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Why do so many anime girls have knocked knees?

edited 2012-08-08 01:35:13 in Media
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

This is so stupid.


FYI "knocked knees" is actually a real medical condition in which the knees are turned inward toward each other when a person is standing.  This thread is complaining about how animesque-style girls are frequently depicted with their knees turned inward.


Cross-posted in the TV Tropes forums: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13444039910A90466700&page=1#1

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  • edited 2012-08-08 01:37:07
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    FYI "knocked knees" is actually a real medical condition in which the knees are turned inward toward each other when a person is standing.



    Oh, hey, there's a term for that? Because I definitely have that.


    -googles-


    Wait, no, nevermind, my mental image of what you were talking about and what you were actually talking about are different things.

  • edited 2012-08-08 01:40:29
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Wait, it's actually called "knock-knee".  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genu_valgum


    It's also not really how anime girls are drawn like this.  When drawn like this, they usually have not just their knees but also their feet turned inward toward each other, which isn't the case I can see from a quick Google image search for "knocked knees".

  • edited 2012-08-08 03:48:08

    It's more like... they're usually pigeon-toed, though I guess knocked knees also applies too, or something.


    Anyway, it's considered cute.  Possibly because it's a condition common in childhood, or something.  Or just because it's like the opposite of a stereotypically masculine stance... or something.


     


    Or something.


    It's like 4 in the morning I am too tired to think.

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    I'm both knock-kneed and pigeon-toed; my knees go backward and my feet naturally splay. Apparently it's a side-effect of a mild congenital scoliosis. It's kind of funny when people first notice it.


    I think that it's an attempt to duplicate how some people's knees turn in when they're nervous, like a dog with a tail between its legs. It's a bit strange.

  • BeeBee
    edited 2012-08-08 15:36:03

    Just thought I'd leave this here.



    "I'm bow-legged and my girlfriend's knock-kneed.  When we walk together we spell 'OK'."


    -Cowboy proverb



     


    Seriously though, actual medical conditions aside, it's a token cute thing.  It's a stereotypically defensive reaction that flags the character as the adorable nervous type and would probably give a couple hours of wank fuel for evopsych people.


    It's also a great way to completely destroy any sense of a combat character because the stance provides awful balance.  It's right up there with the Ass And Boobs pose.

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    Thank you.

  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    > completely destroy any sense of a combat character


    Funny why I kept on seeing this in Fire Emblem fanart.

  • BeeBee
    edited 2012-08-08 16:04:48

    I know >_<


    Then again this is a series where a barely-pubescent girl


    http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb57525/fireemblem/images/a/af/Amelia-1-.jpg" alt="" height="300" />


    can go about eight battles and turn into a hilariously overpowered walking pile of steel death.


    http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110421233333/fireemblem/images/4/41/Amelia_general_sword.gif" alt="" width="140" height="99" />


     


    Granted her stance...improves somewhat.

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  • edited 2012-08-08 17:25:18

                   

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    I don't think it's supposed to be reminiscent of the medical condition, so much as indicative of a kind of carefree posture.

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