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>>22705
>The bright federal neon green on shabs clashes so badly it's comedic
I would argue that neon green was actually a perfect fit. I don't have the artbook yet but ethereal ghosts are usually represented by white, blue, and green to a lesser extent. They can be very colorful in other works but those three colors are the ones I have seen the most often in my very limited experience. The developer needed a color to fulfill three criteria:
1. matches an industrial setting
2. clashes brightly enough for the player to clearly see it in their peripheral vision
3. a color commonly used for ghosts
A bright blue may clash but with the dark blues and purples but it might not be far away enough on the color wheel or spectrum. A white would stick out very well but it's connotations don't represent the hostile nature of Awaria's ghosts nor does can it be used for a harshly colored warning icon. Green, however, fits all of those criteria. It is clearly seen, it is harsh on the eyes much like the harsh behavior and personality of the character who carry the color, and a neon green can exist to a believable degree within such a setting of mechanical and electrical hazards.
>Please kill yourself posthaste!
Language changes, unc.
>>22710
>How do muscles work with ghosts? Do they have to keep working out after they're dead? Are they stuck with the ones they had at the time of their death? Can they freely change shape at will?
A religious friend of mine shared something their mother told them and that is that the spirit of an individual mirrors their appearance in their final living moments. While that would be exceedingly difficult to study in real life, a lot of fictional media tends to follow that rule. Going forward with this in mind, I really don't think exercise does anything after death. The spirit is, of course, not physical so exercise has no ability to provide it's physical benefits. There is no blood to flow, no muscles to tense and relax, no health to keep in mind. I imagine it's like a zombie. Any healing or harm would do nothing since the body, or spirit, in this case, has seemingly ceased all other functions yet perseveres. I feel like I am explaining myself poorly and it is difficult to assert any concrete rules since these are, ultimately, at the discretion of whoever is writing an individual work. But if I am to put this into an example: rarely have I seen a ghost truly bleed or even take bodily harm yet they are able to contort their own bodies in unnatural ways despite any audible indicators that their movements are hurting them such as the loud and repeated cracking of bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-xNUuQoBsc
When a non-physical entity of some kind is able to ignore all rules that bind a physical being, I imagine lifting weights does little to assist them since their muscles have decayed and their own skeletal functions and limitations have been ignored.
>Do they have to keep working out after they're dead?
As such, if it does nothing at all then I highly doubt it is even necessary. My reasoning for this is the retention of bodily injury, as discussed earlier in my post, and with it, a lack of an ability to heal which brings me to my second pair of video examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siMnJYHrrSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZwdCa0ynEw
In the case of Nearly Headless Nick and Miss Argentina, neither made a full recovery from their injuries regardless of their respective severities. But with a lack of an ability to recover, I assume there is a lack of an ability to lose that comes with it given the static nature of the appearance. Logically speaking, were they mortal beings they would have lost functioning in the limbs attached to the injury site and yet Miss Argentina can still move her hands and Nick can still speak. With these abilities still displayed, I assume some ghosts could still retain their muscle mass if their death did not remove it in some way. I am aware that there is plenty of counter-evidence.
>Are they stuck with the ones they had at the time of their death?
As I prattled on about for far too long, yes, I assume so. At least for most fictional works.
>Can they freely change shape at will?
That absolutely seems to vary based on genre or the whims of it's creators which brings me nicely to my third video example and my own memory of a scene I can't find from the US version of The Ring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01em4WGO7A
I think I have seen some ghost characters change their appearance at will either to intimidate or lull others into a false sense of security. The latter seemed to happen in the US version of The Ring in which the main character seemingly breaks the curse and Samara's youthful appearance is restored only for the countdown of the curse to continue for others it applied to. This, I assume, is completely at the judgement of each individual ghost who has this ability but is not available to all of them.
Sorry for prattling on like this. I have been thinking about ghosts a lot lately and I hope to watch more ghost movies since I have been trying to design a ghost character myself. Ghosts have a fascinating range of abilities across fictional works when you take it all into account. The character design process has been... oddly difficult for me since I'm trying to avoid just drawing a Sadako-type and maintain a unique appearance that properly conveys the full depth of her personality and abilities. (pic not rel of course)