Elyon is the anime type of handsome guy, where they lean more beautiful than rugged. But he's still entirely recognizable as male. Like Sesshomaru or Sephiroth - pretty facial features and long hair, but mannerisms, body and personality don't lean femme. In comparison, the ones we label femboi usually have wide hips/thighs and "cute" facial features with (sometimes) a subby or more demure mannerisms.
Yes, this! Mannerisms can make a massive difference in changing the feel of a character. If I see a guy that looks so sweet sugar wouldn't melt on his tongue, and then he opens his mouth and starts swearing like a sailor, I'm gonna be invested.
I got to admit though, there aren't too many anime guys I actually find attractive, besides types like Alucard (Hellsing) and Sephiroth. I think it's just not a style I generally find physically appealing unless it has a healthy dose of weird/dark mixed in, or an incredibly interesting personality and backstory. IDK.
This reminds me of Hijikata Toshizo (if anyone is familiar with the shinsengumi) he's always portrayed as a pretty boy but he has a really rough way of speaking and a "mean" personality to anyone who wasn't a family/friend.
I don't know of the character, but that's sort of what I mean. Hell, said character could also be quite an asshole to the player's character for a while too, and maybe mix in some unintentional humour or awkwardness so the player is entertained enough not to straight up hate his guts before they get used to him. Then you could bring in some respect in over time, and sex/feelings or whatever, but still keep that from-the-streets authenticity. It annoys me when characters 'change' completely when they're in love or such, and lose everything you liked about them in the first place.
One example I still think of is Blackwall in Dragon Age Inquisition. I was dead-set excited when he had a foul mouth on first meeting him. I saw that as the REAL Blackwall - a guy that was raised rough as guts and made something of himself (but retained that authenticity), hated nobles and had no use for 'correct' speech. But then after he joins the Inquisition he's immediately respectful and different towards your Inquisitor. Now at first that makes sense, cos he wants to be part of this important thing and you outrank him and whatnot, but I was really counting on him to get back to the 'real' him and let down his guard after he and my Inquisitor started to get close. Like a trust thing. I can remember actually feeling envious of the companion conversation he had with Sera, where he actually talked like the thug he was underneath. Ahh it was so disappointing. lol.
My 4chan talk rusty or what. What i was saying is that Brienne is not one of many at all. Integrity away but 99.9% of people will tell you she's the best thing about this game and about Brint
Yeh, I misunderstood what you meant. That being said, you can't set integrity aside because that was my entire point regarding Brint. I honestly don't care/mind if people like Brienne in her own right, but it would have been easy for them to create Brienne as a separate character, without having to 'transform' Brint to do it (and so compromise his integrity), and still keep her as the character that "99.9%" love.
On top of that the fact that now they spend time giving Brienne content while neglecting Brint, and so giving those of us who already have very few options in the way of male characters to pursue (and quality content at that) even less, might tell you why I have a problem.
But none of this would matter if the game didn't set out giving the option to play whatever gender and whatever sexuality the player wanted in the first place. Something that turned out to be highly misleading within a few chapters, by which time we (or I) were already invested - in Brint, especially. It's not that hard to understand that if you compromise one of - if not THE - best male characters (of the few options we have) half of the demographic this game sets out to represent (straight female, gay males) isn't gonna be too thrilled.
EDIT: And yeah, I wouldn't still be hanging on to this game if I didn't still have some sort of hope it might deliver, even partially, in what it set out to do. Maybe I'm just an idiot who can't let go. Probably.
EDIT 2: Edited for clarity. Better clarity anyway. lol.
