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[Discussion] Hair Be Fanpoodling!
*is pelted with mettaurs for the pun*
My god, I'm so tired of the endless fanwanking about humanoid-type Reploids and hair and skin, and whatnot.
What we've established so far: They're robots. Zero, X, and lots of other Hunters were made to fight. The non-combat Reploids tend to have hair visible, like Alia, Layer, Nana, Spider, and Lumine. We've seen that Zero, Axl, Dynamo and Red have some hair showing despite being battle Reploids. So far, we've seen one Reploid who's bald and doesn't have a helmet: Sigma. We've never seen robots show skin other than that on their faces in canon, and no the mangas don't count. We're all agreeing that Zero and X do not have male equipment, and by extension, no one else should have them unless their creators were demented/eccentric/wanted to have fun with their creations. Should there be hair, they'd have raging cases of helmet hair. And going from extrapolation, X would most likely have hair. ...And most Reploids, with the only exceptions so far being Sigma and Lumine, have eyebrows.
What I'd like everyone to discuss: I have a few questions, for all of you. They're underlined, my answers are, well, normal.
1) Would old-type Reploids with hair bits showing, like Zero, Dynamo, and Red, have actual hair under their helmets?
While I find Zero to be a hot picture, with hair, and definitely like him better with it, I'd have to say he wasn't built with it. If only because I'm sure Forte would keep pulling on it, and Wily would have to make it something that snaps in place on the helmet. He probably does have a full head of hair by his revamp in X8, however, since that smaller ponytail wouldn't tug on his scalp like the weight of the full-blown poofytail does.
I'm pretty sure as well that, beyond vanitous and narcissistic beauty-obsessed types like Dynamo, other old-type battle Reploids wouldn't really care for having hair under the helmet, especially not Red.
2) Would newgen battle Reploids with hair bits showing, like Scarface, have actual hair under their helmets?
I'm fairly sure that, as a norm, newgen battle Reploids would have hair, and only those embarassed by it or otherwise not finding it practical would have it removed, or possibly replaced by "bits" of hair, like their old-model counterparts.
3) Could some Reploids, who seem unarmed and have civillian-type looks, have a hair-shaped helmet (think ala Elpizo in MMZ2), such as Spider or Lumine?
Definitely. I also think that metal hair and synthetic hair can work on a single Reploid, as Elpizo so clearly demonstrates with his helmethair and the girly, curly hair he has after that. And, given that neither Spider nor Lumine's hair shapes that defy gravity (although Lumine's whole BEING likes to defy gravity) move at all, I'm pretty sure that they both have helmethair.
4) Would shapeshifting Reploids like Axl, Lumine, and Redips, be able to reconfigure their own hair style and appearance to suit their circumstances?
While I've heard that argument a few times, and thought about it, I'm tempted to say yes only to Redips, whose shapeshifting ability is advanced enough to take the form of a Reploid who may or may not even EXIST, seeing as we're not able to see if Aile recognizes him, and Chielf R acknowledges only that Aile hasn't always been with him by accepting Spider's bounty-hunter-partner story, and who, with SFM help, turns into a frickin' human-headed white dragon with four arms and hands big enough to squash Massimo. Axl and Lumine in no way or shape exhibit being able to shapeshift parts of their body, and Axl only calls up his guns through his DNA database of defeated Mavericks, and through armories in CM.
5) You've shared your ideas about X's hairstyle. Are there other hairstyles you'd like to show us that you'd think would fit the helmetted guys?
I can't help but see Zero, at least in X8, as having a Dan Hibiki hairstyle, including the bushy eyebrows (which are canon, I'll mention!) and little short forehead lock of hair springing upward. You can see it too, right...?
I'm pretty sure that, under his metal helmet, Lumine would have a nearly identical hairstyle with synthhair instead, but with long and curly-ended hair at the back instead of the gravity-defying fan shape.
As for Axl... I'd like to simply say that he'd look a lot like a porcupine, with his helmet off, in my head. Including all his bangs being spiky and styled backward. And they'd probably be wildly inequal in length, with some itty bitty ones and some long enough to look like floor spikes.
