Building a better Alphinaud

[CrownySuccubus]

I'm mostly concerned with the Japanese, European and American takes on what 'classically handsome' and 'ruggedly handsome' mean rather than what it means based on obscure cultures or different time periods.

Pretty sure the Japanese notion of "classically handsome" is pretty much exactly what we're getting. Japan has usually considered men with lean figures, fashionable dress and well-kempt hair to be their ideal of handsomeness. Likewise, even somewhere as broad "Europe" has often considered soft features as handsome. Adonis in Classical myth has often been held as the pinnacle of male beauty, and even looking into Norse and Celtic myth, we have Balder and Cuchulain, who are often praised for their youthful looks and beauty.

Those who want to hyper focus on that sort of thing and push for it are more than welcome to do so. I'm sure most people are well aware of what I mean when requesting for at least one of our close companions to look like Gladio, Basch, Jecht or Snow. I find the general aesthetics and character design to be far more agreeable in FFVIIR and many of the more recent and modern single player titles, personally.

I mean, sure. There can always be more variety (and less white hair), but this doesn't change the fact that Urianger, Thancred and Estinien have widely different types of features and facial hair.

As for the final role quest, it's a step in the right direction but it's hidden away in side content locked behind yet more side content and that sort of dynamic is rarely present in the MSQ's which makes up the meat of the game. It also didn't really commit to actually having diverse viewpoints since it honed in on the very one that the protagonists would benefit from and support the most.

There's surface level disagreement but when all is said and done they end up doing whatever Alphinaud desires in the end. Which, I suspect, is a major contributing factor to the reasoning behind this thread.

All of this has been explained many times before, though, from what I recall. So if you want to agree to disagree, then that's perfectly fine.

Again, what this sounds like basically creating conflict against the protagonists for no real reason.

And sure. Agree to disagree if you like.