As any Weiss Kreuz fan will tell you, absolutely nobody in the show knows how to dress. We've all seen and been scarred by Omi's pink hat of neon terror and his brown lace-up vest... thing, both of which must have been stolen from a fourteen year old girl. We've shuddered over Sakura teaming a lilac top and khaki skirt with bright red trainers. We've wondered what in the world made Schuldig think a green coat, white pants, and screaming yellow bandana equalled SEX and we, or at least I, have given Ken a free pass because he's clearly not even trying and is thus excused.

And we definitely all remember Aya's Hideous Orange Sweater O' Maximum Fug.

Well, I was talking with the cast and crew of one of my RPs the other day and we got into a discussion about the relative demerits of the sweater (namely, all of them) and whether or not it could possibly look any worse if it were any other color than blindingly bright orange of just the right shade to clash horribly with Aya's own hair.

I, having a photo-editing program, a modicum of skill, and time on my hands, decided to test out this theory. Could Aya possibly look any worse in that sweater if it were any color other than orange? WE SHALL SEE.

First off, this is what Aya looks like normally. Pretty, ain't he? Restrain yourself, fangirls.



Note: FUG SWEATER. It is generally agreed by most Aya fangirls that not even he in all his beauteous porcelain-skinned mangodliness can make this thing look good. (Now imagine what it looks like to me, KEN FAN EXTRAORDINAIRE. Go on. I dare you.) It's also generally agreed that putting it on any other character in the damn series, with the possible exception of Schuldig, automatically gets you something that looks rather better. Yes, they're still wearing a neck-devouring ribbed orange sweater but at least they don't have fire-engine-red hair. Ken might actually be able to get away with this, because he'd still have his 'not trying' pass and he's a brunet.

( Hide the children's eyes! )

It honestly seems to me like Aya could not have chosen a more ridiculous and butt-ugly unflattering sweater if he had looked for one all year - short of wearing a knitted Gran sweater covered in bobbles and paisley sheep. And yet he persists in wearing it. Why? For the Love of God, why? is it because his sister made it? Is it because she bought it for him as a present as a joke? Is it because he's colorblind and believes it's a fetching shade of green or gray? In vain doth the fandom ask itself these questions.

Of course, being as I am who I am, I decided that all those identical Aya base images with color changing sweaters would be ideal for making animated icons with.

So, because I am who I am, please enjoy a few cheap and nasty SWEATER icons o' maximum stupidity.



They're all small enough to use on Livejournal, though that happened more by luck than judgement. On the offchance that anyone actually wants to use one of these idiotic things, the usual rules apply: textless icon is not a base, no need to comment if you're taking them but you can if you want to, credit to quietladybirman is not essential but it would make me happy.