in general?Cuz the only Lalafells that has any involvement in the story beside the player's are Papalymo,Tataru,Pipin,Nanamo,Lolorito and Teledji.And you only see Papalymo and Pipin fighting and even then it's only for small scale fights or stuff that involves magic ala the end of Heavensward.But you never see a Lalafell being involved in choreographed fight scenes that involves clashing as those would either involve a Hyur,a miqote or the other similarly proportioned race.

And while I agree with you on waist propotions,those never bothered me much compared to the lack of Lalafell usage in cutscenes