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14 years ago
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I should start out this journal entry by saying that Nicoya the character is manly. He's so delightfully manly that his manliness cannot be eroded by doing non-manly things, such as dressing in women's swimwear, or even being transformed into a woman, twice.
A while ago I came up with the idea of getting Nico drawn as an end-boss of a 16-bit side-scroller game. I thought it appropriate for his demonically tentacular nature, as well as my love of video games and the art style of that era. At some point, when I stumble upon a suitable opportunity, I may yet bring this idea to life.
However, in the mean time, kuroseishin posted a journal suggesting (and offering commissions for, go buy some) dressing up male characters in the ridiculous costumes that some female game characters are seen in. It occurred to me that this is a rather fabulous idea, and quite fitting of Nicoya's character, but then I came to a bit of a road block when I started pondering what character I might imagine dressing Nico up as.
First off, the criteria. 1: It has to be distinctive and recognizable. 2: It has to maintain its femininity when fitted to a male figure. 3: It has to look good.
So, suggestions? Here's a few I've thought over.
Lara Croft: Perhaps the obvious first choice, being the unfortunate poster girl for female game characters. Unfortunately her outfit is basically just a tank top and shorts, which loses its femininity on a male figure.
Morrigan/Lilith from Darkstalkers, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and most fighting game women: Morrigan and Lilith have fantastic designs that would seem to be suitable, but their costumes, as well as Chun-Li's and many other fighting game females have the hips of their leotards/dresses/whatever cut far too high, which I've always found intensely unattractive. If it weren't for that flaw, they'd be much stronger contenders. (cutting the hip "above the fold" tends to make the thighs look amazonian to my eye)
Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2: The costume design meets all the criteria; it's really fantastic, but I'm not sure it would have broad recognition.
Princess Daisy from the Super Mario series: I've always preferred Daisy to Peach for some reason. Her costume is absurd in its princessly impracticality, but it somewhat plain compared to more complex, absurd designs.
Princess Zelda: Like Daisy, it scores highly on the royal impracticality scale, but falls short of the absurdly female angle.
Zero Suit Samus: Ok, I have to admit I like Zero Suit Samus a lot, but sadly when transplanted to a male figure it just becomes a plain blue catsuit.
Regular Samus: It's a trap. Kinda defeats the purpose.
Felicia from Darkstalkers: It would seem an obvious choice. It's maxed out on the absurdity scale, obviously feminine on any figure, and highly recognizable. However, Nicoya is already a cat, and oddly I've just never liked the design of her costume. That probably makes me some sort of furry heretic, but there you go.
Krystal from Starfox: Perhaps the first female character any proper furry would think of. However, I feel like her Dinosaur Planet outfit is a bit overdone, and her Starfox: Assault outfit suffers from the same problem as Zero Suit Samus. (random aside: it does amuse me that searching for "krystal starfox" on google images results in about 1/3 furry porn)
Renamon from Digimon: The other furry staple. However, she doesn't really wear much of anything, so she doesn't make for good costume fodder.
I'm honestly having trouble thinking of more. Part of the problem was I was never a console gamer as a kid, so I missed out on a lot of the female characters that featured more heavily on that side of the spectrum.
A while ago I came up with the idea of getting Nico drawn as an end-boss of a 16-bit side-scroller game. I thought it appropriate for his demonically tentacular nature, as well as my love of video games and the art style of that era. At some point, when I stumble upon a suitable opportunity, I may yet bring this idea to life.
However, in the mean time, kuroseishin posted a journal suggesting (and offering commissions for, go buy some) dressing up male characters in the ridiculous costumes that some female game characters are seen in. It occurred to me that this is a rather fabulous idea, and quite fitting of Nicoya's character, but then I came to a bit of a road block when I started pondering what character I might imagine dressing Nico up as.
First off, the criteria. 1: It has to be distinctive and recognizable. 2: It has to maintain its femininity when fitted to a male figure. 3: It has to look good.
So, suggestions? Here's a few I've thought over.
Lara Croft: Perhaps the obvious first choice, being the unfortunate poster girl for female game characters. Unfortunately her outfit is basically just a tank top and shorts, which loses its femininity on a male figure.
Morrigan/Lilith from Darkstalkers, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and most fighting game women: Morrigan and Lilith have fantastic designs that would seem to be suitable, but their costumes, as well as Chun-Li's and many other fighting game females have the hips of their leotards/dresses/whatever cut far too high, which I've always found intensely unattractive. If it weren't for that flaw, they'd be much stronger contenders. (cutting the hip "above the fold" tends to make the thighs look amazonian to my eye)
Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2: The costume design meets all the criteria; it's really fantastic, but I'm not sure it would have broad recognition.
Princess Daisy from the Super Mario series: I've always preferred Daisy to Peach for some reason. Her costume is absurd in its princessly impracticality, but it somewhat plain compared to more complex, absurd designs.
Princess Zelda: Like Daisy, it scores highly on the royal impracticality scale, but falls short of the absurdly female angle.
Zero Suit Samus: Ok, I have to admit I like Zero Suit Samus a lot, but sadly when transplanted to a male figure it just becomes a plain blue catsuit.
Regular Samus: It's a trap. Kinda defeats the purpose.
Felicia from Darkstalkers: It would seem an obvious choice. It's maxed out on the absurdity scale, obviously feminine on any figure, and highly recognizable. However, Nicoya is already a cat, and oddly I've just never liked the design of her costume. That probably makes me some sort of furry heretic, but there you go.
Krystal from Starfox: Perhaps the first female character any proper furry would think of. However, I feel like her Dinosaur Planet outfit is a bit overdone, and her Starfox: Assault outfit suffers from the same problem as Zero Suit Samus. (random aside: it does amuse me that searching for "krystal starfox" on google images results in about 1/3 furry porn)
Renamon from Digimon: The other furry staple. However, she doesn't really wear much of anything, so she doesn't make for good costume fodder.
I'm honestly having trouble thinking of more. Part of the problem was I was never a console gamer as a kid, so I missed out on a lot of the female characters that featured more heavily on that side of the spectrum.
