Talk:Ballas/@comment-70.194.9.231-20170715174047

I am utterly confused on how the artist got his appearance based off what we see from Orokin structures. Especially when everything we hear about them is about how they are all pure and perfect and golden looks wise.

Which based off all those descriptions I always imagined Ballas as a Pale guy with Golden irises an angular face and like silvery white hair, all noble like in some austere robe with gold trinkets or makeup or something.

This on the otherhand looks like some Horror Interpretation of the Statue of David or other similiar statues.

I also think it is weird that the Orokin even have such a huge visual diffferance from the other humanoids, when the Orokin have have Continuity which allows them to jump bodies and that humans came before Orokin which means that appearance was genetically engineered. I feel like If you are capable of genetically engineering your own body then why on earth would you need to go kidnap humans from all accross the origin system put them on display and then steal their bodies and crush their minds into nothingness. Given that their appearance would have to be genetically engineered whos bright idea of perfection is assymetrical? Most creatures from Animalia are essentially symetrical so why go for some crazy long leaner arm that would totally throw your balance off. The foot does not even look all that normal either but I cannot tell if it is on purpose or just the way it was drawn.

The whole thing just looks so ... wrong and does not invoke any idea of perfection and awe at all, when I look at it, it looks like he would be in pain, I suppose maybe the orokin liked to be Artistic with their appearance and go all sorts of abstract? Or maybe something is wrong with him, I suppose concept art is not always accurate so perhaps he will look better when he is actually implemented.

I just think that with the Lotus having Taken on the whole voice and persona of Margulis as inspiration that her appearance was likely at least somewhat similiar to Margulis so one would think Ballas would at least be similiar since both are Orokin.

I find his appearance a bit of a let down given how amazing his voice is, and I hope that maybe there is an explanation lore wise to his current state of apperance.