omg im so glad i found this blog so i can rant but when people make a "human" or "modern au" version of sukuna ryomen from jujutsu kaisen. like yes, some of his physical differences are improbably/impossible to actually happen (i.e., the huge fully functional mouth on his stomach or the functional 4 eyes) but even then you can just alter his apperance slightly and he remains the same. what you dont need to do is get rid of his canonical limb and face differences!!! he looks like that because he was born like that!!!! theres several chapters in the manga showing glimpses of his childhood and he was ostrasized for his appearance (among other things). the facial difference could be something like keloid scarring or something congenital or a general issue with tissue growth, so draw it when you are making a "non-fantasy" version of him. the same with his four arms or height difference, polymelia and gigantism are right there!
i dont want to vent about my own issues as im shy so have a character rant instead..
This is deformimisia.
People who are making non-fantasy versions of characters with characteristics present in their fantasy race need to get more creative. I am so sick of them all looking like bland uninteresting redraws of themselves. Look into conditions that could give them similar characteristics!
For the four eyes aspect, you could give him birthmarks or seborrheic keratosis that look like eyes, or even partial facial duplication.
For the mouth on his stomach, you could give him scarring from a surgery done on a stomach deformity, as those scars often look like a "smile" on the tummy.
