SeanCody: Ricardo (II)

encephallus says:

Hmmm… I don’t enjoy being contrary, but I am bit baffled by the popular idea that Ricardo has a “beautiful face”. Just for my own curiosity about aesthetic theory, maybe someone who finds his face “gorgeous” could break it down a bit more for me? Like, what specifically are the attractive properties of his face?

I can understand the positive comments regarding the “pretty eyes” and “perfect teeth” (and of course his ripped body and gargantuan, succulent, cobra-flared meatsicle), but I don’t see what measure by which his face overall is deemed to be “beautiful”.

I don’t mean to offend anyone, but honestly to me, Ricardo’s face recalls the image of slightly younger, less-wrinkled, less-exaggeratedly-goofy Ernest P. Worrell—whose face never struck me as the paragon of male beauty. They have almost identical noses, the same mouth proportions, similar chins, and similar jaws, though Ricardo’s brow seems maybe a little harder and lower. Really, the resemblance is remarkable. Especially look at the picture of Ricardo coming out of the shower, where he’s almost even making a typical Ernest facial expression.

I don’t mean to knock anyone’s aesthetic preferences here; It’s great that people find his face attractive even if I personally don’t. I’m for “different strokes for different folks” all the way. I’m just curious to know people’s subjective, aesthetic opinions on which strokes are bringing the magic to Ricardo’s face.

encephallus says:

@Tony

Of course no one is beholden to explain their view of beauty to me, as I said, I only ask out of curious about aesthetic theory. “Beauty is in the heart of the beholder” doesn’t mean that perceptions of beauty are random, they just follow their own subjective reasoning, which is all I’m looking to explore here.

I’m not criticizing anyone’s aesthetics here and I never claimed my opinion was more valid than any other. Quite to the contrary, I made a point to say clearly that I don’t think anyone is wrong for finding Ricardo’s face “beautiful” even if I personally don’t (for my own subjective reasons that I shared).

Finally, I’m sorry if you thought my post was “egocentric”, but the whole point of my post was to express interest in hearing other people’s thoughts and beliefs on a particular subject, which is definitely not egocentrism…