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[Resistance]

I think absolutely everybody else would disagree with you on that. If you're talking about an unnatural red then all it will serve to do is to look tacky and effeminate. Long-haired ginger males don't look like women because their hair is in actuality orangey. If the whole purpose of this dyeing is to attract a girl then why are you choosing a tacky feminine colour instead of choosing a manly medium-length cut.

 

Alternatively: I still stick by blonde if you're keeping it long.

 

[The_Mather1]

Touya (Touma's father) and Heaven Canceler(the Frog-faced Doctor) aren't.

But yeah, of course almost everyone has some effeminate trait, seeing as it has more realistic characters than any other anime and in reality almost no one has purely masculine traits.

 

Res, red is not effimate.

[Resistance]

If you're aiming for that type of red then it's going to look like a plastic wig.

[Earth]

Yeah. I just real

And I will point out that conversations about who blocked who and why they did are not exactly productive, but just lead to recriminations.

On the contrary, having blocked Mather strikes me as an extremely productive step. And the new user interface has made it easier than ever!

 

@Earth: I thought Journey was only for the PS3?

Yeah. Just realized that. I'm quite sad now. No chill game for me to play, I guess.

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I agree with Mather. Dating at ages below 25 is fine. The idea that we can find the perfect person, with no experiance, and accurately predict the next 60-80 years is, frankly, laughable. Is it really better to wait until you are 28, in a long term relationship, and finally start experiancing the knotted thing we call 'Love'/'Lust'/Whatever?

 

Also, since I am a redhead...It kinda depends on the light and if people can see your chin, strangely enough, as to whether it is masculine or feminine. Looking only at my eyebrows (and eyes) and above people say it looks very feminine. Whereas much below there and I swing to the other end of the scale =P

At any rate, if you choose a plastic red colour, as you have in that picture, it will do two things:

1st, it cannot really look good...As nef said it looks like a plastic wig.

2nd, it will last up to two weeks (usually alot less) before you look terrible because the roots have come through.

 

If you choose a more natural redhead version:

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Which you probably can't pull off because of your complexion...Though the long hair could aid you considerably:

Ultimately though having red hair requires you to have a set of other features otherwise it doesn't really work...freckles are the most notable, though greenish eyes, flat, straight nose, rounded jawline. Its not really like blonds and brunettes...and to a lesser extent black-hairs...where you can just dye it and it works.

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If you are going with the fake red:

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Its actually rather annoying that they all look so terrible. I knew a woman who went with the plastic red hair look and pulled it off reasonably well, even with the roots, though she was a natural brunette and ever so slightly crazy...Also she used the full works in make up, which is suprisingly effective and subtle (Another woman I knew managed to wear green eyeshadow for several months before I noticed, at which point I mentioned it and a room full of supposedly observant people had also not noticed it). In this case I believe she worn rather dark eyeliner and scarlet type (It really doesn't say with you =P It is amazingly forgetable) eyeshadow, as well as lipstick and such.)

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I would probably recommend you go for the natural red head version, since at least, if you do it and it looks absolutely terrible, you can trim it back so that it looks rather cool, and when the roots come through they will blend more naturally.

Though obviously you could just buy more dye, though that would probably result in you killing your hair in a few months (As happened to a friend of mine, I found it fairly amusing, she did not). Alternatively you could use purple or red eyeshadow (Unless people look rather closely no one will actively notice) to offset the colour contrast, though we are firmly beyond my extremely limited (for a gay guy) field of expertises in hair care.

 

 

Final word, don't dye your hair into blond spikes...everyone who does is irredeemable. =p

 

 

Grim, Airline Food is served in the Air...it cannot but help to be up.

[Nexaduro]

Touya (Touma's father) and Heaven Canceler(the Frog-faced Doctor) aren't.

But yeah, of course almost everyone has some effeminate trait, seeing as it has more realistic characters than any other anime and in reality almost no one has purely masculine traits.

 

Res, red is not effimate.

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Huh...if you tied the hair in that photoshoped photo back you would have a bearded lady.

[The_Mather1]

Huh...if you tied the hair in that photoshoped photo back you would have a bearded lady.

Well I do see the similarity to that type of circus freak there, but that was already present in the original picture.

[The_Mather1]

Now what was that about red hair being effeminate?

