Forum:Description sections

Okay, so obviously we want to be comprehensive, and also provide for users who can't load images, or who are blind and using speaking browsers of some sort, but it seems in a lot of places we are putting more emphasis on the minutia of a character's outfit than on their personality or what they actually do -- case in point, the Cyber Sleuth character coverage. This also extends somewhat to the etymology sections, which there have been certain cases of seeming a wee bit uncomfortably speculative (like what the Terriermon, Hagurumon, Palmon represent), but those are overall less of a problem, and I'm probably just being tetchy. I'd also like to register my discomfort with detailing chest size, bra design, and panty design on female characters, especially since it feels like we do this primarily for female characters, though I understand that this could arguably be an American bias of mine, and that the designs for characters in recent stories have clearly become more obviously sexualized.

I'm not sure how to simplify the design sections, so I want to start with determining whether the rest of the community agrees that this is an issue. 15:11, March 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, it's a bit hard to detail chest size for male characters since there is not really much variety for them. The biggest we can do is, what, "Ivan is muscular"?
 * For Cyber Sleuth, I wanted to get the character design descriptions done at once, so I wouldn't need to edit again later.
 * I'll post the rest of my answer tomorrow. I have to go now. 03:36, March 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * My point was that I don't think we need to get into details about chest size, unless it somehow becomes part of the plot. 17:19, March 28, 2015 (UTC)
 * I personally think that the appearance sections are a little overly detailed, but not enough for me to think anything more than "I'm probably not going to write that much." I do think that bust size is a step too far, as it's not very relevant to the shows and unless there's something relevant--like, if two characters get into an argument about breast size and some animosity springs from that, for example--I'm not entirely sure I like them being in there. Again with echoing Kryen's American-bias here though.


 * As for gender parity, I think it'd be something like X character or Digimon is muscular, like how Marcus is buffer in Data Squad's epilogue timeskip, but there really isn't a lot to comment. Lanate (talk) 05:18, March 29, 2015 (UTC)