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Concept Art 73: Ixbal Liberation Mode
🕑 Added 2024-03-07 18:46:28 +0000 UTCI was thinking that Ixbal would have a change of appearance in the last arc of the story during Asher's rescue after he became Iblis and the World is slowly being destroyed and absorbed by the gates of Rebirth. At that point, Ixbal has already grown as a character, finally finding her voice, identity, and autonomy, breaking free from her shell (armor) which used to constrain her into being Syzygy's submissive tool, a symbol of imprisonment to her role.
Ixbal's character has always been about objectification in the most literal sense, that's why I'm aware that her "Reveal" could lead to a conflict of themes, but on the other hand, I think by that point in the story, Ixbal has come to her own conclusions and wishes to feel free and show herself fully, not sexually but symbolically. Another aspect is that Ixbal has always been designed to look like a futuristic angel, and angels have been shown nude in art begging the question if nudity is inherently sexual or sexualization is the eye of the beholders. If you see ixbal in this outfit and all you see is a sex doll, then you missed the point of her character arc and you are doing the same thing as Syzygy, you are objectifying her.
Ironically, it's as if the story is telling you that what she is going through is wrong, now let's see if you, the player/reader learned from her story, or if you are about to do the same thing that made her miserable but from the sexual angle.
To be clear, I'm not saying that you can't find Ixbal sexy or have naughty thoughts about attractive people in Arcadia, I'm not a hypocrite hahaha, it's more acknowledging that while people can be sexy and attractive, they are still people and shouldn't be reduced to an object for someone else's enjoyment.
Anyway, imagine the cool figures that could be made of this Version of Ixbal :3
