This is exactly what I was saying.
Again, I understand why people have a problem with the look and as stated above, different opinions on the outcome of the model are totally valid. What I don't like is being told that anyone whose opinion differs hasn't yet learned to be critical enough. Because that indicates my opinion (which is not non-critical, by the way) is not accepted. It is perfectly possible to state one's opinion without undermining others.
I get that Lea_G, and that is why I try to be (TRY) non critical of other players opinions, because I do understand that expectations can be quite different, also what might be important to you, might not even ring a bell with me, etc. In this particular issue, because we are dealing with the appearance or lack of by an animal model, backgrounds are important as well, because not everyone might be looking for the same things, that is definitely critical here.
I completely understand your point as well, I have seen many posts in this forum complaining about the management aspect of the game and how some things could be improved, etc. My first reaction is, what are they even talking about? Why is that important? etc, however I know that I'm completely off when it comes to these things, because I simply do not play those modes or care about them.
So I have no issues with someone saying is not a big deal to me, I just wanted another animal, I do not care how it looks, I rather it be cute and playful, I get that. I would however take issue with opinions that characterized the model as accurate or not too significantly different from its real life counterpart because that is simply inaccurate and I will address it and point it out, respectfully.
The thing is we are already facing an uphill battle with Frontier to not even change it, but to even acknowledge that there is any issue. We know there are topics when Frontier chooses to remain silent, and animal appearance is usually one of them. So not only we have to fight for every argument to force them to take a second and respond, and possibly help us, but we have to then argue with a significant amount of players who happen to see no problem with it, and it shows division and an even bigger window of opportunity for Frontier to ignore the issue.