i do also think a lot of ‘x alt style is supposed to be ugly’ comes from the idea that a negative opinion must be morally justified. you must dislike it bc it’s meant to be disliked
@palepowderpink mostly gal related stuff & debunking misinfo engrained into the community, it wasn’t anything too too crazy though, but i did gain like a little over 9k followers just posting what i did and i feel like that big amount of attention was very distracting
Anyways, hi guys, the reason I deleted my old account wasn’t because of anything bad, i had fun posting controversial opinions/hot takes, interacting with everyone, even learning more about this subculture
but, it was taking up a lot of my personal time
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@SpecialNeets I objectively didn’t change the proportions, i just drew more flattering makeup, if anything the girl’s facial proportions are based on my own, i know this because the borrom drawing is based on my first ever attempt at manba like 6 years ago lol
@robotpierrot@nauseadoll@akumaGYA The point isn’t she’s ugly it’s that she isn’t even doing gal makeup well enough to be acting like an authority on it
@robotpierrot Thick eyebrows are conventionally attractive, the gal style requires thin/lightened brows, it’s not a matter of “ugliness”, it’s a matter of getting your technique wrong
@WhimsyandDolls Honestly I think the closest thing you have to “tacky” is the manba styles and isshoku hada, you can achieve them if you work on your technique
@Fauxbread2 I know it can get confusing because of how much misinformation is out there about the subculture, I think the only variant of gal that is indeed based on “rebellion” is (ya)manba but even they have pretty high standards on how to appear as one
@victoriantulpa there actually is a new trend in kabukicho called “jirai gyaru” but I haven’t seen a good example of it yet, it seems like it’s mostly jirai girls that also enjoy the aesthetics that gyaru has to offer? #地雷ギャル is the tag