yenquest wrote:Celka's probably not in a lot of arts probably because he's kinda hard to draw. Braids aren't something you normally see in a lot of character creations, let alone a guy at that. His age is probably another factor since many people tends to draw those who are of younger age range (teen to early twenties), or people in their middle age. He seems to be in late twenties.
Personality wise, I'm sure people of Japan prefer those who are of more rebellious nature, and so are people in the US when it comes to fictional characters. I mean, why do popular series always have a problem student be the hero of the story? Why does the rival always turns out to be a misunderstood person with some horrible past? Etc. It's something that many people can relate to, that's why. It is natural for a teen to feel they are not being seen as to who they are, so they have a closer bond to these sort of characters. I'm sure many would agree that there's more bad apples out there irl than there is with good apples. For those who are generally good, I'm can understand why they'd be attracted to kind characters. Genuinely kind folks are few and far in-between these days.
True, bit it's not hard to draw him from the other side, and if it's his age, when why is Sengoku in them? It's EVERYONE but Celka. Now, some just have 2 and the girl MC so that's obviously the artist's favs which is fine, but I've seen at least 4 that are just the boys and Celka is the only one missing.
The reason for that is cause of the audience they're tying to appeal to. Notice in anime the main character usually sits in the 2nd to last row at the window. That's cause the kids the show is going for usually sit there in their school. You also shouldn't say 'always'. That's generalizing a bit too much.
and not only are they few and far between, but they don't last long.
Mila wrote:@Taniyama Mai
I don't think it's that people necessarily dislike Celka, I think it's more like there's only two save slots in the game, so they're trying to be critical and objective and narrow down their choices. For example, I love him! His temperament and personality, from what I have seen so far, really appeal to me, and if this were real life, I'd most definitely choose him as a boyfriend over all the other bachelors, 100%. That being said, I'm probably not going to pursue him in the game, because his personality isn't very interesting to me, because it's very similar to the other bachelors in the previous games that I've married. Some of the other bachelors bring new and interesting twists, such as Allen, who kind of treats you like dirt but then proclaims his undying devotion to you, and Yuri, who starts off incredibly shy but then does all these little things to show that she truly loves you. I think people are just having a hard time deciding who to go for, and who would be most interesting and able to keep their attention long enough to get married, have a child, etc. etc. I agree with you that the whole 'submissive' thing makes no sense, because how can that be assumed just by looking at him? I personally don't see that at all, because who you are in your job doesn't equate who you are in real life (or in this case, the rest of the game XD). So for that I definitely agree with you that some people are maybe being too rash in their judgments. But in terms of the fan art...I mean, it takes time and energy to draw something, so most people usually save that for the characters they really like. When I was younger, I was really obsessed with sailor moon and I constantly drew the sailor scouts. However, I just didn't like Sailor Mercury or Jupiter very much, so I drew them significantly less. It's not because I hated them or thought they were "weak" characters or anything, they just didn't appeal to me as much. I'm not saying what you're thinking is wrong, in fact, I agree with you to an extent, I just think you're blowing some things a little out of proportion.
Back on topic, if nobody posts the CG of Amir until the US release (unlikely, but..), I'll put it up as soon as I can. I'm planning on going for Amir first, since he's my favourite.
That's fine, though it doesn't explain why it's been so long and Celka's pics aren't out yet. I mean, EVERYONE else's is. I may also be a bit touchy since my irl boyfriend is a lot like Celka and seeing the way people treat him is much like how people are treating Celka and Sengoku. Thank you for actually agreeing with me though. At least I can see I'm not out of my mind.
and for art, if they're going to draw ALL the boys, why skip him? I understand drawing only your favs, or only a few, but Celka is missing a lot. At least HAL has my back with this beautiful piece.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php? ... d=25600981 (I also didn't say that the artists think he's anything. I didn't say anything about how the artists feel, I just commented that it's sad to see that he is being left out of art and his pics from the game have yet to come up at all. The only in-game pic I've seen is on the official site!) And I don't think I blew it out of proportion, just that I couldn't get through what I meant and everyone blew it out of proportion.
And to keep this shorter I'll just @ people since I apparently type like a snail.
@EphemeralClemency: "but that you didn't explain yourself well enough." Thanks, I have a disorder that does that. Sorry. Nice art though. I see you found HAL's. Isn't she an amazing artist?
@XxWizardxMollyxX14:
That's what I was thinking. And yea, though Amir's CG is still out.
@yenquest: Purple
Lovely, lovely purple.
