Why is it so hard for people to just say, "Hey, I don't like this." and leave it at that?
Do you want a real answer to that? There are several. They generally hinge on how humans are not really all that rational.
Why is it so hard for people to just say, "Hey, I don't like this." and leave it at that?
So if I had my druthers... I would 100% make Sophia the FIrst from Disney jr a campaign setting for No THank You Evil. My daughter (sadly) doesnt watch it anymore because she's 8 but Sophia really is a great show to get young kids to think about fantasy.For another thing, most of us liked kid-friendly art when we were kids, but now have different, and usually more broad, tastes in art. By the time the kids move from the kid-products to D&D They won't be little kids anymore and their tastes in art will change.
I think, ultimately, the point you are missing is that many teens and adults still appreciate cute things.
It's kinda funny that Di Terlizzi gets held up as "adult" art when his other biggest claim to fame is using his art style for YA fiction, but, having a flying critter on the cover of a book is "Disneyfied" because it's purple?
Why is it so hard for people to just say, "Hey, I don't like this." and leave it at that?
I feel like we know the 5e halfling design guidance is proof that peace was never an option.
The 5e halfling pictures come to mind as examples of peaceful D&D portrayals in 5e from the start.
Dude, one of them looks like a discount Mike Wachowski and another like a knockoff DBZ villains. Those things are goofy as heck. They don't have big cute eyes and soft expression, but there's still cartoony.These are examples of 1E modrons. Simple drawings, but not goofy or overly cartoony as far as anthropomorphic shapes go.
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I would like to take a moment to just note how absolutely disgusted I have been with 5E's pictures of halflings. To the point of wishing they'll go back to looking like Kender.That Halfling is probably one of my least favorite art depictions in D&D History. I really don't like it.
I just wish they would stick closer to the concept of them being half the size of a normal human, like this:I would like to take a moment to just note how absolutely disgusted I have been with 5E's pictures of halflings. To the point of wishing they'll go back to looking like Kender.
Relative to later versions, they are less cartoony IMO, dude.Dude, one of them looks like a discount Mike Wachowski and another like a knockoff DBZ villains. Those things are goofy as heck. They don't have big cute eyes and soft expression, but there's still cartoony.
Do not want to confuse them with the Fachan.I just wish they would stick closer to the concept of them being half the size of a normal human, like this:
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I swear this guy is Governor Chris ChristieI would like to take a moment to just note how absolutely disgusted I have been with 5E's pictures of halflings. To the point of wishing they'll go back to looking like Kender.