putting this on anon cause im afraid of getting jumped but fiNALLY someone who doesnt like that genre of cube design. everytime i see smth with that kind of design especially paired with the shy characterization of cube i think "wow this is going to be the straightest thing ever huh"
(not in a 'ew straight people way' btw in like 'heteronormativity is going to be in every cell of this isnt it' in case it needs clarifying)
Don't get me wrong I got no beef with straight ships. Its just 9 times out of 10, those fuckass cube designs are always so objectifying lmao. It might be because im afab and read too much into the representation of women in fandom media, but i find JSAB to be ESPECIALLY bad with the gendered designs.
To be fair, I think the modern fandom [if my class this period as postsaken] has a pretty good grip on cube designs, I think the Elliot skin in Forsaken did actually help push a new genre of Cube designs; but I think the "presaken" era of cube designs when the fandom was new had such a bad habit of forcibly feminising and sexualising Cube, just because theyre a softie.
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Some sketches