#jaffaarchfiend

what EXACTLY is it??

Yeah, google is getting so bad >_<

This is a tricky answer b/c my knowledge is mostly Japan, but Japan actually used to cross the other way, until China adopted the practice and then Japan did as well. (so if you're drawing Jomon or yayoi period stuff, it was the other way around, up until a certain point)

China also did it in a way that "othered" some groups in the region, like "this is how the CIVILIZED people do it" so it is important to check with folks from those groups specifically. I know that Hmong cross the other way, for example.

When it comes to characters tho, that's where it can get tricky. I'd say that it would be a pretty big giveaway to cross the other way, so unless your character wants to out themselves pretty quickly, dressing the way folks around them do would probably make the most sense.

I know Japan at least is mixed on this sort of thing in media, there was a zombie show where the kimono were crossed the other way, but then there was yet another zombie show where they weren't. In Hoshi no Kuni, the gems wear their PJs crossed the other way, but it's not explicitly said why.

Personally, unless I'm drawing art of a character specifically dressed that way, or like a proper actual yuurei, then I tend to stick to the rule.

But I am by NO means the arbitrator on this at all, it's just the history that I've picked up studying and living here, and I know that it can be a sensitive topic, so I'm just telling you what rules I set for myself to be as respectful as possible. Also, my experience is like 90% Japan, so I'm not as knowledgeable about China and Korea as I am Japan, and only know what I observe from looking at posts from folks from those places when they talk about their traditional clothing.

Sorry if that isn't as cut and dry as you'd have hoped for, but I don't think it's my place to call it one way or the other, only just to say what I personally would do in that situation ^_^

listen that's a filthy imposter who's slandering my OC's good name :P

If you mean the Thoughts prompt like the Fordola one I reblogged the other day...Yeah, I gave these some thought, but can’t really make it work; most of them only really interact with WoL, and for a very short time.

I never played the XIII event, so never met Lightning. Nor have I played any game she’s been in--or any of the others, for that matter. I don’t really play many games, so the crossovers and glimpses I see on the internet are the extent of my knowledge.

I am definitely interested in seeing where 2P’s story goes in the YorHa raids, though, and what’s going on with that room of 2Bs and Nines’ attitude. Felyne is a great minion, and I loved the puns. Iroha struck me as young, naive, a bit scattered, but her little event feels different now after Shadowbringers than it did in 2017. I liked Noctis and am glad they incorporated the camping scene; he seemed like such a laid back, normal young man and it was interesting there was really no IC hint of his rank and title and level of Special until facing FFXV Garuda at the end.