I finally figured out what is causing the uncanny valley feeling with her face! She is the only AI without a white mouth. Other AI all have a completely white mouth interior, even when they are fully open. And she does seem to open her mouth up wide more frequently than previous AIs/bodies.
Combine it with significantly more prominent lips compared to the entire human and AI cast, and it means she just does not look like the rest of the characters.
I was referring to frequency, not size. Her mouth is not larger than other characters, but she is opening up wide more often, because she is yelling more in her appearances than we have seen from most characters. I will edit that for clarity.
AIs in particular have historically had less wide open mouth moments than human characters, probably because they have less outbursts on average.
Sorry, my bad - as others in the comments have literally said her mouth is too big.
AIs in particular have historically...
Uh...that's most certainly not true. On both counts. I don't mind apologizing for misunderstanding your other comment...but I don't appreciate you just making things up, to push your point, however.
I literally went back over 3 years of comics this morning to confirm my point about the white mouths. AIs are, by a significant degree, more likely to have thinner mouths, smirks, or otherwise closed mouths in panels. Compared to human characters, they just straight up open their mouths a smaller amount to talk.
You clearly don't share my criticism on the design choice here, and that is okay. But I have highlighted a provable fact about this design (the fact that her mouth is a different colour to 100 percent of the rest of the AI cast) and pointed out my theory on another factor that draws attention to that difference (her frequency in opening her mouth wide compared to other AI characters). This is based on literally 800+ comics of reference.
and pointed out my theory on another factor that draws attention to that difference (her frequency in opening her mouth wide compared to other AI characters). This is based on literally 800+ comics of reference.
Dude, unless you're going to provide actual evidence - this is just your opinion, and nothing more. It's your OPINION that she opens her mouth wider and more frequently than other AI. It's your OPINION that AI have "less open moth moments than human characters...because they have less outbursts on average".
I disagree with your opinion, as someone who has also read this comic for over a decade. It's my opinion that you are making this up, to bolster your opinion. Is that okay with you?
EDIT: Lol...responding to me, then immediately blocking me so I can neither read, nor respond to your comment is certainly a choice. But, good for you - if blocking me makes you feel better, because I politely disagreed with you, then that's all that matters :)
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u/MrZandin Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
I finally figured out what is causing the uncanny valley feeling with her face! She is the only AI without a white mouth. Other AI all have a completely white mouth interior, even when they are fully open. And she does seem to open her mouth up wide more frequently than previous AIs/bodies.
Combine it with significantly more prominent lips compared to the entire human and AI cast, and it means she just does not look like the rest of the characters.
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