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CaTigeReptile
I also wasn't a fan of ChrisCross's redesign; might as well have been a different character, or Dr. Strange. Too old-looking, too normal-looking; absolutely nothing like the original character, not to mention already dated to late 90s. Regarding the writing, I think his personality was lacking the happy-go-lucky, kind of innocent weirdness that keeps Eros from just being another lothario character, too. I'm not sure I consider that a canon appearance.
I really like his costume because it's so '70s, with the collar and the "peaked shoulders = alien" design, and the little hair-horns (I really love those actually. It's similar to a lot of those haircuts but I find his are appropriately devilish). It actually kind of looks a bit like Thanos's costume, or at least obviously from the same culture. It's also been done without looking particularly silly, especially in the gorgeous Captain Marvel v4 . . .
ok but that last one bc that face. Just look at it.
But I like it because of the campiness that detractors dislike. I can definitely understand a redesign - my one personal stipulation being that his hair still remain extremely red. It's always annoyed me somewhat that his hair is colored so differently so often. As far as I'm concerned it's gotta be ruby-he's-not-human red! Also, the gauntlets. I like those.
He could do with something more regal, maybe, because I think the original intention is there in the design since he and his brother were referred to as princes back in the '70s (and they kind of are).
You know what else I actually wouldn't mind seeing at all, even if in a different universe or something? Bringing back the purple-skin-white-hair thing he had in his first-ever appearance. Obviously that wouldn't happen unless it was MCU or if it was a plot point of some sort ("Oh yeah, by the way guys, I'm actually purple"), but I liked that the Titans were all purple. It'd also give him a more alien, kind of spritely look. You could keep the hair horns and it'd still look like him. I should draw this.