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The Great Fairies of the 2D games tend to be your bog standard fairy--female, slim, wings, some even have little wands to wave. They conform to a classic image that most people are familiar with.
And then the 3D games came along.
The design of the Great Fairies didn't so much as take an odd turn as jacknife off the road and go screaming into the great beyond. They can all be described as being creepy in some way, but which is the creepiest?
And the nominees are:
First up we have the 1998-2000 Great Fairy (Nymphala Meretricem)
- Too much make-up (what are they covering up?)
- Hair has a life of its own
- Always giggling about things without explaining why
- Made up of multiple lesser fairies which look like rabbits
- Constantly posing suggestively in the presence of a minor
Next up we have the 2002-2005 Great Fairy (Nymphala Alienus)
- Two arms too many
- No legs, floats on a Coil of Mystery
- Blow lotus petals at people (no regard for possible allergies/hay fever)
- Live in clam shells underground
- Vapid, colourless eyes that stare through the soul
In addition we have the Fairy Queen (Nymphala Regina)
- Weird clicking music in background
- Gives deadly elemental weapons of mass destruction to children
- Flirts with minors
- Is a little girl (inherently creepy)
- Carries a Nymphala Alienus as a doll
The fourth nominee is the 2006 Great Fairy (Intectus Nymphala)
- Uses hair as clothing substitute
- Enormous forehead
- Lives in a dark cave forcing people to fight monsters
- Bottles her tears (why are they purple?)
- Has wings that are poorly designed for flight
And a bonus nominee, 1991's Obesus Nymphala
- Face like Wayne Rooney
- Tiny arms (they only reach her chest, is she a T-Rex?)
- Lives in a world of pure evil
- Where did the flowers in her hair come from?
- No really, what's with that face?
And there we have it. The question is which of these Great Fairies creeps you out the most and why? If none of them creep you out, well, maybe you're really one of them.
And then the 3D games came along.
The design of the Great Fairies didn't so much as take an odd turn as jacknife off the road and go screaming into the great beyond. They can all be described as being creepy in some way, but which is the creepiest?
And the nominees are:
First up we have the 1998-2000 Great Fairy (Nymphala Meretricem)
- Too much make-up (what are they covering up?)
- Hair has a life of its own
- Always giggling about things without explaining why
- Made up of multiple lesser fairies which look like rabbits
- Constantly posing suggestively in the presence of a minor
Next up we have the 2002-2005 Great Fairy (Nymphala Alienus)
- Two arms too many
- No legs, floats on a Coil of Mystery
- Blow lotus petals at people (no regard for possible allergies/hay fever)
- Live in clam shells underground
- Vapid, colourless eyes that stare through the soul
In addition we have the Fairy Queen (Nymphala Regina)
- Weird clicking music in background
- Gives deadly elemental weapons of mass destruction to children
- Flirts with minors
- Is a little girl (inherently creepy)
- Carries a Nymphala Alienus as a doll
The fourth nominee is the 2006 Great Fairy (Intectus Nymphala)
- Uses hair as clothing substitute
- Enormous forehead
- Lives in a dark cave forcing people to fight monsters
- Bottles her tears (why are they purple?)
- Has wings that are poorly designed for flight
And a bonus nominee, 1991's Obesus Nymphala
- Face like Wayne Rooney
- Tiny arms (they only reach her chest, is she a T-Rex?)
- Lives in a world of pure evil
- Where did the flowers in her hair come from?
- No really, what's with that face?
And there we have it. The question is which of these Great Fairies creeps you out the most and why? If none of them creep you out, well, maybe you're really one of them.