[Retech]

It looks sorta pink.

[Nexaduro]

Now what was that about red hair being effeminate?

So you got a girlfriend after all? I'm so proud of you!

 

Why does she have a beard, though?

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Nex...

 

I would probably go a shade darker to lessen the contrast between that and your natural hair colour...Or dye your eyebrows.

[The_Mather1]

I've got a bright, white light (the screen) pointing straight at my face. The color is a few shades darker than it looks. That should be obvious, or did you really think I have a luminescent fridge?

[Retech]

Or if it's a matter of the strength of the dye instead of the color, you could try adding more.

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Unless the screen was not pointed at your eyebrows as well I can't see what difference that would make?

Unless your dye was super-brilliant(Reflects light due to additives).

 

In either event, unless you plan to never be in the light with your new hair I would still recommend you lower the luminance.

Alternatively you could turn the screen off while you take the picture...Or sit further back...and thus show us what you mean.

[Nexaduro]

Or if it's a matter of the strength of the dye instead of the color, you could try adding more.

That is a hilariously bad idea

 

You should try it, Mather

[Icuownage]

Oh god I just read through the last 3 places of this thread

 

Long hair is not effeminate!

Coloured hair is not effeminate!

 

And getting a girlfriend is not a stupid idea.

[The_Mather1]

The color of my eyebrows and beard is exaggerated because of the camera. For some reason whenever there are small details visible, such as individual strands of thicker hair (see eyebrows and beard), it increases the contrast, resulting in inaccurate relative colors.

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So basically a useless picture? Informative.

[The_Mather1]

It's useless as an accurate color indicator. However it is the best I can manage since I do not own any actual cameras, just ones that are attached to other devices.

[Grim_]

Oh god I just read through the last 3 places of this thread

 

Long hair is not effeminate!

Coloured hair is not effeminate!

 

And getting a girlfriend is not a stupid idea.

I agree with you up to a point; long hair is not inherently effeminate, that is correct, but it is not inherently masculine either, and in most non religious cases not an expression of identity (it's also quite a bit more difficult to keep clean imo), dyed hair falls into a similar category (though it does not exactly have the religious reasoning behind it), with the problem that it requires regular upkeep (which may or may not get expensive).

I agree that getting a girlfriend is not stupid, however devoting time and energy exclusively to getting one (this does not mean making yourself more sociable) for no reason but you think you ought to have one is.

[Resistance]

Mather, play Nimbus or Windward.

 

Pathfinder has none of the issues that you have with tabletop roleplaying games. You don't really have to work out much by yourself apart from occasionally rolling a d20 for skill rolls and making a few changes to your character sheet when you level up. Character creation is one of the hardest parts of learning the system and I'd be willing to do that for you.

Nimbus didn't have any of the issues you were complaining about. It uses the latin names for magic, we're limited to one magic and we there's none of the occult stuff that you didn't like.

[Earth]

Does anyone here play Vindictus? I'm not sure if I should get into it. I may get addicted to it if it;s as good as I've heard, but I'd like a second opinion.

[The_Mather1]

Res, Nimbus is set in an era I absolutely cannot stomach and one of the greatest issues I have with tabletop roleplays is the character sheet. It would be impossible for me to play either without succumbing to unbearable mental anguish. The only reason I was able to participate in Crossroads after it was turned into a DnD was the fact that Retech provided me with the necessary traits to successfully ass around the way I can in Dungeoneering, albeit to a greatly reduced degree.

[Resistance]

Res, Nimbus is set in an era I absolutely cannot stomach and one of the greatest issues I have with tabletop roleplays is the character sheet. It would be impossible for me to play either without succumbing to unbearable mental anguish. The only reason I was able to participate in Crossroads after it was turned into a DnD was the fact that Retech provided me with the necessary traits to successfully ass around the way I can in Dungeoneering, albeit to a greatly reduced degree.

It seems that Nimbus is now changing to a sort of post-apocalyptic london if that makes you like the setting anymore.

I just said that I would create a character sheet for you in windward, fi you could give me an idea about what type of person you want to be I can have a go (I love making character sheets). IMO you'd prefer magus whereby you're a melee fighter who can imbue any weapon with magic. I'm pretty sure you can use all weapons like that.