My god, I'm so tired of the endless fanwanking about humanoid-type Reploids and hair and skin, and whatnot.
What we've established so far: They're robots. Zero, X, and lots of other Hunters were made to fight. The non-combat Reploids tend to have hair visible, like Alia, Layer, Nana, Spider, and Lumine. We've seen that Zero, Axl, Dynamo and Red have some hair showing despite being battle Reploids. So far, we've seen one Reploid who's bald and doesn't have a helmet: Sigma. We've never seen robots show skin other than that on their faces in canon, and no the mangas don't count. We're all agreeing that Zero and X do not have male equipment, and by extension, no one else should have them unless their creators were demented/eccentric/wanted to have fun with their creations. Should there be hair, they'd have raging cases of helmet hair. And going from extrapolation, X would most likely have hair. ...And most Reploids, with the only exceptions so far being Sigma and Lumine, have eyebrows.
What I'd like everyone to discuss: I have a few questions, for all of you. They're underlined, my answers are, well, normal.
1) Would old-type Reploids with hair bits showing, like Zero, Dynamo, and Red, have actual hair under their helmets?
While I find Zero to be a hot picture, with hair, and definitely like him better with it, I'd have to say he wasn't built with it. If only because I'm sure Forte would keep pulling on it, and Wily would have to make it something that snaps in place on the helmet. He probably does have a full head of hair by his revamp in X8, however, since that smaller ponytail wouldn't tug on his scalp like the weight of the full-blown poofytail does.
I'm pretty sure as well that, beyond vanitous and narcissistic beauty-obsessed types like Dynamo, other old-type battle Reploids wouldn't really care for having hair under the helmet, especially not Red.
2) Would newgen battle Reploids with hair bits showing, like Scarface, have actual hair under their helmets?
I'm fairly sure that, as a norm, newgen battle Reploids would have hair, and only those embarassed by it or otherwise not finding it practical would have it removed, or possibly replaced by "bits" of hair, like their old-model counterparts.
3) Could some Reploids, who seem unarmed and have civillian-type looks, have a hair-shaped helmet (think ala Elpizo in MMZ2), such as Spider or Lumine?
Definitely. I also think that metal hair and synthetic hair can work on a single Reploid, as Elpizo so clearly demonstrates with his helmethair and the girly, curly hair he has after that. And, given that neither Spider nor Lumine's hair shapes that defy gravity (although Lumine's whole BEING likes to defy gravity) move at all, I'm pretty sure that they both have helmethair.
4) Would shapeshifting Reploids like Axl, Lumine, and Redips, be able to reconfigure their own hair style and appearance to suit their circumstances?
While I've heard that argument a few times, and thought about it, I'm tempted to say yes only to Redips, whose shapeshifting ability is advanced enough to take the form of a Reploid who may or may not even EXIST, seeing as we're not able to see if Aile recognizes him, and Chielf R acknowledges only that Aile hasn't always been with him by accepting Spider's bounty-hunter-partner story, and who, with SFM help, turns into a frickin' human-headed white dragon with four arms and hands big enough to squash Massimo. Axl and Lumine in no way or shape exhibit being able to shapeshift parts of their body, and Axl only calls up his guns through his DNA database of defeated Mavericks, and through armories in CM.
5) You've shared your ideas about X's hairstyle. Are there other hairstyles you'd like to show us that you'd think would fit the helmetted guys?
I can't help but see Zero, at least in X8, as having a Dan Hibiki hairstyle, including the bushy eyebrows (which are canon, I'll mention!) and little short forehead lock of hair springing upward. You can see it too, right...?
I'm pretty sure that, under his metal helmet, Lumine would have a nearly identical hairstyle with synthhair instead, but with long and curly-ended hair at the back instead of the gravity-defying fan shape.
As for Axl... I'd like to simply say that he'd look a lot like a porcupine, with his helmet off, in my head. Including all his bangs being spiky and styled backward. And they'd probably be wildly inequal in length, with some itty bitty ones and some long enough to look like floor spikes.