made a comment in his most recent post…

That Justin Timberlake song keeps running through my head.

…that reminded me of something that I omitted from this morning’s post.

Last year, when City of Villains was released, they removed a number of hairstyles, including “Buzz,” which was a flattop fade. If you look at any of my Indigo Bolt pictures from July-November of last year (or any of my ‘Bolt user icons), you’ll see what I mean. I was messing around with Indi’s costume – including his face – and changed the hairstyle… not realizing that “Buzz” was no longer in the list. So, I was forced to find a style that worked nominally well. And, I have to say: Aside from “Afro” and “Bald,” there were not a lot of styles that look good on a Black character. At least, not in my opinion. So, I chose what I considered the least of all possible evils and went with “Combed Back,” which can be seen in any of the pictures since that time. Then, to make it consistent, I had to change the style on his civilian costume to. ‘Cause I’m a stickler like that.

Last night, while messing around with the character generator in City of Heroes, I clicked on the hair template to see what styles might look good on my new character. As I scrolled through the list, I crossed a style called “Ice.” Damn-and-a-half it it wasn’t the same flattop fade that I had originally used on ‘Bolt!

It pains me to admit that my immediate first thought was: They brought the sexy back!

I laughed – and shuddered – when I realized what had just gone through my mind.

After looking at a few other styles, I decided to go with a full (head-covering) mask for the new character.
Full mask as in “no hair visible.”
Go figure.

But, I can still go back and change Indi’s hair to the high-and-tight that he still has in all of his pre-City of Villains release pictures.