the new deadlock characters need what im calling an "ugly pass." the old designs of deadlock ruled because characters were UGLY. and i dont mean it as a pejorative, i mean like... in a sense of having unattractive, unsettling, strange features or characteristics, looking exhausted and thrown together and assembled for practicality, not just aesthetics.
for example, i think silver would benefit greatly from an ugly pass. if shes supposed to be a feral/hot mess/hungover bounty hunter? make her white hair dirty. make it brown and dingy and clumped with blood. remove and smudge her makeup. put a little vomit on her chin, or have old splash stains down the front of her shirt. make her clothes torn up and oversized so they can also fit when she's changed. maybe she lost one of her boots last night and just has a sock on one foot.
or for celeste? i know its an intersexist trope, but i think the idea of combining a unicorn with a "bearded lady" circus performer archetype could be cool. because unicorns of old have the little wispy goat beards, right? she could still retain her current hyper-feminine stuff, and have some classical unicorn characteristics added in. i also think she could benefit from having a horn that looks ugly: change the color, make it longer or shorter, make it knobby or spiraly or weirdly textured, fucking ANYTHING.
for graves, i think you can communicate a rebel punk schoolkid without the fucking... perfect tiktok makeup and cheap accessories. i think she could benefit from a really cool dark, formal, like dark academia necromancer uniform. make her look like shes doing a school project or some shit. i like her hair though, its cute.
ive also thought for a long time that mina could benefit from an outfit that covers her more/has more "modest" sensibilities. paradox is a great example of a sexy, charismatic woman who is covered in clothing, so why not work that magic for mina? i think you can do a lot with the idea of a vampire who designs chic modest/full coverage fashion as a way to also protect herself from the sun. it would also make the design team's absolute territory kink less obvious, as both mina and paige have it.
i was charmed by deadlock because the characters, but especially the women, were allowed to look ugly. it was awesome. and i wish we could see that come back.
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