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Originally posted by DJzen
Lemme rant here a bit.
I get really annoyed at "ideal" figures in entertainment. I think it does nasty things to people such as create false standards that most people don't live up to. It does these horrible little things to your subconscious that most people don't even realize are happening. When you look at Cloud, do you ever feel bad that you don't have his build? I think that people get these perceptions of beauty not from within, but from without. These are not inherent physical attractions, but ones that are learned. It's also very easy to get caught up in the mindset that you NEED to look a certain way. Hell, even I'm guilty of that.
On the other hand, no one complains about Heidegger's huge breasts :love:
The influence comes far more from models and actors (ie: real people) as opposed to video game characters. Video game characters dont have to be proportionate, they arent real. Kids look to their idols, their favorite musicians and actors and whatnot for their ideal bodies and styles, very rarely to video games and anime characters. Of course it exists, but the real world is far more of a problem than the video game real.