Yeah, but 1.87 and 52 kilo's isn't exactly 'as close to real life as possible', in my eyes. I don't mind people being skinny or underweight. I mean, my mom has a very slender build and has always been underweight. People always used to think she had anorexia too. This, however, is about 20 kilo's underweight. I'm not saying we should ban all skinny people from the RPG, of course not everybody has a perfectly healthy BMI. Some are over, some are under, that's only natural.
I'm fine with people being really skinny. I have friends that are really skinny, my mom has teh same thing. But I, myself, also believe that 20 kilo's underweight is a whole damn lot to be normal. If you're 20 kilo's underweight in real life, that's not considered to be a good thing. You're considered to be anorexic when you have a BMI lower than 17.5, this is about 14. No, it doesn't instantly mean you have anorexia, of course it doesn't, but this isn't really realistic either. And I do realise she probably just picked random numbers, but it is something to think about too. I think Lizz is only trying to ban out these kinds of weights.
So yeah, when it comes to that one, I do think it should be more healthy. I don't mind people being underweight, as long as it's within a certain marge. Of course I'm not expecting every singly char to have a healthy BMI. Hell, that wouldn't be close to real life. But what Lizz was trying to say is that we have to keep it in mind, I think. Not that they all have to be in those perfect parameters of the BMI, it just needs to be more healthy. Of course someone can be underweight or overweight. I don't care about that, as long as it's at least normal and not life threateningly skinny. I agree that we shouldn't be like 'Omg, she's 5 kilo's too light for her hight! Nope, can't do that, sorry.' I mean, you can even be 10 kilo's 'underweight' and still be perfectly healthy.
I think that's your point too, right? Because I do agree on that, of course not everybody should be the perfect weight. BMI doesn't say everything either, so. But I do agree that we shouldn't have anorexic characters. I even doubt that's possible with perfect children, stuck in a prison.. x] But yeah, we do need to keep it real and have a variance of bodyweights and types of bodythingies which I forgot the words for. Only thing I'm asking is that we don't have overly anorexic people. And I think that Lizz is just trying to make this work for everyone =] You don't have to tightly clutch on to the BMI thing, I think ^^
I was a bit late, I see..
[ bericht aangepast op 22 juni 2013 - 14:36 ]
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I am total the head-plastic in this place.
