I haven't really developed this thought well, but I think part of what makes the characters in Arcane look so appealing is that they have uneven features, crooked noses, scars, freckles, gappy, chipped or uneven teeth, dirty and splintered nails, whatever, at a time when we've gotten in the habit of ironing all those things out of imagery of actual *real* people, never mind animation.
Imagine seeing Ana De Armas take a punch so hard during a fight scene that she casts drool onto the camera like Vi does. Caitlyn sweats like a hog the whole way through her fight with Ambessa, imagine that. imagine seeing an especially posh Marvel heroine drip sweat like that, and I don't mean "attractive Hollywood gold body oil shimmer", I mean have her own sweat actually drip off her nose and chin as she gets her ass miserably beat.
Anyway, it's great. It brings the characters and the world to life, in the same way action movies from the 1970s where everyone looks like they stink live and breathe. Would love to see more like it in live action.
Shout it from the rooftops! Beauty Is Never Tarnished is one of my least-favourite tropes.
I like my characters with a bit of grit, grime, and blood, thank you very much.
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Vi's asymmetrical jawline and sticky-outy ears give me life
