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My observations and opinions entirely, but here's where I believe alot of people got unsettled by Diana's design. She is not exactly a realistic depiction of a child, for being in a game that prides itself on realism. The main issue here is that she looks like she was created for a "certain audience", instead of a child character that simply exists. The best comparison I can make is between her and Emily from RE: Requiem. Both caucasian children of the same age, similar colour palette. What makes Emily's design read as a realistic child is her features and mannerisms. Her deep set eyes create a sunken look, her skin is clear but not "perfect", her wearing that dress makes sense to her backstory, she speaks and moves the way a child does, rigid and lacks abit of motoring. She looks "messy" the way a child without an adult would be. As for Diana, just to start off. She is wearing a puffed jacket that only covers her upper body. Has thick, long and luscious hair that doesn't exactly fit a child. [This is something that alot of people pointed out] she looks like she's wearing "no makeup" makeup. Her brows are groomed, looks like she has mascara, blush and lip gloss on. No skin imperfections either. She looks like a child actor rather than an average child [a problem with female characters in general, whereas male characters are allowed to look average]. She has the facial features of an adult with the proportions of a child [so her face looks like an adult with a neotenous face rather than an actual child]. Her face shares more similarities to Grace [an adult woman] from Requiem than Emily [the child]. And this may be an entirely me thing, but I have worked with alot of children before, and Diana does not move nor speak like an actual child. She acts cute and bubbly, yes, but I have not met a single real child who has her mannerisms. She has quick movements, makes very adult-like expressions that kids usually have trouble motoring their facial muscles for. Her animations is much more comparable to a "clumsy anime girl" rather than a kid who doesn't know how to express themselves. Alot of people were also a little uncomfortable with the fact that this kind of character only exist in a game where the adult taking care of her is a man. Not to say men cannot love children, it's just that when the same kind of unrealistic child characters are not there for games with a female protagonist, people will start asking questions. There's a reason the pragmata sub Reddit had to ban people for posting porn of Diana so early on, but we don't see stuff like that for Emily. Emily is a child character that was created with love and respect, so the community generally treats her as such. Diana is very much walking on thin ice here, because despite all evidence, unless the creators outright say "Diana is meant to be pedobait", people are just going to play dumb and flip it on you, because "you're the weird one for seeing it that way".