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* Not entirely averted in the ''[[Star Control]]'' fandom, where female fans sometimes draw aliens in human bodies ''without'' making them sexy. Even Human!ZEX isn't a [[Bishounen]]... but the recent posts in the Livejournal community do tend to skew toward alternate-universe [[Hurt/Comfort Fic|Hurt Comfort Fanart]].
** Giving the VUX flexible necks, longer head-tentacles, and a smaller eye goes a [http://www.ashido.com/sc2/ZEXoutloudc.JPG long way] towards making them more appealing while still being, well, VUX. Though that may have been artistic license and a need for a visible reaction to get the joke across in this case.
* All the Special Infected (also, less often, the Uncommon Infected) in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' especially the Witch and the Hunter. (''Most'' of all the Witch.) Compare [http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/File:Specials_s.jpg this image] of how they appear in-game to [http://personalatheist.deviantart.com/art/Infected-Talk-12-121718503 this fanart]{{broken link}} (not [http://wibblethefish.deviantart.com/art/L4D-Tank-s-Tea-Time-115557413 an extreme example]), and that's not even getting into [http://m-u-n-c-h-y.deviantart.com/art/L4D-Don-t-Cry-Valentine-153576531 shipping them].
** Even fans who aren't really trying to pretty them up generally draw them younger than the character models appear to be, i.e. as young adults or sometimes teenagers; the Special Infected may be [[Younger Than They Look]] [[Epileptic Trees|as a side effect of the virus]] (this is a common fan theory), but they still ''look'' like they're at least in their thirties in-game. Again, this happens the most with the Witch and the Hunter. Mind you, getting close enough to take a good look at their faces in-game (as opposed to in Garry's Mod or looking at a reference picture) is difficult and inadvisable, so this is forgivable.
** Also, since a lot of their grossness comes from icky details, simplifying an Infected's appearance will obviously make them cuter as well.
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