Talk:Intrepid/@comment-37.223.42.186-20180222210030/@comment-32072804-20180223002337

Kongou's head's smaller than what you might be seeing even in her base form. A combination of hair volume (especially the ones by the sides of her face) and perspective can really throw off perception. Since she's not looking straight at you the back of her head shows a bit more making it appear bigger, but either way this is a matter of how it looks while I pointed out how they really are.

Either way it's not like it was misshappen. Oh wait it was. I didn't realize I was bothered more by her face shape than I do with her head size until Shibafu corrected the cg. Welp at least Shibafu did something about it.

Regarding plainness, it is personal opinion on my part as much as it is for anyone who appreciate or loathe Intrepid's plainness. I was annoyed when Gangut looked basically an adult Hibiki (but I warmed up to her) and was relieved when I found out Tashkent was not yet another white haired anime Russian so I'm often the first to appreciate (meaningful) variety.

I guess as a reward for a video game she should look something more averagely satisfying to appeal to as many people as the game can, but for me, I've always appreciated a fitting nothing anyway. At the end of Dark Souls you get pretty much nothing, but there's something oddly satisfying about it. There's also something oddly satisfying (to me) about obtaining an average, but different, girl compared to another pretty one to toss into the pretty girl pileup.

It's not like KC lied to its players either. All data about Intrepid is out in the open before you even try E7, so you always can make a choice whether to go for it or you don't. If a player goes through all the crap of E7 and gets mad at the reward, why even went with E7? They don't deserve pity for knowing exactly what they'll get and going through it anyway.

As for outfit similarities, I can see where you're coming from thanks to the armored apron, short skirt and skate shoes + socks they all wear (except Houshou), though the finer details make them unmistakable from each other in function. I can't see Intrepid as wearing a kyuudo uniform nor I can see Kaga as wearing USN uniform. But even practical outfits can be stylicized enough for anime to feel both grounded yet unique at the same time, so that doesn't completely excuse this.