Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[lilirulu]

Emotional Attachments can be formed in an instant though and having them form very quickly isn't something that's uncommon. It could be there beauty attracts people and almost instantly they want to protect them. For an example; You see a gorgeous horse and you'd hate to see something bad happen to it. So, if it did run into trouble you'd run in to try to protect it.

And even then I really don't think we can use that or any fan translation as a basis for any argument unless we get official word from SE saying "this is what he said" because we've gotten three very different translations for it and don't really have any way of saying for sure which is right unless we get actual official, and in english, confirmation. The only actual confirmation we definitely have from SE in regards to the design process of Au Ra is that they are "elegant and mysterious"(x).

Yoshi-P probably (if that was what he was saying) wasn't defending the design to you, me, or anyone one the forums (maybe...) but to the plethora of people who have called him and the devs everything but their names in regards to the female Au Ra. Which, honestly, was a good chance probably mostly coming from Tumblr.

[Samcaesar]

I really doubt SE gives a damn or looks at Tumblr considering how it's a really American platform and there's really no way for their to be a "unifed opinion" as the tagging system is horrid and most people don't bother messing with things that they dislike on it. From what I've seen, just like any other site, it's a bunch of mixed reactions to it. I don't feel it's really fair to call out a social media platform for anything in specific >_>

Aaanyways



This is about as close as I could get to a tough look without giving her the "Constantly pissed" furrowed eyes look. I just wish I could crank her height up to 7' ;~;

[Iromi]

I really doubt SE gives a damn or looks at Tumblr considering how it's a really American platform and there's really no way for their to be a "unifed opinion" as the tagging system is horrid and most people don't bother messing with things that they dislike on it. From what I've seen, just like any other site, it's a bunch of mixed reactions to it. I don't feel it's really fair to call out a social media platform for anything in specific >_>

Aaanyways



This is about as close as I could get to a tough look without giving her the "Constantly pissed" furrowed eyes look. I just wish I could crank her height up to 7' ;~;

I think she looks tough Good job! Also, I don't mind their body language so far, the emotes look cute and everything about the female au ra has drawn me to them. Wish we could preview more of the emotes in the benchmark creator lol

[lilirulu]

I think the reveal trailer for the Au Ra showed off more of their emotes then the benchmark does but I have no clue where you'd find that at.

Edit: Well asides from checking the official youtube but I can't get YT to load right now on my PC. If I do in the next bit I'll check.

[Iromi]

I think the reveal trailer for the Au Ra showed off more of their emotes then the benchmark does but I have no clue where you'd find that at.

Edit: Well asides from checking the official youtube but I can't get YT to load right now on my PC. If I do in the next bit I'll check.

Thanks I think I remember the video...was it when they first showed the race? Gonna see if I can dig it up too :3

[Reinhart]

I think the reveal trailer for the Au Ra showed off more of their emotes then the benchmark does but I have no clue where you'd find that at.

Edit: Well asides from checking the official youtube but I can't get YT to load right now on my PC. If I do in the next bit I'll check.

I think this video is the one you're talking about?

[NecraMancie]

While this is nice and all... I STILL WANT LONGER TAILS FOR WOMEN AU RA!

[Cilia]

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You're basically proving my point for me, lol.

What you're describing is not emotional attachment. That takes time to form and cement. What you're describing is protective instinct, which is basically what moé runs on. Emotional attachment is when you're personally invested in something, emotionally, so you don't want things to turn out badly or see someone get hurt. Protective instinct can be triggered, usually by appearances of innocence and youth. Babies and young children typically trigger it in people, which is why moé show protagonists are often cute girls who still have child-like proportions even if they're supposed to be teenage or adult. It's a subtle difference, but clear as day if you can see it.

Emotional attachment is more along the lines of "How emotionally devastated will I be if I lose / fail to protect this?"
Protective instinct is more along the lines of "This is cute / innocent / pretty (etc) so I have to protect it!"

You did do the assigned homework, did you not?

While it might not be the wisest idea to run on fan-translated interviews, a lot of that kind of media isn't translated into English or any other language. All three of the magazines that have the interviews from Yoshi-P (Gamewatch, Dengeki, and Famitsu) aren't officially translated or released internationally. Relying on fan translations is dodgy, but it's all we really have.

Ehh, Tumblerites can go bugger off. I don't really touch social media, and I doubt anyone really takes much of what anyone on sites like Tumblr says seriously.

[Kaiser-Ace]

The soul exception being people like me IRL who simply don't want harm to come to people weather I know them or not.

So that "Moe factor" doesn't effect people with a natural protective instinct. Guess though psychologically, that's probably why I fail to see what's apparently so obscenely cutesy about the Auri women as well.

[Samcaesar]

While this is nice and all... I STILL WANT LONGER TAILS FOR WOMEN AU RA!

Longer tails.. Horns not locked to the face.. Greater height range.. I wouldn't mind a lot of things for girl Au Ra >.>