See-More's shape language and design is so so interesting to me btw. I know it's probably just because the TT design team didn't put a TON of assets into designing a background character that would show up for maybe 20 minutes total screen time throughout the show, but so much about his design points toward him being Not A Villain. (See-More design analysis + diagrams under the cut)
First is just his shape language. See-More is made up a lot of SUPER rounded shapes (USUALLY used in a design to communicate friendliness/safety in a character), especially in his head region. Not only that, but his entire design flows in a way to constantly lead your eyes back to those rounded shapes. Because of the Teen Titans art style, his body is built in a kind of inverted triangle, leading your eyes to naturally flow back up to his head. His head shape, his eye, his helmet, the side pieces to his helmet, even his emblem are all perfect or nearly perfect circles.
And then his color scheme tells the viewer that he's good-aligned too. White is NOT a color usually used in a villain design unless done sparingly/intentionally, and when used it's usually a pure white. More than half of See-More's costume is that off white color that's usually used to indicate honor/purity. And while green CAN definitely be used in a villain design, the specific shade of See-More's green accents also doesn't read as threatening/villain aligned. His greens are all forest green, sage green, indian green, depending on the lighting. His greens have a duller tone, usually used to communicate safety or non-threat in a character.
And what's even more interesting is that See-More in unique in these design choices. Try putting him next to Gizmo. Gizmo shares a lot of these traits- rounded shapes, greens, nonthreatening body type, but Gizmo's design is tweaked JUST enough to intentionally make him more threatening as a villain. Gizmo's circles are stretched just enough to make them a more oval shape, even so far as to make his head more of a rounded square. His greens are more olive green, darker than See-More's and also richer, less gray. His accents being just black/dark gray in some scenes also gives his colors more of an edge. And unlike See-More's design, which leads you back to the circles of his head, Gizmo's stubby square body leads your eyes back to his middle, where more of these rectangles and squares are, shape language used to imply stability and rigidity (fitting for his no-nonsense, stubborn personality traits).
And then these differences are exemplified by the people who make up See-More's team. There are a LOT of screenshots where See-More is featured in frame standing next to Jinx or Kyd Wykkyd, which make him stick out like a sore thumb even MORE because both of those characters' shape language and color schemes are designed to communicate how threatening they are. With Jinx and Kyd's harsh triangle shapes and dark color schemes it's impossible for a viewer to recognize them as anything OTHER than antagonists. Even Billy, who is probably just below See-More on the morality-based-off-of-design chart, makes See-More stick out, with his rectangle shapes and black accents.
I doubt any of this was super purposeful for a background character, but it's fun to take notice of, and even more fun to take advantage of. If you write See-More as being good aligned or even defecting to a hero team, it makes his design seem more purposeful or even subconscious in that even as a villain, a part of him always remained good. If you write him as being just as if not more clever and antagonistic than his peers (like I do), then it gives the design a new, more purposeful meaning by using the language to communicate safety when he's actually a decent threat, like just another clever trick of his.
There's also more to be said about how Lightspeed is the only episode where See-More was really given a lot of attention, an episode that can be mostly framed from Jinx's perspective. If you wanted to look at the hive five's design as reflections of how Jinx herself sees them, it gives you even more of an introspective look into her relationships with them. (See-More IS safety/goodness to her, Kyd has given her reason to see him as being threatening, Mammoth is strength and stability with his rectangle/square shapes, but he's also familiar and comforting with how rounded they all are.)
This all amounts to nothing of course because See-More IS a side character with probably no real plans made for him, but his design is such an enigma to me and I love thinking about it.
