Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20160713122023/@comment-29714788-20160722164645

Tortoiseshel wrote: It's not about his ethnicity, it's about how dark skin is unfortunately still considered less attractive than light skin, and depicting one of the few canonically dark skinned Vocaloids super pale sends a message, even unintentional, that fair skin is more desirable. And if you don't see a problem with that, I don't know what else to say. Still, here in the west there's more discrimination towards the individual ethnicities of people rather than their actual skin colours. Dark skin is considered more attractive than pale skin in western pop culture, hence why so much white people want to get a tan. But when a black, Pacific Islander, or Middle Eastern person has dark skin it's not as desirable, which is why I bring up the topic of ethnicity. In eastern cultures like Japan or South Korea however, lighter skin is considered more attractive. I'm not saying it's not a problem, but it's not the same thing as real-life beauty standards since Dex isn't supposed to be a realistic representation of a dark skinned person.

@89.210.179.53 There are lots of mid-range male vocals, like ZOLA Project, Fukase, Dex, Yohioloid, and Kaito. Gackpo is versatile enough to be used in that range though his tone is slightly deeper. I missed the chance to listen to Luan but apparently he sounded very feminine. If anything there are not much deep-voiced male vocals, as in lower baritone and bass. Aside from Big Al or VY2 most of the male vocals share the common tenor register.