Lookin' Blue
May. 26th, 2022 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deemoyzaI've perused enough RP blogs on Tumblr to be aware of the concept of faceclaims. I'm not particularly attached to the idea, usually satisfied with either whatever canon provides or what my own imagination dreams up. However, for a certain character with no canonical face, I came across someone who is a pretty darn good fit with the concept art, via, of all things, my mother's telenovela fixation.
I stubbornly call him Blue, but most call him The Boxer, from Transistor, and I really wouldn't be disappointed at all to consider him looking like this (under a cut so as not to spoil anyone else's headcanon if they don't want to see!).
Not a perfect match, of course, and his complexion is a few shades too light, and so are his eyes, but I think the comparison is worth making! This is Mexican actor Rafael Amaya, from about 10-12 years ago (a cursory search shows that he seems to prefer a close shave nowadays, and that changes his look entirely, and not for the better, imo). I saw him in a telenovela promo pic and I don't know if it was the jaw, or the lips, or the hairstyle, but something just screamed out "Blue!" to me. XD
And let's have a little more fun imagining our sweet boxer looking a little something like this!
On that last one -- those hands, those hands!!!!
Okay, now that I've probably made a damn fool of myself, I shall go take a cold shower and try to remind myself that no, this is probably not the level of handsome Supergiant imagined for The Boxer. Then again, that concept art certainly suggests otherwise. ;)
I stubbornly call him Blue, but most call him The Boxer, from Transistor, and I really wouldn't be disappointed at all to consider him looking like this (under a cut so as not to spoil anyone else's headcanon if they don't want to see!).
Not a perfect match, of course, and his complexion is a few shades too light, and so are his eyes, but I think the comparison is worth making! This is Mexican actor Rafael Amaya, from about 10-12 years ago (a cursory search shows that he seems to prefer a close shave nowadays, and that changes his look entirely, and not for the better, imo). I saw him in a telenovela promo pic and I don't know if it was the jaw, or the lips, or the hairstyle, but something just screamed out "Blue!" to me. XD
And let's have a little more fun imagining our sweet boxer looking a little something like this!
On that last one -- those hands, those hands!!!!
Okay, now that I've probably made a damn fool of myself, I shall go take a cold shower and try to remind myself that no, this is probably not the level of handsome Supergiant imagined for The Boxer. Then again, that concept art certainly suggests otherwise. ;)
