Thread: Butt is flat again... Patch 5.15

Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

It’s meant to mean that the butts in this game are as flat as pancakes. Not that they’re literally pancake-shaped. It’s a metaphor.

If they were "as flat as pancakes" they would be literally pancake-shaped with respect to flatness. It's not a metaphor, it's an exaggeration. It's fine to exaggerate once in a while for effect but people say it (along with the Hank Hill exaggeration) so often and matter of factly, it seems they believe it literally.

Originally Posted by MsQi

If they were "as flat as pancakes" they would be literally pancake-shaped with respect to flatness. It's not a metaphor, it's an exaggeration. It's fine to exaggerate once in a while for effect but people say it (along with the Hank Hill exaggeration) so often and matter of factly, it seems they believe it literally.

It’s a metaphor to say that the butts in this game are pancakes. A metaphor is a direct comparison of two things; and this metaphor is hardly an exaggeration. They are extremely flat, and it makes female models with any bust size that’s not as equally flat disproportional and top-heavy. Some of the “larger” female races like Roegadyns and Highlanders are particularly egregious because the body proportions are so off. More “petite” races like Miqo’te and Au Ra can somewhat get away with it, but it’s still there and noticeable. I’ve thought the butts were flat literally the minute I started playing this game—before reading all the hubbub about it on forums.