kitta said:
Again with the ad hominems, do I need to post a picture of myself to prove I am not fat? Will that make my opinion more valid to you? Wow.
How on Earth is that an ad hominem? Did I call you fat or imply you were overweight? It was just honest curiosity that led me to say that..
After all, there are places in the World where half the population or more is either obese or overweight so that could explain why the OP and a few others believe a man having a narrow waist is girlish or feminine..
Secondly, unless you can present with any qualifying credentials, please refrain from making generalizing statements like "narrow waist is typically a masculine trait".
I already corrected my previous erroneous assertion that men had narrower waists than women. It was the hips I was thinking of, and not the waistline.
So men do indeed have thicker waists than women. But, men have a more exaggerated shoulder to waist ratio than women do as well so it may "appear" that their waist is slimmer when it's not.
And my credentials is reality. Honestly, if I said men were generally stronger than women, you would want credentials for that as well wouldn't you since we're all supposed to be 100% equal and interchangeable..
The issue to me is that Geralt looks abnormal as not only a man, but also a human being- he looks like a cartoon since his waist is comically smaller/curvy relative to his chest and shoulders, and this phenomenon is made worse because of the armor.
So a man with a V shape torso is abnormal? I guess I'm a mutant or something then.. Is a woman with an hourglass shape abnormal too? You'll probably say no, which is basically a double standard.
Men with V shape torsos may be rare, but they certainly exist. As I said on my previous page, men like that typically have naturally high levels of circulating testosterone which gives them that V shaped upper body, and women find men like that very attractive because it's an indicator of strength.
And since Geralt is a obviously a very masculine, physical strong man/mutant, I don't see a problem with CDPR making his build reflect those traits by giving him a V shaped torso.
Please don't act like your opinion is the negating force in the discussion. It's very rude to try to minimize what someone is saying by saying things like "it's in your head".
I'm just stating my opinion that's all. You're too quick to find slights and insults in everything, even when there isn't.
We're just too obviously opinionated people having a discussion that's all..
The reason I think you're wrong, however, is because you are attributing too much emphasis on the shoulder padding, which is barely voluminous. The shoulder pads do not add as much girth to the upper body as we think because the armor overall is very tight; therefore, most of the girth of the upper body is Geralt's own.
Yes, Geralt has a V shaped upper body, but the armor also adds to that as well. Look at the abdomen and how the middle is chainmail only, while the outer sections are covered in additional leather.
That creates an optical illusion that his torso is narrower than it really appears. If his abdomen was covered
ONLY in chainmail or leather, then the illusion would be destroyed.
Looking again at the superimposed comparison picture the lovely Wichat posted and you'll see that the waistline is basically the same as in Witcher 2:
It's not only the narrowness of the waist, but also the exaggerated curves, which make him look like a cartoon.
When you say exaggerated curves, do you mean the section where the chainmail connects to the leather?
