Phoney Thoughts: Monday
Why are people not tapping into the hidden potential (man) of ugliness? There is so much to be drawn and written about if the main protagonist/oc has something considered ugly or disgusting. Not "Oh he's an edgelord and social outcast", "They're an evil to the bone bastard" or "she's actually a mad scientist/ an insane person that likes to torture people for her experiment".
I'm talking appearance wise/power wise.
There's always a repeat of "Super Strength" , "Super Speed", "Pyrokinesis", "Telekinesis" and generally mainstream powers and appearances of characters or their descriptions on this platform.
I am yet to see a protagonist STARTING with head-turning scarring or facial deformities, or a power that's just in general unpleasant to witness; such as detailed biokinesis beyond meaty tentacles, bug manifestation and manipulation and descriptive decay/organic rot/necrosis.
People focus too much on "beautifying" their characters, showing their physically appealing sides and merely making their psyche "ugly". This doesn't work as well as making an approachable and generally kind character look like a 4th degree burn victim with 20 different stitches across their face.
There's this social phenomenon where people are far more forgiving and appealing to people who are, by social standard, beautiful compared to genuinely innocent people who dont meet a socially acceptable quota of good looking. I've seen people (mainly women but this could apply to men as well) want serial murderers pardoned because they look "hot" or "sexy". Like Jeez Louise.
Do you think that Ugly Shell, Beautiful Inside should be shown and utilized more on this Platform? Or do you think I am a complete melt and copium addict?
Feel Free to share your thoughts!
